

USA Trip '18
Returned to the US in late February for a 16-day trip, just 2 months after coming home to Singapore, mainly to attend ASTA 2018. I wasn't going to fly 16 hours halfway around the globe and return even before i've recovered from jet-lag so there... a lengthy trip which was faced by..... "but didn't you just come back?!?" It wasn't a trip I would call a "holiday" for travelling and experiencing the world. It was however for me an ideal trip where I got to work for hours undistr


The Positive Influence of Parents
I love kids! I constantly work with kids but I admit that parents and their love for their kids is definitely on another incomparable level. Many of my peers now have kids and I witness how their lives revolve around their kids' schedules, moods, eating habits among other "restrictions". Of course, the joy and innocence each kid brings to the world, their parents and people around them is tremendous. Aside from when I'm teaching, I'm merely reaping all the enjoyment of being


Monkey Girl...
Monkey Girl and I were house-mates when we were both studying in Boulder, Colorado. Prior to her arrival, word got to the Asian community that there will be a Singaporean girl studying monkeys joining us! We were all very curious of who she was and her expertise, of course not without making nonsensical jabs about her major AND her name. Dr. Andie Ang. Monkey Girl. Tennis Fanatic. Queen of Mahjong. After graduating with Masters of Science in Biology at NUS, Andie went on to c