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Book Review: Tom Rachman’s The Imperfectionists
The Imperfectionists is the first novel written by London-born journalist, Tom Rachman, who has lived and worked around…
Geling Yan’s The Uninvited (不速之客)
The Uninvited (不速之客), by Geling Yan is a fiction book, with the story set in contemporary capitalist China.…
Book Review: Ted Conover’s Newjack – A year as a prison guard in New York’s most infamous maximum security prison
Ted Conover is an American author and journalist, best known for his participatory investigations; riding the rails with…
Alvinology @ All In! Young Writers Media Festival 2012
As mentioned in a previous blog post, I was invited to speak at the All In! Young Writers Media Festival…
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[Book Review] Boomsday by Christopher Buckley
Boomsday is a 2007 novel by Christopher Buckley, which is a political satire about the rivalry between squandering…
My First Blog Article Contribution to the International Newsmedia Association – How Social Media Saved Me
A big thank to Earl, Dawn and Laura from the International Newsmedia Association (INMA) for giving me a space…
The pros and pitfalls of reporting news via social media
This post was first published on the International Newsmedia Association (INMA)’s site on 11 Mar 2014. To read…
Singaporean, Li Shengwu (李绳武), grandson of MM Lee, is top debater
Maybe it’s in the genes. 🙂 You can read the news report on omy.sg or via Straits Times.com:…
Tim Harford’s The Logic Of Life
After reading Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, I find myself addicted to similar books…
Your Vote Is Secret. Make Your Vote Count.
This topic has been covered widely on many online articles (The Online Citizen, Workers’ Party website), newspaper and…