Category: Living
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Butt Party* Fall In: 50 Years of SAF
Even if the last time any of our military units saw battle was before 1965 (Konfrontasi – 1SIR), I now realise been wrongly telling people that we don’t have a martial tradition. I think half a century of SAF makes it a tradition. Some of the operations the SAF have undertaken may not necessarily have…
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Talking Point About Parenting
Tonight, Kai and I appear on Talking Point with four other fathers and their children. The topic is fatherhood, the role of fathers in the family. It was meant to be a relaxed, shoot the breeze shoot, together with some attempt at cooking. Naomi and I are very fortunate to have a wonderful boy who…
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Local Mosquitoes To Be Made Infertile
Dengue fighter gets up to speed. #mozziewipeout A photo posted by Benjamin "Mr Miyagi" Lee (@miyagisan) on Apr 18, 2015 at 8:12pm PDT Since May 2014, the NEA has been studying the feasibility of introducing Wolbachia-carrying male Aedes mosquitoes to help suppress the Aedes mosquito population in Singapore. Apparently, when these males mate with the…
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Something Is Seriously Wrong With SingPost/SpeedPost
For a few years now, we’ve experienced phantom attempted deliveries from SingPost/Speedpost – where we get a slip either under the door or in our mailbox saying that delivery of a package was attempted but unsuccessful because ‘no one was in the premises’. Sound familiar? Been home all day and not a peep outside the…
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I Have Old Stuff From My Dad’s Office Too: Part 1
The picture above is of former Minister of Culture Mr Jek Yuen Thong giving a speech at the opening of the Oriental Development Corporation Limited (Marble And Plastic Factories) in 1972. My father is seated at the extreme left in the photo.