Tony's stash of textual information

Quoting from the Book of Sirach, in the apocrypha of the Bible:

“Do not boast about wearing fine clothes, and do not exalt yourself when you are honored; for the works of the Lord are wonderful, and his works are concealed from humankind. Many kings have had to sit on the ground, but one who was never thought of has worn a crown. Many rulers have been utterly disgraced, and the honored have been handed over to others.”

(Chapter 11, verses 4 to 6.)

The following is a list – not exhaustive, of course – for the reader to glean some insight from.

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1. Conor McGregor, a professional fighter from Ireland. “MMA fighter Conor McGregor loses appeal in civil rape case.”. in: BBC. 1 Aug 2025.
2. Ong Beng Seng, a tycoon. “Billionaire Ong Pleads Guilty in Singapore Gifting Scandal.”. In: Bloomberg. 4 Aug 2025.
3. < redacted name >. “Husband on trial for raping wife; first case since Singapore repealed marital immunity for rape.”. In: Channel NewsAsia. 21 July 2025.
4. Noel Clarke, a famous actor from the UK. “Noel Clarke loses libel case against Guardian over sexual misconduct investigation”.. In: The Guardian. 22 Aug 2025.
5. Ken Lim, a celebrity in Singapore. Former Singapore Idol judge Ken Lim found guilty of molesting 25-year-old woman at Hype Records office. In: Channel News Asia. 26 Sep 2025.
6. T. T. Durai, former CEO of a well-known charity organisation in Singapore. (“National Kidney Foundation financial scandal (2005)”. In Singapore InfoPedia.)
7. Yang Suan Piau Steven, a pastor. “pleaded guilty to one count of providing false information to a customs officer”. 2 Nov 2012. In: Supreme Court Judgments of Singapore.
8. Kong Hee, husband of a celebrity, and founder of an organisation. (“City Harvest Church's founder Kong Hee along with 4 others begin serving jail terms”. In International Business Times. 21st April 2017. And: “Church founder Kong Hee was found guilty of misappropriating some S$50 million of church funds with the help of five key church leaders.”. In WikiPedia.)
9. Karim Benzema, celebrity and soccer-player. (“France's Benzema suspended over sex-tape affair”. In DW. 2015)
10. Salva Kiir, a president of South Sudan. ”... video appears to show President Salva Kiir urinating on himself.”. in ABC News. 8th January, 2023.
11. Luis Rubiales, former President of the Spanish football federation. (“Luis Rubiales, Former Spanish Soccer Chief, Faces Arrest”. In The New York Times. 21 March 2024. And: “Luis Rubiales quits in wake of World Cup kiss scandal”. In The Guardian. 10th September 2023).

Acted with Ariel using a practice-script, titled “Come in, Nielsen”.

As things turned out, our scene became a confrontation between two hostile criminals.

A new classmate made his entrance today: Joao (pronounced somewhat like Jo-el), a youthful-looking man from Portugal.

He had missed the previous two classes due to a business trip – or so he claims – but he seemed to catch up quite quickly.

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Today's exercise: intercostal diaphrammatic breathing.

Lie down and breathe in. Notice how your belly rises.

Now sit up and breathe in. Notice how your shoulders hunch up.

Two new classmates: Kester and Karis.

Kester brought his young son to class because there was nobody else to take care of his son.

Karis has a day-time job that involves sitting at a computer,

New game: Zip, Zap, Zoom. New rules. Everybody knew nothing about the game except our coach/teacher. But we managed to get a nice rhythm going, eventually. I feel proud of myself. I realised that I'm not incompetent, I just need some guidance and practice.

Exercise for the diaphragm:

Weight: 56.5 kilograms Height: 1.69 metres Complexion: light-skinned, not dark-skinned Bespectacled: yes

I'm back. Back at my footprints in the dusty tracks here — nearly obliterated by time and dust, gathered over a yawn of twenty years – or was it thirty?

Where are my classmates now?

The last time I went to Pulau Ubin was in the year 2012 A D., if I remember correctly.

That time, I was in a group of about 12 people. But today, I went alone.

I saw a neglected or abandoned garden patch. There was supposed to be lemongrass and other edible plants but most of them had shrivelled up.

This is just a list of projects that I've undertaken with other people.