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Eight Months In, or the Insidious-Amazing Way in which the Museum just creeps into your System and TAKES OVER

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Kennie Ting

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When I first got the job, someone – a good friend of mine who just so happens to be the other Director of a National Museum (there aren’t that many – you know who you are) warned me that I … Continue reading →

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Resolution for 2017: Acts of Rebellion, Great and Small

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Kennie Ting

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This time last year, I made a resolution to Laugh More and Laugh Easily, because to laugh more is to be more thankful, to have clarity of purpose and to be able to let go. I must say that on the … Continue reading →

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Muah Gek 滿月, or One Month In

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Kennie Ting

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So it’s been one month since I took on my new position as the Director of the Asian Civilisations Museum. Well, a month and a half, to be precise. The support, encouragement and general well-wishes have been so overwhelming. The … Continue reading →

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London, or New Beginnings

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Kennie Ting

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A few posts ago, I wrote of my restlessness and my desire to wander; and my deep yearning for faraway places, for family and old friends. In the last three months or so, I have been doing exactly what I said … Continue reading →

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Shanghai, or The Consolations of Travel and Family

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Kennie Ting

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I have found that when one is at a turning point – floating in that uncertain space between what has come and what will be – the best consolation, indeed the best panacea, is travel. Particularly if it is travel … Continue reading →

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New York City, or When does Home stop being Home?

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Kennie Ting

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This past week, I’ve been in New York City. Somewhat surreptitiously, I’ll admit. I only told a handful of people I was there. And I (deliberately) failed to meet a whole bunch of people I used to know.  I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Of Faraway Places and Old Friends

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Kennie Ting

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Lately I’ve been dreaming of faraway places and old friends. I’m overwhelmed by a restlessness… a kind of delicious fever that has me distracted, unable to concentrate on the moment, even impatient and short-tempered. I wish to let everything fall behind me, … Continue reading →

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Turning Points and Taking Flight

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Kennie Ting

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So it seems  have reached a turning point in my life again. In December 2014, I took stock of my year, and I made a 2015 resolution to secure a THIRD book deal in a genre I had not yet been … Continue reading →

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All Singaporeans are Experts in (Singaporean) Heritage

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Kennie Ting

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So here it is, my second book for 2015 – it is part of a commemorative series of 50 books called Singapore Chronicles, each book of which features a specific subject pertaining to Singapore – education, law, history, arts, diplomacy and the like … Continue reading →

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Night. Festival. Singapore.

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Kennie Ting

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This past weekend, Singapore has been under some sort of magic spell. Singaporeans – thousands and thousands of them – took to the streets and literally enjoyed themselves. They danced, they drank out in the open with their friends and loved … Continue reading →

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