It’s that time of year again. No, not Chinese New Year but Total Defence Day on 15 February. (No… come back! Continue reading this post…) Total Defence Day sounds sterile though. We should remember why, of all 365 days of the year, this day was chosen: Singapore fell to the Japanese on 15 February 1945. [...]
Commemorating, Remembering and Reflecting
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The weight of it all
I realised that three topics I wanted to post about separately are all somewhat related. Short fuse First, I apologise to anyone I’ve snapped at this past week. I don’t know why I’ve been particularly short-fused recently. Perhaps it was the frustration of falling ill again in less than a month. A few weeks ago, [...]
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My take on Singapore vs Thailand
This was originally an email to a few friends who weren’t at the stadium. Here’s my match reaction: What you might not have seen on TV: The Thai fans were actually very sporting. They did their part with keeping the waves going. Their drums kept on going throughout the whole game. The Singapore fans were [...]
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