TR EMERITUS

Even before I had entered politics when I was still teaching at NUS, I had been calling out the harm that streaming does to children and education system. Since then, SDP has repeatedly called for the practice to be scrapped: “Under the SDP’s education plan…students entering secondary school will not be streamed. 30 years... 

“Lao Lan, we have a problem.” Without looking up from his mobile, Lao Lan mutters, “What?” “The EU is going to implement CBAM.” Lao Lan doesn’t seem interested, “Is it some kind of continental ballistic missile?” KY rolls his eyes, “No, you idiot! It’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.” “Carbon what!?” KY... 

Was having a beer with the guys who have rented my spare room last night, when they suggested that I watch PK, a lovely Bollywood sketch staring Amir Khan as the titular character, PK an alien that ends up stranded on earth. The crux of the story is simple. The alien gets stranded on each and finds out that “God” is the...