About 15 years ago, my brother brought a little fish home which he put in our pond, together with the koi and promptly forgot about it. As usual, it became my dad’s job to take care of the little animals that we brought home.

That little fish grew and grew. It grew so fast, it became a monster! That was when we realized it’s an arapaima – the largest scaled freshwater fish in the world. To satisfy its insatiable appetite, dad switched his diet from fish pellets to fresh…

After sending my car to the workshop this morning, I decided to take the 45-minute walk back to the office. I have done it several times before... it gives me an opportunity to walk through my old neighbourhood, the one that the kids spent their childhood.

Contrary to what many will think, I have nothing but good memories of those years (it's wonderful how my mind can filter out bad and bitter memories). Our apartment was big and always bright and breezy. I sp…

It's that time of the year when the Enterprise 50 Award is given out to the fifty most high performing privately-held local companies in Singapore.

For me, it's an opportunity to read inspiring stories of people who overcame adversities to emerge as champions. The newspapers today is full of stories like that. We all know building a company is hard, growing one is even harder.

Ms Angie Tang had a tough childhood. She grew up with 3 brothers and a younger sister in a village.…

We woke up to the sad news of "Bodies of dragon boat paddlers recovered" accompanied by photos of 5 brawny and tanned young men splashed across our newspapers today.

The five young men of our national team had been missing since their dragon boat capsized in a freak acccident during the annual dragon boat races in Cambodia as part of the capital's Water Festival celebrations. Seventeen other Singapore teammates were rescued.

After a massive rescue effort spanning 40 hours, t…

We had seafood dinner at Changi Village last night to placate SK's craving for crabs. After a hearty meal of salt and pepper crab, oat-meal prawns, spicy clams and stir-fried vegetables, SK proclaimed it's the best dinner he's had all year. Yah, the food at Tekong Seafood Restaurant was delicious. Thank you C.H!

Changi Village was abuzz with people. Besides the usual dinner crowd at the food centre, there were lots of anglers and families camping by the beach.…