So today, I saw this article on Straits Times, where a parent asked an education correspondent whether he had made the right decision sending his child, a top performer at his primary school, to a top Integrated Programme school. His child has only been there for three months and he is feeling anxious and less …
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COVID-19: Circuit-Breaker
Alas, before I could even put up my post on why schools in Singapore haven't closed yet, the government announced last Friday that we are going on a lo--- nope, the correct term is "circuit-breaker" measures... The announcement was supposed to happen last Friday at 4pm, but before the announcement, many Singaporeans rushed to the …
COVID-19: Asia & Western perspectives
Updates: As of today, Saturday, 28 March 2020, the USA and Italy have both surpassed China in terms of confirmed cumulative number of COVID-19 cases. Singapore has implemented a one-day home-learning day for all primary, secondary and pre-tertiary schools. My university has suspended all face to face classes above 25 people, those with fewer than …
Internet Censorship in China – My Experience on both sides of the Great Firewall
Internet freedom is largely restricted in China, with heavy censorship. The Great Firewall prevents users from accessing popular sites outside of China, including Google, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Hence, Chinese social media users operate almost exclusively on Chinese websites such as Weibo. Having been an avid user of Weibo since more than two years ago, I thought I would share my personal experience with readers outside of China on what the internet is like on the other side of the Great Firewall, focusing specifically on Sina Weibo.
Words that take on different meanings in law…
Most laymen would think lawyers love to use a whole load of legal jargon...aforementioned, hereby, said etc. In actual fact, lawyers use a lot of everyday language, except that take on different meanings in the legal world. Let's see what we have. Frustration is not a feeling. It's a situation which makes performance of a …
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SKY Castle Mid-way Review
So...I've started on a new drama called SKY castle. This was the highest rated drama in cable TV history so I'm interested to see how good it is. It's a drama about a group of successful, ambitious families living in this fictitious, elite neighbourhood called "SKY castle". The name "SKY" is actually a wordplay on …
Oven Thoughts 