Love at first sight is romantic but may not hold a candle to love that lasts a lifetime & is for better or for worse By Lee Wei Ling An advertisement for the ‘Sassy Miss 2010 Workshop Series’ in The…
Category: Articles and Speeches
This category captures some of my favorite articles related to Singapore be it famous speeches, opinions, commentaries, poets etc.
Foreign talent are like infant trees
“First, Singapore discovered that some so-called foreign talent was not really very talented. Second, there was the discovery that, in some cases, when a foreign chief executive officer was hired, he or she discriminated against Singaporeans when hiring staff.” –…
The importance of being resilient
Foreign talents who make S’pore their home can add to our resilience and success By Lee Wei Ling Earlier this month, on May 14, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew addressed the China Executive Leadership Academy in Pudong. He told…
Am I kiasu? Yes Am I kiasi? No
Source: The Sunday Times May 2, 2010 What does not kill one makes one stronger, and we all die at some point anyway By Lee Wei Ling Some of us never face disaster till death approaches. And even then,…
My Principles Over My Life
Source: The Sunday Times dated April 18, 2010 Call me foolhardy but I won’t fund someone’s drug habit – even if my life were at risk By Lee Wei Ling In June 1996, I was in Cleveland Clinic learning about…
No need for a ‘uneqqee’ name
Source: Mar 21, 2010, The Sunday Times Trend of using unique Westernised names reflects insecurity By Lee Wei Ling Over the last 50 years, the names people choose for their children, and the names some people give themselves, have changed…
A different kind of sarong party girl
Tue, Mar 09, 2010, The Sunday Times by Lee Wei Ling Recently, there was an exchange in Parliament between NTUC secretary- general Lim Swee Say and Member of Parliament Irene Ng – on undergarments of all things. I found the…
Being The Panda’s Daughter
By Lee Wei Ling, 28 Feb 2010, the Sunday Times Recently, I have been asked to give talks, or just to meet and greet certain “VIPs”, more often than before. This is probably due to the fact that I began…
A War Hero (Lim Bo Seng) Remembered
About Lim Bo Seng: The most prominent Singapore anti-Japanese folk hero who died in the hands of the Japanese invaders during the second World War. Like many people in the early 1900s, Lim Bo Seng came to Singapore at the…
Expect the Unexpected – From Yourself
This is my all-time personal favorite convocation speech apart from the famous Steve Job’s “Stay Hungry Stay Foolish” speech at Stanfarod University (see the video here). ON APRIL 22, OCBC Bank chairman Dr Cheong Choong Kong, 64, gave a convocation…
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