February 1, 2011

Letter to myself

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Once upon a time, at a social work camp not too long ago, we went through a group exercise where we wrote short letters to ourselves, to be ...
June 25, 2010

MCYS video on filial piety

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There has been much furore in the Straits Times Forum, both online and print edition, about Ms Hannah Chee's letter in response to the l...
September 19, 2008

(a commencement speech)

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I am easily overwhelmed by the magic of commencement speeches but this one by David Foster Wallace at Kenyon College in 2005 has a bit of a...
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September 14, 2008

Little-known Facts 1 (that should be more widely known)

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Some foreign workers live in bin centres when they don't want to. You know, bin centres, those little buildings in HDB carparks where a...
August 22, 2008

Role of a Social Worker, Part sqrt(2) of infinite

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I'll say this upfront to get it out of the way first. The social work profession in Singapore is less mature than in other countries, f...
July 13, 2008

Theories of Stages of Grief

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I have found a way to come to terms with the issue of clients lying to me, as per the previous post. I discussed it briefly with colleagues...
June 30, 2008

Homicidal thoughts

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me: i have finally acknowledged having homicidal thoughts about my clients, to myself friend: so late? me: yeah because the social worker...
June 29, 2008

Being Helpful

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I have previously written about how different people present themselves differently when coming to look for social workers, and how regardl...
June 16, 2008

The Third Door

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There are no poor in this country. ------------- "Pity those who are somehow unable to open a third door in their hearts or their minds...
June 15, 2008

A Pencil and Unconditional Positive Regard

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We always go out to the reception area to call the client in. I make use of all the customer service skills I've ever learnt in my shor...
March 6, 2008

Ways to spend the Budget Surplus....

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It could have been worse. More S'poreans eligible for public assistance with relaxed criteria.
February 18, 2008

Poverty is Poison

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... from the New York Times today. “Poverty in early childhood poisons the brain.” That was the opening of an article in Saturday’s Financi...
December 8, 2007

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busy with work, not been reading blogs for the past month. Probably will continue that trend till mid-January. Not that it matters =) just...
November 9, 2007

Philosophical Developments in Social Work (quoted)

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Entire section quoted from Early TJ and GlenMaye LF (2000), Social Work 45(2):118-127, 'Valuing Families: Social Work Practice with Fam...
October 25, 2007

Alternative Perspectives

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I write in response to the post by Loveless Summer, entitled " Singaporeans are scared sh*tless by gay people ". I agree with his ...
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Some Quotes from others on the Fallacy of the Majority, for my own reference

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1. The Daily Backtrack: Applause and Thumping of Chairs "No, no, that's not the worst line, this is: "(A) heterosexual, stable...
October 19, 2007

My Key Takeaways from the Repeal 377A Petition

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Over the course of these two weeks, I have publicized the existence of the Repeal 377A petition to many people. Over email, over MSN, and i...
October 14, 2007

More on the 377A petition

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I have grown a large nice mushroom . Now we shall see.
October 7, 2007

Open Letter to Repeal Section 377A

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http://www.repeal377a.com/letter/ Deadline is October 19th, after which it will be forwarded to the PM. Yes this is for real. Please sign i...
October 4, 2007

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September 8, 2007

Mushrooms in a Fairy Ring

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A quick one: I was reading The World is Flat again while in Borders for the 20% discount sale they held this week; Thomas Friedman has come...
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September 2, 2007

Disclosure

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I think enough people know my real identity that I could not care less about being anonymous now. Anonymity hasn't furthered my cause i...
August 20, 2007

Education and the Theory of Comparative Advantage

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Sooner or later, every blogger worth his salt writes about the education system in Singapore. It makes sense; the topic is familiar to all i...
August 13, 2007

Selfishness and Altruism

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From The Fountainhead , by Ayn Rand: "Yet the test should be so simple: just listen to any prophet and if you hear him speak of sacrifi...
July 22, 2007

(for my own reference)

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Recognise gay rights, Ian McKellen urges Singapore http://tomorrow.sg/archives/2007/07/18/recognise_gay_rights_ian_mckelle.html Hundreds att...
June 24, 2007

A short note: Be Happy Doing Nothing

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Last week I wrote about a young one asking me for advice on how to develop his interests. Today he wrote again to me, "I have no intere...
June 17, 2007

How Do You Capture An Idea Or An Action Into Achievement

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I. From time to time, I start writing a post, and don't know what to say. So I was sitting here blankly after a two-month hiatus from b...
April 24, 2007

On the Notion of Free Will

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Work is falling on me like a ton of bricks. In lieu of a proper post, I offer you this, and note it for my own reference as well. =) Edward ...
April 15, 2007

Pearls Before Breakfast, from the Washington Post

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What if beauty is right before your eyes, and you walk past it unseeing? What would you be, then?
April 1, 2007

Love

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Love. Sometimes known as Charity in other versions of the Christian Bible. I intend to talk about ministerial pay and social work pay, about...
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March 13, 2007

Faith (Part 2)

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This is a continuation of the previous post but it was written in January - some things had changed from Nov to Jan. It should be noted that...
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March 5, 2007

Faith (Part 1)

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Ohaiyo :) I got no pithy quotes on Faith, unfortunately. Especially Faith in the context of this mini-anthology of Hope, Faith and Love. (1 ...
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