Month: May 2010

  • Singapore Talking a bit

    I watched the ‘live’ panel show ‘Singapore Talking’ for the first time last night, and only because I was invited to be on the panel of guests. It was also the last episode, and I got to see some things which, now when I think about it, isn’t surprising – the first half of the…

  • How do you say U-turn in your mother tongue?

    The mother tongue was already a serious problem back in my day. My father thought that since all I did was sit around at home watching Sesame Street in English and Ultraman in Malay (yes, Ultraman was dubbed in Malay), he’d send me and my brother to the best school in the land that taught…

  • Pinkdot 2010

    Yesterday evening we brought Kai with us to Hong Lim Park to help make a big pink dot in support of the country’s gay and lesbian community. We didn’t actually get to be part of the human formation that was photographed, because Kai was busy practicing walking, his hands held by two of his favourite…

  • Dear Law Minister

    The only “signal” the State sends to anyone by maintaining and enforcing a mandatory death penalty is that killing people is justified as long as the purpose makes sense. In this case, the purpose is “sending the right signals to ‘drug barons’.” Dude, “drug barons” do not care if their drug mules are hanged or…

  • My best friend and Barry Manilow

    When we were growing up, my best friend and I were always on the periphery. We were middle of the road students in school, and amongst our peers, were the only ones who really, really didn’t know what to do with our future because it seemed the only versions of the future that were available…