TR EMERITUS

It was not the usual sight, sound and fury at Speakers' Corner in Hong Lim Park on a warm Saturday afternoon on 2 February 2013. I heard speeches in measured tone and saw sombre faces, many with grey hair that betrayed the long years of sadness. The best part of their life was taken away from them, some for 10, 20 years and... 

I was in a remote western region in China and we were stranded at this small lousy airport. And there is only 1 Indian man (age 59, I found out from him later). No one could help him and I knew I was the only one and of course being kindhearted, and naive Singaporean, I voluntarily went. I saw his "RED passport" and we connected!!!... 

Once upon a time, before even when there were new media, online, or even social... when the worst thing a child could say was still "I don't friend you already", when algebra was taught only from secondary school level onwards, when Ericsson GH388 and Motorola pagers were featured items in magazines still every month, there...