Grateful for a good mid-autumn!

I am grateful for uncle and auntie and family for making a great mid-autumn festival for my family today. A long while since everyone got together. Good seeing loved ones spending time!

Thanks to my family

I would like to thank my daughter for running towards me daily and hugging me when I reach home.

I would like to thank my son for always happily sharing his countless thoughts on Jurassic World.

I would like to thank my wife for being by my side for the last 10 years.

Today I will make takekomi gohan for my family!

Thank you all! E he he!

Dao Ni

Soy milk in Hokkien. Refers to her legs being silky white.

Tolong

Tolong means please in Malay, help in Singlish. As in begging for help.

Mr Gay

Refers to Ng Boon Gay, the ex-CNB (Central Narcotics Bureau) chief who got charged in courts for accepting sexual favours from the infamous Cecilia Sue, a gorgeous looking IT manager. Ng Boon Gay was later acquitted but lost his job at CNB.

Game

This portion of the story refers to the phenomenon in Singapore where kids are forced to learn abstract concepts more and more at earlier ages to outwit the competition. But when everyone is doing that, it defeats the original purpose (to outwit the competition) and put stress on all the kids. 

Alumni references

This refers to the strange prioritization in Singapore's primary school that allows children or younger siblings of old boys and girls to get top priority to enter parent's or elder sibling's alma mater primary schools. This is also ultimately unsustainable as the no. of affiliated applicants would overwhelm the no. of vacancies, since the alumni would grow exponentially over time.

Fundamentally stable uniforms

A reference that Singapore should focus on developing students holistically rather than to influence them to take up higher studies that serve the national interest in certain industry, which could backfire with unintended consequences.