Lying Flat
Lying flat, or 躺平 in Chinese, is a recent trend that started in China and had grown in influence. From China it expanded out to more and more places, with many young people choosing to ‘lie flat’. In simple terms,…
Category Miscellaneous
Children Are Not Our Investments
In Chinese there is a saying called 養兒防老, which basically means raising a child (a son, specifically) defends against old age. In traditional Chinese culture, and perhaps in many other culture as well, the sons are the ones who will…
Inheritance Should Not Be Given After You Are Dead
Many people aim to leave behind as large an inheritance as possible for their children upon their death. The logic is very simple. After they die, the wealth (or whatever money and assets they owned) they pass on to their…
Does A New Year Really Bring New Hope?
New year, new hope. New year, new me. New year, new dreams. New year, new goals. We hear this often, and some of us may be guilty of saying that. But after so many years, has anything changed for the…
Spending Excessively On Hobbies
I joined the military when I was 19 for 2 years, being part of the conscription programme of Singapore. I remembered I was quite good with one of the lieutenants then, who had signed on and made the military his…
The Current Residential Property Rental Market In Singapore
I have rented from others, and have been a landlord myself. Recently, due to unique circumstances, I need to vacate the place where I am staying and look for another rental property for a short term stay. I have a…
Manufactured And Commercialised Holidays
Since today is Christmas I will write a short article on this. Holidays are something both children and adults look forward to. Children could skip a day at school and adults could skip a day at work. On certain big…
Taking A Gap Year
According to Wikipedia, a gap year is basically a year long break which people take before or after their university for educational and developmental purposes, during which people travel, work, volunteer, do higher learning etc. The point of the gap…
How Should I Spend My University Days?
You have just got into university. A fresh 3 or 4 years worth of adventure waiting for you. You are free from your parents, whether you like it or not, and you are a free man or woman now. What…
Is A University Degree Worth It?
How useful is a university degree? Many parents want their children to go to university, and to those students who are able to, university seems to be a default ‘final’ stop in education before officially going out to society. But…
That Little Gap Every Day
As mentioned in one of my first articles, many of us commoners start off from the same level playing field – from an average background, receiving education in a free and peaceful society, having a healthy body and average intelligence.…
If I Had Known
‘If I had known’ is a phrase which many of us have said it ourselves, and have heard many others said it. It is a lamentation of the fact that we cannot predict the future, and hence unable to make…