Dan Writes

That tipsy state of midnight sorrow will not drag the rabbit out of its hole. And head buried in burrows of worry, neither will you find your lost dollar. The periwinkle flower once blossoming strong in your palm, shredded into petals of worry as you stuff it fisted in your pocket. Last week, a hole broke, dropped pennies for unnamed tramps. Toast and coffee were all you could afford, cowering in a kopitiam amid this towering city. Yet guilt has no place in one's life - once you chastened my beaten mood. I reach out with the long probe of a finger, lift your chin to indulge the flame of the setting sun as it bows beyond the world's line of riches.

Commissioned by Evans of  Togoparts.com : an opinion piece on the traditional bicycle vs its electric counterparts. All Things Bicycle and Its E-Counterparts Traditionally, most of us have known the ordinary bicycle and owned one ourselves. That de facto mode of short-distance transport and exercise, or long distance round-the-sunny-island marathons. Of course, we would probably be familiar with our own bikes: the height of our seats, the smoothness or stiffness with which the gears and chain turn, the force we need to pedal and amount of brake force needed for turning a corner safely. One pictures a family outing out at Punggol Waterway on a fleet of – bicycles. The regular exercise an old man takes is his daily evening bike ride out on his old Wheeler mountain bike to catch the sunset along the waterway. On the one hand, traditional bikes represent artefacts from centuries bygone, constructed for getting around. They have endured through time, from the vintage bike...