Category Archives: International
Goodbye to eventful 2011, hello 2012
We bid goodbye to 2011. 2011 has been an eventful year. It was a bad year for despots. The world saw the deaths of the Al Qaeda terror network leader Osama Bin Laden, Libya’s long-time dictator Muammar Gaddafi and North Korea’s Dear Leader Kim Jong Il. It also saw many other strongmen dethroned. The Arab Spring that began …
Stay hungry, stay foolish – A great principle for life
The guiding principle in the life of Steve Jobs Steve Jobs, the visionary US entrepreneur that gave us many wonderful tools (Mac, iPhone, iPad) and animations (Toy Story, Finding Nemo) that the world has grown to love, has just passed away. He is an entrepreneur and innovator that I truly admire. This is even more so after I have watched his 2005 speech at …
Two Party System Will Not Work in Singapore? How about 3, 4 or 5 Parties?
This article is contributed by a Singaporean residing and working in Finland. He had earlier contributed the article on the Finnish Education System on my blog. —————————————————————————————- Written by A Singaporean Observer in Finland Mr Lee Kuan Yew hopes Singapore would just stop at having a competitive opposition in Parliament – and he hopes Singaporeans would not …
A photo journey of Bhutan (part 3) – Education and religion
In March 2011, we made an education exchange trip to Bhutan. This blog is part 3 of a series documenting life in Bhutan in the form of a photograph journey, as I saw the country. The photographs in this blog are reduced in size for ease of download. All photographs are copyright of the author unless …
A photo journey of Bhutan (part 2) – People and life
In March 2011, we made an education exchange trip to Bhutan. This blog is part 2 of a series documenting life in Bhutan in the form of a photograph journey, as I saw the country. The photographs in this blog are reduced in size for ease of download. All photographs are copyright of the author …
A photo journey of Bhutan (part 1) – Architecture and environment
All photographs are copyright of the author unless otherwise stated. Future posts will cover education, life, religion and government. An edcation exchange trip to Bhutan In March 2011, I went with a group of 11 other educators to the Kingdom of Bhutan on an education exchange programme. It was self organised and self funded, with team …
