Tag: Singapore

  • Get Up and Ruck

    Get Up and Ruck

    Life is not lived sitting down behind a screen. Life is lived outside at the edge of your comfort zone, at the borders of your day-to-day experience. When everyday life grinds down your soul, when you weary of staying indoors and experiencing the same routine over and over again, there is a simple solution. Get…

  • As Singapore celebrates her 50th birthday, I wonder what challenges Singapore will face in the future. And I’m no optimist.

  • Singapore's Opposition Needs to Step Up Now

    The elections are coming, and Singapore’s opposition parties need to think about branding, election strategy, candidate selection and coalition-building.

  • The Appeal of the Islamic State

    Yesterday The Middle Ground published an opinion piece titled A Young Muslim on ISIS. While it approaches the Islamic State (henceforth called Daesh here) from the perspective of a Muslim, the writer makes a few generalities that don’t hold up. Crucially, he says: “My sense is, if you add a dash of ignorance and a sprinkle…

  • The National Arts Council betrays the purpose of Art

    The NAC have shown that they are bureaucrats without a sense of art.

  • What Singapore can really do for refugees

    As a small country, Singapore can only do so much to aid refugees. No amount of idealism can override Singapore’s limitations.