Dr. Gan Siowck Lee

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

The Chua-Lim Debate on 19 Feb 2012

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There are many different formats for a debate, but the different formats do have many features in common. For starters, all d ebate s are f...
Friday, January 20, 2012

Getting forgetful? Read on....

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Headline in Dots, Sunday Star (14 Jan 2012) screamed: Mental decline sets in at 45 not 60, says study. So, little wonder that you now begin ...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

Planning for retirement? Read on....

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If you are the proactive type like moi, you are probably planning for your retirement now. Here’s something I read in Sin Chew Daily last...
Thursday, October 6, 2011

A Tribute to Steve Jobs

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Stay hungry, Stay foolish
Friday, August 5, 2011

Is Facebook infantilizing your mind?

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Professor Greenfield of Oxford University: Facebook creating a generation hungry for constant attention At last, I heard someone echoing ...
Monday, August 1, 2011

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Latest News From the East-West Center: Malaysia's Political Awakening: A Call for U.S. Leadership Former U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia Joh...
Sunday, July 31, 2011

More about Tiger Mom & Kids

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I did a feture story for The Star (29 June 2011) about the Malaysian Tiger Mom and her twin cubs. Here's the link where you can read t...
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Dr. Gan Siowck Lee
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
I am an academic. I think that's all you need to know about me. :-) Maybe you want to know why I "blog"? Right now, I use this blog to post articles I translated from the Chinese dailies. It's to help my "English-educated" friends feel the pulse of the "Chinese-educated" community in Malaysia. Before this, I was just using the blog to replace my homepage which almost died a natural death. I first built my homepage in 1993 and since then I have managed to maintain it by parking it on the servers of the various institutions I worked with. When I quit working for the institutions (and stopped writing a column in The Star)to join the rank of self-employed people in late 2004, I literally became homeless on the Web!:-( Then I found Geocities which hosted my homepage for a while until the free service was terminated in 2006 or thereabout. I have always maintained that if one is not a celebrity or a public figure or a newspaper columnist, one does not really need a blog because few people will actually read it! And, that's partly why I have so few postings on my blog! :-)
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