‘My Daily Thought’ Archives
Financial Issues Top Cause of Our Divorces?
Written By: Gilbert Goh In a modern society like Singapore, the focus on materialism, elitism, and financial rewards are major factors that cause many families to break up. Financial issues remain the top cause of our sky high divorces [...]
My Reaction To The 2011 Budget
I refer to the budget report on 19 Jan 2011. I am not surprised that the budget carries so many sweetening goodies due to the looming election. Many have envisaged that the coming election will be one that may go against the ruling party due to a [...]
My Short Sour Taste of Political Experience
The past few days were sheer torture as I was caught up by the political turmoil in Reform Party. Many people have already knew that I have joined Reform Party then and equally shocked to learn that I have left them only after a few [...]
My Homecoming
Written by: Gilbert Goh I have returned to Singapore on 29 Jan and many friends were amazed that I didn’t stay in Sydney for the long haul. I have been living in Sydney for about three years but returned every half a year to stay in [...]
Six Reasons Why The Government Gazettes The Online Citizen
Written by: Gilbert Goh By now, most netizens will have known that the popular socio political blog The Online Citizen has being gazetted as a political organization by the Prime Minister’s Office. I have written a few articles for the blog [...]
Rising Popularity of Socio-political Sites Feared by the Authorities
This article first appeared here on 11 Oct 2010. Written by: Gilbert Goh Netizens are abuzz with the latest saga arising from the recent The New Paper (TNP) article on the real mastermind behind the widely-read socio-political blog. The [...]
2010′s Top Five Events In Singapore
Written by: Gilbert Goh I tried to trace through this year top political events in Singapore and it was not easy as there were many happenings that shook our country during the past twelve months. In fact, this year has brought along a string [...]
How I Turned My Jobless Christmas Season Around
Written by: Gilbert Goh I am not a big fan of the Christmas season. I have also always wondered if Jesus wants us to spend Christmas this way – full of materialism and wastage. After marvelling at the Christmas lightings at Orchard [...]
Seven Fundamental Changes Necessary For A Happier Singapore
Written by: Gilbert Goh A friend of mine who is now living in Sydney returned to Singapore last month to visit his ageing parents and friends. One of his comment particularly caught my attention: “People don’t smile anymore in [...]
Yes, discriminatory hiring practices exist in Singapore
These comments appeared on the article: Race-Bias Discriminatory Hiring Practices Exist In Singapore? Ada Style: New Temasek Review November 9, 2010 at 7:20 pm I fully agree with Gre’s comment that Gilbert’s analysis is based upon him [...]
Three Main Reasons Why Our Youth Joins Gangs
I am concerned about the recent spate of gang-related crimes involving our teenagers. Two armed attacks involving gangs have occurred within a fortnight. Many have also speculated whether the recent huge influx of foreigner have influenced the [...]
Three New Political Dynamics That May Influence The Outcome Of The Next General Election
Written by: Gilbert Goh I am glad to read from many socio-political blogs that the forthcoming election will be fiercely contested by opposition political parties. One sure certainty is that there will be lesser walk-overs as compared [...]
Globalisation – A Bane or Boon For Singaporeans?
Globalisation – A Bane Or Boon For Singaporeans? Written By: Gilbert Goh I am glad that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has finally admitted that he could have done more if he has anticipated the severe effect globalisation has on [...]
Race-Bias Discriminatory Hiring Practices Exist In Singapore?
Race-Bias Discriminatory Hiring Practices Exist In Singapore? Written by: Gilbert Goh Lately, I have being wondering if there is any race-bias discriminatory hiring practices in Singapore - its a sensitive topic but one that certainly [...]
Singapore Land Authority Corruption Case: What can be done to prevent future fraud
The smashed Ferrari that Lim, Koh's colleague, crashed last December along Nicoll Highway. No one in SLA realised that the driver, named in reports as Lim Chai Meng, was their colleague as he was known as Chris Lim in the office. -- PHOTO: SHIN [...]
