Not Your Dad’s Idea of a Relaxing Holiday: Combining Vacation with Cycle...
A contribution from Lam Chih Ming, a running, cycling and triathlon enthusiast whose day job is a software code warrior. During a recent trip to the gorgeous Gold Coast region of Australia, I decided...
View ArticleAn Appreciation of Yuan and Ming Blue and White Wares
At the invitation of the Singapore Southeast Asia Ceramics Society (SEACS), I delivered this talk on the evening of October 2004 to its members and guests. Introduction Many thanks to the Council of...
View ArticleSingapore Needs a Road Safety Culture
This article first appeared in the Zaobao bilingual commentary column on 25 October 2003 in English, with translation in Chinese. In recent weeks a spate of fatal road accidents, some involving school...
View ArticleLessons from the Singapore Idol Contest
This article first appeared in Singapore Zaobao’s commentary page in 2004 in English with translation in Chinese. Like numerous Singaporeans, I too watched the grand final of the Singapore Idol show on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Will Vietnam Be Another ‘Tiger’ Economy of Asia?
This article was first posted in my blog in 2007. The revised version below covers Vietnam’s subsequent social and economic transformation up to December 2019. More and more economic gurus in both...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Retracing Christ’s Footsteps and the 14 Stations of the Cross
This article is dedicated to Irene and Chan See Lai for their almost 50 years of firm friendship and for their kind invitation for my wife and I to join their Christian Pilgrimage Group to visit the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Three of My Unforgettable Life Long Friends
In one’s old age, which I am now, what matters most to me, besides my own family, extended family, good health, are a small circle of life long friends whom I can still meet and share memories of our...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Say It With Ang Pows (Red Packets)
After going through my old files and past correspondence, I was both completely surprised and absolutely delighted to come across my first attempt to write a short four act play which had eluded my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dementia Victims Get a Home, Thanks to Retiree (Update)
This is a follow on to an article that was published in Singapore’s Sunday Times on 27th September 1997. The update follows the original article reproduced immediately below. Last Sunday was World...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tea is China’s Invaluable Gift to Mankind
This is an update to my earlier article of of 20 April 2007. The addendum follows immediately after the original text reproduced here. China is the home of tea but its origins are lost in antiquities....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Can Baba Culture Be Revived?
This is an update to an article that was originally published in Singapore’s Straits Times’ Life! on 3 August 1998. The update follows the original text reproduced here. Who are the Babas? Anyone who...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Don’t Take Pictures, Until We Say Yes
This article first appeared in the Singapore Sunday Times on 3 August 1997 as a travel article but has now been substantially revised & updated to trace the political development in the Korean...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Restoring the Prestige of Being Teachers
This article is dedicated to all Singapore teachers, past & present, for educating the young & preparing them to be future leaders in various fields of endeavours which will become...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tracing One’s Roots Through the Family Tree
This article first appeared in the Singapore Straits Times on 19 October 1996. It is reproduced here with an update that follows. It is a well-known fact that China is among the most family and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Zheng He: A Giant Among World Maritime Explorers
Admiral Zheng He made seven epic voyages to Asia and Africa between 1405-1433, which predated the Westerners’ Voyages of Discovery by almost a century. By an extraordinary coincidence, he sailed from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Foreign Talent – Lessons From Japan
Singaporeans still not entirely convinced about the wisdom of importing foreign talent might draw some useful lessons from the way the Japanese handled the issue. In many ways, both Japan and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Guest Writers on My Blog
Since the formation of my blog through the loving concern and help of my beloved wife and youngest son in order to prevent my mind from becoming too sluggish in my old age, I had been posting one...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Needham Legacy and China’s Genius
This is an update to an article that was originally posted on 15 September 2008. It also appeared in the Singapore Straits Times on 26 May 1995. It was subsequently included in my own blog...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nelson Mandela, One of World’s Most Revered Statesmen
This is an update to an article that first appeared in September 2008. In the past century, the world had produced many great statesmen in various countries who had made a difference to the destiny of...
View Article
