Current affairs currently in my head, in a nutshell: Roy Ngerng criticises Singapore's CPF, likens it to schemes of questionable legality. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong sues him for defamation. Many citizens think this is a bad move. See also: Catherine Lim's open letter Among criticisms, Ngerng says government should make it easier for... Continue Reading →
“Freak” Rain Every 50 Years?
At lunch yesterday, a colleague of mine told me about the previous day's rain that had caused flooding in the Bukit Timah area. The damage, he told me, was quite substantial, with some of the major casualties being the cars caught in a basement carpark (with water levels up to waist-height). He was surprised that... Continue Reading →
NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo stands for the "National Novel Writing Month." I first encountered it through a link from Rachel's blog; finding it interesting enough, I decided to join. Within a month, you're supposed to write a novel of at least 50,000 words. That's almost 2,000 words per day. I'm not normally a fiction writer, but I've written... Continue Reading →
Donn, fragments 