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30 Mar 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Last December, I waited for 90 mins in the chilling winter air with my son at Ueno Zoo. Our patience was rewarded when we were given exactly one minute each at two different checkpoints to admire the pandas in all their majesty. Compare this to our...
28 Mar 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Sometimes, the worry looming in your mind and occupying vital headspace is greater than it actually is. What do I mean by that? Since I wanted to renovate my flat, I have been fussing over the brand of paint I should choose. Nippon Paint is popular i...
14 Mar 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
My professional responsibilities are overflowing, so I did the most sensible thing today: take a step back from work and just read. It was a way to address my instinct: to not be perpetually glued to my phone for a day at least. I was drawn to...
13 Mar 2025 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei
True to what its title might suggest, this book was dyslexia-friendly. Just what does “dyslexia-friendly” mean? It means that reading it was a breeze because it conveyed information in bulleted lists, featured eye-catching illustrations and showcased...
9 Mar 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I have planned to take my children to Bird Paradise during the holidays. It’s their second visit, so this time round, I make it my business to prepare my son intellectually for the visit. Hence, the borrowing of this book. Most students have diffi...
8 Mar 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I had the opportunity to visit a secondary school library called The Horizon the other day. It was mind-blowing. It shattered my stereotypes with respect to how a school library should look like. Goodbye, dark rooms and dusty shelves. Hello, thoug...
7 Mar 2025 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
I woke up this morning, feeling excited. I was scheduled to undergo a learning journey to Government of Singapore Investment Corporation. I had never been there before, so I was eager to witness a side of Singapore I had yet to experience. GIC is...
3 Mar 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I had a burst of inspiration yesterday. In my country, children need to sit for the Primary School Leaving Examination in order to advance to their preferred secondary school. Instead of seeing subjects in silos, why don’t I use a thematic approach...
27 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I used to think that wabi sabi refers to the natural beauty of worn-out or decaying things. But after reading this book by Beth Kempton, I realised that I have gotten it all wrong. Wabi sabi is a feeling that wells up within you after you experience...
26 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
There’s nothing like reading that makes certain things stick vividly in my mind. Like, I finally remember that the Antarctic and the Arctic refer to the South and North poles respectively. That there are 17 species of penguins in total. 4 such spec...
