TR EMERITUS

I was having dinner with my family just a couple of days ago in my AMK neighborhood coffeeshop when a group of people wearing PAP's white party uniform came to our table and left a bag of "goodies" which has a logo of a charity organization, telling us "Happy Mother's Day, this is a little present from our MP!" (Spoken in Mandarin). Well... 

I remember catching up with my oldest friend, who had transitioned from a corporate law career into teaching. She mentioned that in the course of new job, she actually had to “sweep” the school she was teaching at. She then reminded me that back when we were kids being a “sweeper” was something that parents always used... 

I received several scam calls each week, sometimes several a day. These calls were purported to come from ICA office, or from a bank, and asked me to press a button and talk to a person. I ignored these calls, but they are disturbing. I often had to answer the calls, in case they were genuine calls and the message was important. After...