Quispiam loquor

I hold a credit card which doubles as my stored value card for riding the MRT trains. The card was issued by a major bank, which I shall not...

These are the results of my HBS scan. And these are the scans, for the curious, or the learned who can interpret. (click on the image for a ...

I went for my regular medical check-up last week. I used to have high cholesterol levels and slightly elevated BP. The results of the blood ...

I subscribe to an internet forum based in Thailand whose main purpose is to chat on things happening in Phuket. Recently, postings on the f...

Perhaps coincidentally, since I wrote about Alfred Russel Wallace in early August, there were several further reports in the local newspape...

"What is caveat venditor ?" asked my sister, "I only know of caveat emptor , meaning let the buyer beware." Caveat empto...

Last Sunday, The New Paper On Sunday, had an article by Elysa Chen. In it, she reported on the phenomena that occurs in major departmental s...

Yesterday, my key fan supplier, Fiona from KDK, was sitting at my desk when I received a call from an irate customer. This customer had orde...

Saturday, August 29, 2009 A few recent incidents in my profession on the front-line for my store sadly reminds me that there are still peopl...

If someone asks who founded the Theory of Evolution , most people would say Charles Darwin . And rightly so. Ever since he published his ...

When I was younger, literally at a time when the policemen wore shorts , I lived in the Upper Bukit Timah area. From the mid-50s till late ...

I was doing a search for some information for a piece I intended to write about the Upper Bukit Timah area when I came across this picture t...

With National Day coming just round the corner, I thought it might be a good time for some patriotism. After all, I do love my country. In 2...

I used to live at a small housing estate called Princess Elizabeth Estate, located at Hillview Avenue in Upper Bukit Timah. Was reminiscing ...

I have only a fleeting interest in paleontology. That started long long ago, long before the movie Jurassic Park . Somewhere in my boxes, t...