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Category: Milestones

  • by Alan John
  • Posted on February 5, 2022

And just like that, I became a Covid-19 statistic, but thank goodness for being in Singapore, I could isolate at home… and my MP sent me a care package too

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on September 5, 2021

Waiting for the end

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on May 18, 2021

One thing that happens when you live longer than you expected is that every now and then you stop and wonder: But, when, then? 

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on July 1, 2020July 1, 2020

What happened to 2020? The photos in my iPhone record a year like none other, ever.

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on June 20, 2020

That day when my friend Kim asked his mum how to make her Nyonya achar, and got me hooked for life

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on July 19, 2019July 19, 2019

Dear God, thank you for looking out for me. But next time you want to talk, could you please speak to me from a burning bush, not an inflamed appendix?

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on July 7, 2019July 7, 2019

Covering the ‘Aware saga’ of 2009 was one of the hardest jobs for The Straits Times newsroom, but it was satisfying journalism worth doing

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on July 6, 2019July 6, 2019

Whose kueh is this anyway? I’m so glad that growing up Malaysian taught me the aromas and tastes of Nyonya kueh-kueh and led me to Singapore’s Bengawan Solo in 1981

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on December 27, 2018December 27, 2018

The One And Only Inuka is a children’s book celebrating a tropical polar bear born at the Singapore Zoo, beloved by kids of all ages

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on June 14, 2018

A funny thing happened when I checked the ringing in my ears and discovered I could have been the greatest singer the world had ever known

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