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... 

Editor's note: This article is an verbatim excerpt of a longer article by the same author and can stand on its own without a change in meaning or context. The other part of the original article has also been scheduled for publication. In the 1980s, our first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew had "trouble" with foreign publications... 

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...