Of babies and motherhood

This morning on the train to work I witnessed a heartwarming sight that I must write about. A little girl, approx less than 2 years old, was in a pram. Both father and mother and their little boy, probably about 3-4 years old, were standing. I was reading when I became distracted by the sound [...]

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The TT Durai/NKF saga (3)

All is well now. Mr TT Durai, the Board of Management of the NKF and its patron, Mrs. Goh Chok Tong, wife of our Senior Minister (ex-Prime Minister), have all resigned. Mr. Gerald Ee, son of the late well-known philantropist, Mr. Ee Peng Liang, is appointed interim CEO of NKF. He will help to sort [...]

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The TT Durai/NKF saga (2)

Today I bought The Straits Times on the way to work. Nothing special? Well, as a matter of fact, it is. I don’t buy The Straits Times off the shelf. You see, I have the daily newspapers delivered to my home. But this morning I did not have much time to read all there was [...]

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The TT Durai/NKF saga

Today I bought The New Paper, Singapore’s afternoon daily newspapers. Why? Because I wanted to read more about the Mr. T.T. Durai/NKF saga. As background information to readers of this post, what happened from Monday this week was that NKF/Mr. T.T. Durai, the CEO of NKF (National Kidney Foundation), a charitable, not-for-profit organisation that help [...]

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Too much, too little

Today I was reading an ad about permanent armpit hair removal in the local papers. My head conjured ideas of models with spotless armpits, so I thought to remove armpit hair is a good idea. At least we don't get to see stubbles. Then I remember an article in yesterday's papers about a lady who [...]

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