TR EMERITUS

Because I'm flying, first to Singapore and then to the Philippines (for the Cebu Literary Festival), I'm writing my weekly column on a Sunday and scheduling it for posting on Thursday. I'm writing in the future tense. My neighborhood bank in Harlem has just reopened after a thorough renovation. When I told GH, in my Singaporean... 

There is an air of secrecy surrounding the arrest and detention of people under Singapore’s Internal Security Act (ISA). They disappear suddenly from our midst. Except for family members and close friends, the rest of Singapore does not have a clue that they have been arrested and put away indefinitely without trial. We don’t... 

In SingTel Prepaid: SMS giving wrong info, I related what happened to a cheapskate S’porean’s experience with SingTel’s Hi card service. Here’s his further adventures. A few days ago, he tried to use his phone after lunch, but was told that there was no more money in the account. Remember he had checked in early June...