World Cup 2014

I went to a school with an excellent soccer history. We were the team to beat among all the schools in Hong Kong. As there are many high schools in Hong Kong, most sports are divided into different divisions. Division 1 is the highest level and the schools compete among themselves in their respective divisions.…

A 55 year old story

I was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, over the weekend with my family. The Singapore school calendar includes a month long break in June and at the end of the year instead of a two-month long summer holiday. After all, it is endless summer in Singapore anyway, so it is hard to pin-point a ‘summer’ holiday…

A Worthy Life

It has been over 10 years since my family moved to Singapore. It was in the first quarter of 2004 when we landed on this island. Our first daughter, Allie, was only 6 months old when we arrived and our second daughter, Hana, joined the family only about 9 months later. Raising kids has been…

Brothers!!!

My wife and I had a great time during our recent trip to Penang, Malaysia. Apart from some good food, sight-seeing, outings, and chit-chat, we also met new and old friends from all walks of life. One night, after a nice long dinner, I sat next to this well-built man in the tour bus. The…

A Productive Month

The last few weeks constituted a great month! A great productive month. My two colleagues, fellow prosthodontist, Dr Steven Soo, and our nurse, Siti Aminah, at Specialist Dental Group (SDG) welcomed the addition of two cute baby girls to their respective families. I am certainly proud of them. This is another proof that we are…

New Year Visit to Uncle

It has been three hundred odd days since we celebrated the Year of the Snake. 2014 is special as we celebrated the New Year and the Year of the Horse exactly one month apart. As today is the 7th day of the Lunar New Year, we are still not done with the Chinese New Year…