

Hope!
There's so much hope in Singapore's music education. This post may seem extremely naive and idealistic and invite some eye-rolling from...


USA Trip '18
Returned to the US in late February for a 16-day trip, just 2 months after coming home to Singapore, mainly to attend ASTA 2018. I wasn't...


The Positive Influence of Parents
I love kids! I constantly work with kids but I admit that parents and their love for their kids is definitely on another incomparable...


Monkey Girl...
Monkey Girl and I were house-mates when we were both studying in Boulder, Colorado. Prior to her arrival, word got to the Asian community...


Slave to Phone
From zero dependence to addiction. In Dec 2017 I left the US having near zero dependence on a phone. One month later in 2018, my...


Curious Conversations ~ Quirky Questions
I've recently been curious about other people's lives, you can call it kaypoh, but on the other hand, this curiosity is what gives me...


Are you on a diet?
The word 'diet' has such a negative connotation nowadays even though it merely means the food a person habitually eats. When I tell...


Changing Perspectives of Learning
It's amazing how an education system can inculcate learning in such different ways. As a young child being brought up in the Singapore...


Home Sweet Home...
Still trying to find a rhythm to my new life back home in Singapore, but discovering new things and rediscovering the old has been pretty...


Brutally Honest Friends
Dedications - NUSSO Friends! The worse advice I've ever been given when I was younger, from someone very close to me, was to never waste...