Kuala Lampur, April 15 -- Recently, with all the hype about The Three-Body Problem on Netflix , I decided to buy Cixin Liu's first book in the trilogy. When I shared a photo of the book on WhatsApp, ... Read More
Kuala Lampur, April 5 -- I recall DAP politician Tony Pua saying many years ago that instead of asking students what year Melaka fell to the Portuguese, students should be asked if it was inevitable t... Read More
Kuala Lampur, March 21 -- The recent furore over some Penang kopitiams charging customers RM2 if they don't order drinks is, interestingly enough, not really new. About two years ago, I was asked by ... Read More
Kuala Lampur, March 15 -- The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots last year has, predictably, created huge ripples in the education sector. As usual, students pick up on these innovati... Read More
Kuala Lampur, March 8 -- I have a friend (a Malaysian) who met his Korean wife while waiting for a bus in Singapore. He was going home after work and was at the same bus stop as this Korean woman; th... Read More
Kuala Lampur, Feb. 20 -- As the new school year approaches in a few weeks' time, it probably wouldn't hurt to compare two possible ways we frame learning for our students. How do we motivate our chil... Read More
Kuala Lampur, Feb. 2 -- "Anybody that writes a book or goes on TV with the notion that they have a story worth telling, that people might want to listen to, you're really already, by definition, an ab... Read More
Kuala Lampur, Jan. 23 -- A couple weeks ago, a friend told me he performed an "anti-resolution" for 2024 i.e. he cancelled his gym membership. We chatted a bit, and it appears he preferred a fitness ... Read More