Blogs about: Year 2003 2004
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Retirement
May I thank all the colleagues who combined to give me the book, The William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings. It is a wonderful coffee-table book – I envisage endless hours of pleasure… more →
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Retirement
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Ivan Chew wrote 1 year ago: May I thank all the colleagues who combined to give me the book, The William Farquhar Collection of … more →
The first Prime Minister of Malaysia
Ivan Chew wrote 1 year ago: Younger people may not remember who was Malaysia’s first Prime Minister. To jog your memory, here is … more →
Laughter is the best medicine
Ivan Chew wrote 1 year ago: Some colleagues told me that they got a good laugh out of the previous retrievia about ‘NUT’ lecture … more →
The Nanyang University Arch
Ivan Chew wrote 1 year ago: The recent (2004) issue of NTU News shows Nanyang University Alumni gathered under the original NU A … more →
Lunar Year of the Monkey
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Ivan Chew wrote 1 year ago: Just as the western world has its set of 12 Zodiac signs (fish, crab, etc) based on the Month, the e … more →
The Fullerton Building and the Singapore Skyline
Ivan Chew wrote 1 year ago: Stamps showing the Fullerton Building are of special interest — they are silent witnesses to t … more →
The Dragon and the Damsel
Ivan Chew wrote 1 year ago: From the heading you may have guessed what I am talking about – Dragon flies. A colleague had asked … more →
The ‘old guard’
Ivan Chew wrote 1 year ago: When the term ‘old guard’ is used, one is reminded either of Chairman Mao’s old comrades or the PAP’ … more →
Second Childhood
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Ivan Chew wrote 1 year ago: One Monday evening I went to Yio Chu Kang Swimming Pool for a night swim. To use the ticket-dispensi … more →
Happy 80th Birthday
Ivan Chew wrote 1 year ago: Mr Lee KuanYew, the Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990, celebrated his 80th birthday on 1 … more →
The Bullock Cart and the Concorde
Ivan Chew wrote 1 year ago: Few Singaporeans would have had the experience of travellingin a bullock cart and few would have had … more →
Concord and Concorde
Ivan Chew wrote 1 year ago: You may have read in the Straits Times recently that British Airlines will stop flying the Concorde … more →
Stamp trivia No 1 --the Concorde
Ivan Chew wrote 1 year ago: It seems my little bits of retrievia have made some impression (good or bad, I leave it to interpret … more →
Small Kindness Week (SKW)
Ivan Chew wrote 1 year ago: Another annual observance at this time of year (April) is Small Kindness Week. In our interactions w … more →
The annual ‘Ching Ming’ observance
Ivan Chew wrote 1 year ago: During Ching Ming the Chinese clean up the grave site of their ancestors. At the Chua Chu Kang cemet … more →
Mr Rajaratnam and Kampong Glam
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Ivan Chew wrote 1 year ago: Talking about Mr Rajaratnam reminds me of Kampong Glam. Mr Rajaratnam was the MP for Kampong Glam fo … more →
Children should be seen and not hurt
Ivan Chew wrote 1 year ago: The Speak-Good-English-Movement reminds me of my grandson’s attempt to tell me a story about the use … more →
The Nobel Peace Prize
Ivan Chew wrote 1 year ago: The sixth stamp shows an embossed (raised) dove with an olive branch – the symbol for peace. It is t … more →
Nobel Prize for Literature
Ivan Chew wrote 1 year ago: The other three so-called ‘non- science’ stamps are also interesting. The Literature stamp shows a m … more →
