Today I brought my mother to see her regular doctor for a second opinion on her cancer diagnosis. He declared the growth in her thyroid was at best 50 percent malignant! So there is a fair chance it can be benign? How could my ENT …

In our age of Twitter-shortened attention spans, time is precious and elusive. We just don’t have enough time. Yet we can’t say we don’t waste time. Last week, when my mother was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, I was initiated into a world of people fighting …

Yesterday I felt out of sorts. The first day of the week was starting badly. For the first time, some operational issues at work seemed insurmountable. After a rather sobering meeting with my partners, I left for the day. I needed to bring my mother …

We all need some distractions, however focused we are on what needs to be accomplished. This being the start-up year for Homerun Asia, I have been thinking, eating, sleeping the business. There is progress, but it is of course not fast enough for me. Yet, …

Siti, our helper, told me today, our contractor who built our house on Thomson Hill, someone who knows me for over a decade, spoke unkindly about the way I live with my mother. Last year, we had to put a wire mesh around my mother’s …

Today is a happy day! The 18th of September. My mother can get in and see the Botanic Gardens. She has wheels! I couldn’t decide. She couldn’t accept. This week I decided and she accepted. The fact that she will be on a wheelchair when …

Siti came to Singapore 7 years ago. She was only 20 years old when she left her hometown, her family, her husband, and her son. She would not be there to see her son grow up. She would be a distant daughter to her ailing …