A poisonous shrimp. Lee Kuan Yew: “We are what we are because we can stand for ourselves. If we can’t, we’ve had it.”
“Big fish eat small fish. Small fish eat shrimps.” From time memorial, this has been the order of nature, said Mr Lee Kuan Yew in a speech on big and small fishes in Asian waters. But shrimps have developed defence mechanisms to stay alive. Some shrimps are poisonous. They sting. If you eat them, you […]
Extreme hardship and suffering as an occupied people under the Japanese
Never again, we remind ourselves. 3 years and 8 months of extreme hardship and suffering as an occupied people. This tiny island nation was the scene of the largest surrender of British-led forces ever recorded in history. It was 15 February 1942, the first day of the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Horse, […]