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It was Earth Week recently and being the Principal of an education centre, I’m pretty familiar with the activities that go on to draw children’s attention to the plight of the planet. But something felt different this year. Reading things online and chatting to parents in the...

I must be mad – what good is going to come of talking about Harry and Meghan? What can I say that hasn’t already been said? Shouldn’t we just mind our own business? I wrestled with penning this piece. I don’t want anyone thinking I’m just adding to the noise or engaging in...

Sorry, wrong chat! Ever done that - thought you were replying to a friend directly only to discover that you’ve just gone and shared embarrassing information on the class parent chat group? Happens to the best of us. The modern world has ushered in a raft of technological...

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How are you?

It’s a simple enough question. One that we ask without thinking sometimes, and it isn’t always as probing as it sounds. We’re likely to get (and often expect) an “I’m good” or “Fine, thanks” in response. And so it becomes more like a greeting than a genuine...

There’s a sweet breeze winding its way across the island. In all the time I’ve lived in Singapore I’ve never known the weather to be so cool and refreshing. Gentle winds are blowing through trees and entering homes where doors and windows have been flung open to take advantage...

Hands up who thought we’d be seeing light at the end of the tunnel by now?

It’s hard to get to the end of a marathon and be told the race has been extended – by about the length of another marathon or even possibly by an ultra-marathon, who really knows! But here we are on the...

New Year’s Resolutions. You either love them or hate them. Or more accurately: you do them or don’t do them.For me, they’re the kiss of death. As soon as I tell myself I can’t have something, I want it quite unreasonably. Maybe that’s because most of my attempts in the past...

I was a little alarmed recently when a friend of mine said she had no idea how much money she had in her bank account. We’d been talking about how much we were spending in the lead up to Christmas. What part of the bank account was available for spending on fun things; that...