Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Finding Strength in Sorrow: Coping with Grief through the Four Immeasurables
Here’s sharing a reflection article about how the Four Immeasurables from the Buddhist tradition can help those who are struggling with...
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Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Oct 27, 20233 min
In Memoriam: Dad
My dad passed away peacefully last month from bile duct cancer — he was 78. On the day of his passing, it was raining gently outside, so...
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Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Sep 19, 20232 min
Dad: The Last Journey
My father’s condition declined drastically again — it turns out he has bile duct cancer, and it’s more severe than anticipated. The...
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Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Feb 25, 20231 min
Paper Presentation: The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
Glad to present a paper at the NTU English Graduate Research Symposium about Sonny Liew’s The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (2015). In my...
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Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Sep 30, 20221 min
Art X Poetry Exhibition: A Journey Down the Singapore River
30 Oct — 30 Nov 2022 10AM — 9PM Daily National Library Building 100 Victoria Street Level 9 Promenade Free Entry Exhibition Launch:...
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Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Sep 26, 20222 min
In Memoriam: H.M. the Queen
In 1953, my late grandfather — a stalwart Anglophile who worked as a chief clerk in a British shipping company in Singapore — brought my...
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Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Jan 5, 20222 min
Farewell to MOE HQ
These past two years have been challenging, not just for teachers in schools but also for our MOE HQ colleagues. As I bid farewell to MOE...
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Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Jul 20, 20212 min
"The Chamber of Secrets has been opened": On the River Valley High School Incident
One of my former students texted me: “The Chamber of Secrets has been opened.” This was referring to the recent tragic incident in which...
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Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Mar 9, 20212 min
In turbulent times, the young need the arts more than ever
Disruptions caused by the pandemic should not diminish the importance of arts education Boschbrand (Forest Fire) (1849) by Raden Saleh....
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Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Nov 1, 20202 min
Launch of Love and Life at the Gallery
Our new anthology of poetry, entitled Love and Life at the Gallery was launched at The Arts House on 30 August 2020, as a sequel to Love...
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Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Oct 18, 20208 min
First-Hand Experience
The latest issue of the NIE student publication on Literature, enl*ght, is available at the following link. The first article, by...
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Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Jun 9, 20202 min
What We Can Do in Solitude: A Teacher’s Testimony
Even in solitude, there is so much we can do for others. One of the most sterling exemplars of social action is the Bangladeshi poet and...
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Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Feb 21, 20201 min
Gone Viral
Here's a little reflection, in the form of a twin cinema poem, to inspire deeper thought about the importance of alternative perspectives.
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Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Dec 27, 201914 min
Paying It Forward @ Learning Forward 2019
Why would a bunch of Singaporean educators fly for 17 hours, travelling halfway around the world, just to attend a conference?
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Jun 1, 20196 min
5 Strategies to Improve English Language Skills for Secondary School Students
Here are five easy things you can do at home to help improve your child’s English Language (EL) skills.
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Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Apr 11, 20191 min
Such grief can only be told in form
Blake Morrison recounts a scene in Tobias Wolff's autobiographical novel Old School, in which Ramsey, a young teacher, asks Robert Frost...
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Oct 24, 20184 min
Meritocracy is a dirty word
Photo courtesy of Wix Recently, our Minister of Education Mr Ong Ye Kung urged Singaporeans “not to lose faith in meritocracy”, because...
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Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Sep 9, 20181 min
Fields of Merit: Meeting H.H. the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala
Back from Dharamsala, India! It’s been such a blessing to meet HH the Dalai Lama as well as other acclaimed meditation masters and...
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Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Nov 30, 20171 min
Reciting Yeats in New Zealand
New Zealand--the last major land mass settled by humans around 1250-1300 AD--evokes a certain mystique, an ethereal, other-worldly beauty...
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Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Nov 20, 20171 min
Teaching English in Chongqing
So we visited Chongqing, China again -- this time it was for teachers only! But we learnt so much not just about pedagogy and assessment,...
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