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Jovial Lee looks for more joy on PGA Tour
OCTOBER 14 — When K.H. Lee looks back to the starting point of his golf journey, he can only marvel at how a twist of fate which saw him learn the game with a Ted Lasso-type...
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We have to talk about us getting older, prepare for an ageing nation
OCTOBER 14 — There’s a youth art exhibition in the city, #Bersama2050 (Together2050). It imagines Malaysia 30 years from now. I doubt the artists factored themselves into...
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Stop race-splaining, Malaysians
OCT 13 — As sure as the sun rises in the east, whenever Malaysian Indians bemoan the use of that word that starts with “k”, some non-Indian will go, “Well, actually,...
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Terrific TV and traumatic families #SquidGame
OCTOBER 11 — Warning: This contains spoilers to the Netflix series Squid Game. In a sense, all top-notch entertainment is “family” entertainment. No, I’m not saying...
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Take a little trip around Singapore town
OCTOBER 10 — I have lived in Singapore all my life and so I didn’t think it was unreasonable to assume I had seen everything the island had to offer. After all, I am a...
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Some new Netflix horror goodies to kick-start your scary October season
OCTOBER 9 ― With Halloween arriving at the end of October, the whole month has always been used as an excuse for horror fans to indulge in their passion for scary movies. New...
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Future Malaysia needs guidance today to join a fairer world
OCTOBER 7 ― It was meant to break the impasse, or at least to improve the clarity. My message to the WhatsApp group. “Is our nation fair to all its people?” This was a group...
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Becoming a better player and a better person
OCTOBER 6 ― It’s been three years since I started competing on the PGA TOUR. One of my main goals every season is to qualify for the TOUR Championship — limited to the...
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When is our nation going to start healing?
OCTOBER 6 — I am on another mental health break, also called “clearing my leave because it's not following me to the grave.” The first day started with me being woken up by...
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Will the post-pandemic era have more optionality?
OCTOBER 4 — If there’s something the pandemic has shown us, it’s that necessity is the mother of invention which, in turn, is the daddy of options. Restaurants cannot open?...
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Fighting foreign influence in Singapore
OCTOBER 3 — Last week, the Singapore government introduced one of the most sweeping pieces of legislation in its history. The Foreign Interference (Countermeasures)...
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Here's proof that limitations are not a hindrance to creativity
OCTOBER 2 ― With the latest Netflix hit series Squid Game creating huge ripples among fans around the globe, it’s inevitable that a lot of casual Malaysian film fans have...
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Freight forwarders asked to disappear in order to feed unsuccessful entrepreneurs
SEPTEMBER 30 — William Munny stares icily at Sheriff Little Bill Daggett lying in a pool of blood, bullet-riddled and dying. The kill shot is forthcoming. Little Bill goes, “I...
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Is there a plan to let our kids be smart?
SEPTEMBER 29 — I have lived long enough to have seen the results and proposals of more than one Malaysian Plan and really, I do wish we would try to stop achieving the...
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Covid-19 fatalities in Malaysia: Reported, actual and real
SEPTEMBER 27 — Last Wednesday I casually asked my students if they knew what the fatalities for Covid-19 were. Without hesitation they gave a number between 300 and 400. I...