Dear Students of Batch 11,

It’s been a great honour and privilege to be able to conduct a 2-Day Early Retirement Workshop for you.

One of my worst fears came true when teaching this class. I fell sick and was running a high fever throughout Day 1. Because I previously had a flu vaccine, the symptoms were so minor that I was able to use Panadol to still get away with a decent program run over the weekend. The lesson I would think we can learn from this is to get a flu jab wherever possible - A $30 intervention can prevent the loss of not just my trainer fees, but also the valuable time of the students of this program.

Otherwise, a lot of things occurred outside the classroom. DPP won the Taiwanese elections. This means that Chinese tourists would continue to visit Singapore since they are probably not welcome in...