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Teaching English in Hong Kong

Back from Hong Kong after observing English lessons at a local school! Some thoughts: 1. At CMI (Chinese as the Medium of Instruction)...

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Journey to the Centre of the Earth

It's a real joy bringing students out to experience the great outdoors: trekking through the dense rainforest, abseiling from ancient...

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Happy Birthday to Ethos Books!

A big thank-you to Ethos Books (and in particular Kah Gay and Mr Fong Hoe Fang) for their generous support to From Walden to Woodlands!...

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With Prof Edwin Thumboo

Prof Edwin Thumboo: "The whole business of poetry is to say more with less." #EdwinThumboo #poetry

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My Reading Biography

Reading English novels as a child, I used to wonder what scones tasted like. They sounded especially scrumptious because I had never...

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With Professor Sir Geoffrey Hill

Honoured to have spoken with Sir Geoffrey Hill, Oxford Professor of Poetry, after his lecture on 'Poetry and "the Democracy of the Dead"'...

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My Valedictory Speech (2013)

Here's the speech I delivered as valedictorian of the NUS University Scholars Programme (USP) in 2013. #video #valedictorian #NUS #USP