Apology over tourist’s bad experience WE THANK Ms Patricia A. Heron for her feedback on Thursday (‘A tourist’s trail of unhappy experiences’). We are deeply sorry that she waited at our unmanned Boat Quay jetty without catching a HiPPO Boat. The jetty is not operational yet as we are replacing the existing old stairway with… Continue reading »
Jul
10
May
29
… and again
From today’s ST Online: Talk only about sacrifices & problems of women; trivialise those of men Yeah, yeah. Quoted out of context (not that I think it matters …) Saying that there exists discrimination of females as a whole does not mean that unfairness towards individual men does not exist. As a male in the… Continue reading »
May
21
A Teacher’s Job
My initial response to this ST Forum letter? Edited because after referencing the letter she replied to, I realised she selectively used the information there! HAHAHAHAHA. Clueless people should not be allowed to write letters to the public. Then again, where would I get my daily dose of humour if not from them? So in… Continue reading »
May
15
School-based Drama
Lots of school-based drama these few days huh? Never realised how “exciting” being a teacher can be. I was on course with a whole bunch of teachers and everyone was speculating about all the drama that happened. Anyway, being a good civil servant, I am not going to comment on this. I will comment on… Continue reading »
May
08
Just say Malays are lazy
I read this in today’s ST Forum. I’ve reproduced it below. The naivety and the underlying racism of this letter is making me very upset. In the first place, has this guy never encountered people who have worked hard yet not achieved what they hoped to? Does he really think that hard work is all… Continue reading »
May
07
I just … I don’t know
I AM a mother of four children in Secondary 2 and Primary 6, 5 and 2. I have tried my best to inspire my children to love the Chinese language – sending them for extra classes and private tuition, and speaking some simple Mandarin at home. However, these methods have not made them love the… Continue reading »
Jan
16
Another Race Post
I just had to comment on this one in the ST Forum. Here it is for my records: Get real, race is important WHILE I agree with Ms Seah Su Chen, (‘Nationalism may suffer’, yesterday), that delineations along racial lines detract from the forging of a common Singaporean identity, a complete blurring of racial lines… Continue reading »
Jan
16
Double-barrelled Race, the ST Forum and Me
Instead of allowing a child to be culturalised with a particular race, the policy would make him feel a loss of identity as he is constantly labelled with the characteristics of two races and so must be attuned to the cultures of two races. Friends with mixed parentage have also voiced their concern to me… Continue reading »
Dec
08
Bilingual Education
I suppose it’s time for a more serious post and also, I’ve been thinking of writing something about this for some time, if only so that I can organise my thoughts about this issue. Bilingual education has fascinated me since I took a course in it in the University of Melbourne. And there has been… Continue reading »
Oct
24
Gerunds and Random Nonsense
Do you know what they are? Because Singlish guys from sixlives does. I had to look it up. So thank you sixlives for improving my English (not really). Yes, I’m reading the not-very-exciting sixlives blog again when I should really be doing work. Or having dinner. Or watching the much superior Law and Order. Heck,… Continue reading »