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This blog is going under a redesign, as the last theme used was not very stable. I hope this new theme (from themeforest) proves easier to read- I’ve always been a fan of clean layouts.
I’ll try to get the Twitter feed back into the sidebar, and get the category support back up. Hope this doesn’t [...]

Sister received her Direct Schools Admission letter from a few schools today. It basically guarantees her a place in the secondary school if she scores above a certain score (much like the UK system of university admissions). This creates a moral hazard for a 11-year old interested in (perhaps) nothing else other than kittens and [...]

Went to the Istana last night to witness the President’s Scholars ceremony. For a few fleeting moments of deja vu, I recalled that one year ago I had stood there on that stage, where the President had put a thin red folder with gold lettering in my hands. “Serve Singapore,” he had said, and then [...]

I’m now back in Singapore, serving my Police attachment in various police divisions. I honestly enjoy and find meaning in the work that the Police does and I’m happy I chose to sign on with the Police. Just following other officers around to see the ground has opened my eyes to the world beyond, and [...]

Life has settled to a monotonous cycle of classes, with work on Locra sprinkled all over the place. The 4 classes I am taking are heavy on work; though interesting they take up quite a bit of time.
Work on Locra is slow but steady. We have been pitching it to various NGOs an so far [...]

Spring quarter has arrived, and it’s amazing. The sun is out and everybody is so much more cheerful; the weather is roughly comparable to sunny Singapore minus the humidity. I’d still trade humidity and the need to bathe everyday for year-round sun.
I’m taking 4 classes this quarter: a history class (Making of the Modern World), [...]

Just took the final of a class I really enjoyed, “The Making of the Modern World”. Even though I missed almost all the lectures (oversleeping at 9am), I really enjoyed the readings and learning about the progress of humanity from the Feudal ages to the modern world we know now.
I enjoy reading history for it [...]

Its Dead Week before Finals, and everybody here is studying. I’m (trying to) study as well, so the updates on this blog will probably be few.
Continued to assemble the UnseenPeople team this week, and now we’re 4 people after I roped in one of my friends. The name of the project will likely have to [...]

Now that I’ve started to update this blog again, I’ve noticed visitor counts increase rapidly over the past few months. I feel a bit guilty for letting the blog die in the first few months of Stanford- but I was really busy getting used to the new life here.
On hindsight I should have documented the [...]

Listened to Colin Powell, the former U.S. Secretary of State a few days ago when he came by Stanford. He is incredibly charismatic, and an entertaining, enlightening speaker- qualities that are incredibly important in America.
He talked about how his experiences in the army had shaped him, and many of themes he touched on were those [...]