TR EMERITUS

"Uncle, you're a frontline hero, like doctors and nurses" exclaimed my neighbor as we crossed path one morning on our way to the market. "No lah. I drive to earn a living only and I'm temporarily not driving.". I replied politely. Yes, I couldn't believe my ears that someone like him who seldom talks to me would suddenly... 

When I visited one of its store in Ang Mo Kio wearing my Face Shield, I was not allowed to enter its premise. I show the store manager of MOH rules and regulations but he gave me the typical Singapore answer... the top never update them on this. He insisted I wear a mask. His staff told me they sell a single mask for $1! That's... 

Once upon a time, bubbles—especially social media ones—had negative connotations of wilful self-isolation, inbred ideas, and easy complacency. Bubbles produce only echo chambers, it was charged, mixed-metaphorically. The students at my New York private school, in discussions about the world, would remind each other that...