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(Tower) Jumping with the Commandos 15 Jun 2013 | 03:00 am
When I was still a Full Time National Serviceman in 2001, I wrote to the then-Chief of Defence, Lieutenant General Lim Chuan Poh, asking for permission to join the army’s Basic Airborne Course (BAC). ...
A Myanmar Sunrise 4 Jun 2013 | 07:51 pm
Surely, I couldn't be headed to Myanmar for a World Economic Forum meeting! As I pack my bag for the plane ride from Singapore to Bangkok, from where a chartered flight should put me down in Naypyita...
Robert Redford, journalist 27 May 2013 | 12:03 pm
It is not often that I go to the movies these days, but this month I made time to catch two Hollywood productions: The Company You Keep, starring Robert Redford, and The Great Gatsby, the latter more ...
Becks is easy target for naysayers' bile 25 May 2013 | 03:30 pm
What more do David Beckham critics want? Why is it so hard for some folks to be gracious, thankful – even forgiving – when news of his retirement broke? You just have to look at the many negative co...
A congruence of disappearances 18 Apr 2013 | 06:24 pm
BANGKOK - Mr Sombath Somphone, a Magsaysay Award winner for public service, was last spotted by the cold and unblinking eye of a CCTV camera on the evening of Dec 15 last year, getting into an unknown...
TOEFL or not TOEFL? For Abe, the answer is clear 18 Apr 2013 | 06:22 pm
TOKYO - An acceptable score in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), which measures proficiency in the language, is required for entry into many universities in the English-speaking world...
Caught in the heart of the world's biggest waterfight 18 Apr 2013 | 06:11 pm
THE skytrain seems unusually frigid as I settle down on a rare empty seat between two Thai journalists. Here, says the older one on my left, giving a bottle of mineral water to the one on my right. ...
Nobel winner F. W. de Klerk on Nelson Mandela and what makes a good leader 29 Mar 2013 | 07:10 pm
The friendly, gum-chewing elderly gentleman sitting across from me was easy to talk to, so much so I nearly forgot I was interviewing a Nobel Peace Laureate. Mr Frederick Willem de Klerk – better kno...
History is the new cool 24 Feb 2013 | 07:23 am
KUALA LUMPUR: Ms Loke Poh Lin was greeted like an old friend by news vendor Naina Mohd as she passed his hole-in-the-wall shop in the old quarter of Kuala Lumpur, or more popularly known as Chinatown....
From disaster responders to doomsday preppers lite 24 Feb 2013 | 07:19 am
PALEMBANG, South Sumatra - Sending tents and medical supplies to flooded areas. Check. Ferrying ready-to-eat meals and blankets to volcano-hit zones. Check. Rebuilding collapsed schools and bridges ...
