Waydespectives

Hi All, again apologies for having skipped a post last week. I was doing some last minute work (also writing) and did not have the mental strength to do a blog post. Also tried to do a post during the week, but it has been a very trying and tiring week on the NS front. I have been thinking whether I can truly commit to my one post per week promise to the viewers, since my mental stamina is depleting due to increased responsibilities (and prata flipping) in NS. For now, I will soldier on to continue blogging weekly, but I seek your understanding if I miss a post once in a while. Enough ranting for now though, let's get to today's topic. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Side note: While the issue of Hawker Centres has been covered quite widely in media recently, I have not been paying attention much to the "Social Entrepreneurship" part. Partially it's because I do not really understand what...

Well, it's one of those weeks whereby I don't really have much to blog about, considering this week has been quite light on the policy-related news, and nothing much really has happened in my personal life. Had to really dig in deep to find a topic worth discussing, at the risk of sounding like I'm "blogging for the sake of it". I remembered that in my post on the National Day Rally, I mentioned that elections will happen next year, which I will justify in this post. The next General Elections in Singapore is one that will be historic. This will be the last General Election that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will lead the ruling PAP into. While he is highly expected to lead the PAP to a victory, the margin of victory to the PAP will reflect on the confidence Singaporeans have on the next generation of leaders, led by PM Lee's successor. While the GE is due to be held by January 2021, many speculate that the GE will happen in 2020, subject to no globa...

As many who follow my Facebook account would know, I am an avid writer on the topic of education. I have written commentaries on many education related policies and articles, having written in to TODAY once too. I take a keen interest in education as not only have I been brought up in the system, there is also a responsibility for those who have been brought up in this system to improve it to ensure future generations benefit from it too. I actually took a hiatus from writing extensively about education following my enlistment and experience applying for the MOE Teaching Scholarship. However, I noticed now that I have a blog running, it would be good for me to start sharing my views on education to a larger platform.  This blog will not become a full education-only blog. I will continue to blog on diverse issues, personal or current affairs. However, you may expect education to be present as an issue more often than not. This week, I will be blogging on the changes to ...