August 2017 - You Write

Joy Yeo - A Young Talented Artist

August 28, 2017 FLAI40 Leave a comment

INTRODUCTION: Joy Yeo is ten years old. She studies with her classmates in Primary Four this year (2017) in an all girls Singapore School - Singapore Chinese Girls School. She has displayed a natural talent in freehand drawings. She has other talents as well but those are different stories, different times. “Besides drawing pictures like these, what do you do every day?” I ask. “Well, …” she ponders, and then “I love my school subjects too, like English and Maths. And I love to dance, to swim and to play the piano. But really, I am spending my spare time […]

Blockchain Technology

August 23, 2017 FLAI40 Leave a comment

I have just joined the Udemy class on “The Basics of Blockchain Technology” for US$10.00 I am going through Lesson 2 now and I am excited about what I have learned already. I would like as many of my friends to join this class with me for two main reasons: Reason # 1: I can see the application of Blockchain Technology affecting our lives during our lifetime. In fact, as far as banking and economics go, the technology is here already. Take a look at the prices of crypto currencies “Bitcoin” (started in the year 2009) and “Ethereum” (started in […]

Singapore’s 52nd National Day - 9th August 2017

August 13, 2017 FLAI40 Leave a comment

It was on the 9th day of August 1965 that Prime Minister of the day, Lee Kuan Yew, with tears welled in his eyes, declared: ” … Whereas … … “AND WHEREAS by a Proclamation dated the ninth day of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixty-five the Prime Minister of Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman did proclaim and declare that Singapore shall on the ninth day of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixty-five cease to be a state of Malaysia and shall become an independent and sovereign state and nation separate from and independent […]

Take a look at Maddie

August 1, 2017 FLAI40 Leave a comment

Maddie Who? You ask. Take a look at her at the following websites: http://www.morefm.co.nz/home/shows/si—gary/2017/07/maddie-and-her-family-are-on-a-mission-to-give-her-the-gift-of-.html She is on the dialysis machine every night for ten hours due to a rare kidney dysfunction from birth. Her body had rejected her father’s kidney on a transplant operation. Her mother’s kidney is of no help. She needs a kidney from the right person, a pretty rare person, hard to find in New Zealand. She needs an organ (kidney) transplant soon and that only likely person must be in the States where the population base is a lot greater than that in New Zealand. […]