As part of my PSC Predeparture Course (PDC), I was posted to Northlight School as a teacher-attachee for 4 days. This school is very, very, very remarkable
The old Broaderick Sec School Building given a new lease of life, just like the kids at Northlight School
Northlight School is a school which takes in children who have [...]
Policing: A mix of security and community
A few people have asked me about my choice of the police force as a scholarship- and I’ll write a bit here.
In Dec 2007, I was considering a number of options for the years ahead. I took up an internship at the Ministry of Finance (see my posts during [...]
Stanford University: where I will be spending the next 4 years
Moving on from the army is difficult- I have spent the better part of the past few days adjusting back to “civilian life”. It is more complicated than one would imagine: it is difficult to imagine a world where one doesn’t get punished even if [...]
Delta Platoon 1 as ushers before the AG Commissioning Parade
This update comes again after yet another hiatus- this time of another 3 months, in which time I have gone through Officer Cadet School. These three months have arguably been the toughest three months of my life- never before have I undergone training that has stretched [...]
I am Daniel Isaiah Ong, an undergrad at Stanford studying Engineering and Political Science. I also work at locra.org.
I write mostly about social entrepreneurship, technology, design, and Singapore, the land where I come from.
