Wednesday, 30 July 2025

Author: Medecci Lineil

What the models say

‘The poll that matters is the one that happens on Election Day.’ Heather Wilson, a Republican Party leader I was savouring a delightful pea – and – mint risotto at the U.S. Election Watch event hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Singapore last Wednesday. Held at one of those grand

Hooked on a feeling

I’VE never been much of a gamer. Anything that demands more than a minute of my feeble attention span gets tossed aside for the next shiny distraction — a lawyer in a cat filter on Zoom or an errant fluff on the floor. Sure, I played The Last of Us

The idiot who wasn’t

Grown-up people do not know that a child can give exceedingly good advice even in the most difficult case. A fool with a heart and no sense is just as unhappy as a fool with sense and no heart—from The Idiot, a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky.

A marriage made in hell

Book title: The Meek OneISBN: 978014139748Author: Fyodor DostoyevskyPublisher: Penguin Random House UK You see gentlemen, there are ideas … that is, you see, when some ideas are said out loud, put into words, they come out terribly stupid. They come out so that you’re ashamed of yourself. But why? For

The mountain within

If it doesn’t come roaring out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it. – Charles Bukowski (1920-1994), German-American writer To write this column, I have to empty my brain. I mean empty it even more than its usual echoing, empty state. Let me explain. Modern life has clogged

It doesn’t matter

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart – Jane Austen (1775-1817), English novelist. My family members are obsessed with the cost of things. The two questions I hear most often are: “Did you eat?” and “How much was that?” Discussing the price of something is like breathing to

What are we, saints?

Formula One is a mind game, no question. You have to think so hard sometimes when smoke comes out of your ears! And if you don’t keep your head in gear the car will overtake you. – Mika Häkkinen, retired Finnish racing driver and two-time Formula One World Champion. Every

A container of stories

If you want to build a business, build the people – Brownie Wise, 1913-1992,  Tupperware saleswoman “Can you keep a secret?” “Me and Tupperware. We seal tight — nothing’s getting out,” my wife Jillian said, grinning, right after I found out she was pregnant. When I heard Tupperware Corporation was

Man is not made for defeat

Book title: The Old Man and the SeaISBN: 9780099908401Author: Ernest HemingwayPublisher: Arrow You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food, he thought. You killed him for pride and because you are a fisherman. You loved him when he was alive and you loved

I’m just… taking my time

‘I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.’ – Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, the 16th president of the United States of America. I’m a slow walker, and if I don’t start picking up the pace, I’m going to die, die and die. I don’t mean to be macabre. That’s