Go Forth and Circulate!

Saturday, 7th February 2026

There is this urban legend that the late Lee Kuan Yew consulted a Fengshui Master on how Singapore could experience prosperity.  The master told him to design 8-sided octagon-shaped objects for everyday use and have them circulate all around the island.

Hence, the road tax discs of yore and the $1 coins that are still being used today.

Well, we as Christians do not need to rely on "geomancy", but on God Almighty.

Which brings me to the Much More car decal giveaway that was launched 3 weeks ago. 

Hearty congratulations to the winners!  May the 15 of you (+ the 62 others I have distributed it to) stick them on your car windscreen and experience God's much more blessings as you go about your daily commute and traverse the island.

Go forth and circulate! :-)

Meanwhile, here are the answers to the 5 questions:

Q1. Why did the author not attend the Annual Servers' Appreciation ("ASA") event in 2017, even though he had joined the Logistics & Transport ("L&T") ministry earlier that same year?
[Hint: look at the date he joined and the date of that year's ASA]
A1. Servers are required to complete at least 6 months of serving before being eligible to attend the ASA.  The author joined the ministry on 7 May 2017; the ASA took place in August 2017.

Q2: The author won a "MAD" Award during his inaugural ASA event the following year, ie. in 2018. What does MAD stand for and how many awardees were there in total altogether?
[Hint: you will need to include the 2 "extra" awards that were given out]

A2. MAD = "making a difference".  There were 10 original categories, 2 were subsequently added, making a total of 12.

Q3: The author has made 3 themed T-shirts for 2023 to 2025.  What did he say would be the likely colour for 2026's and why has he not arranged for it to be done yet at the time of writing?
[Hint: it is going to be a colour other than the 3 already used, and what typically appears on the front of the T-shirts]

A3. Pink. The previous colours were yellow (2023), green (2024) and orange (2025). He had to wait for the Chinese version of the theme to be released, to have that included on the front of the T(heme)-shirt.

Q4: Who did the author give the ACS bear to, and what was the significance of his best kingdom friend ("BKF") David Tang being included in the photo that was taken with the recipient of the said bear?
[Hint: it has to do with the recipient's profession and the common relationship he has with the author and his BKF]

A4. He gave the bear to Mr Peter Tan.  Mr Tan was his son's principal in ACS Junior and ACS Barker.  He was also the principal of Queenstown Secondary, when both of David Tang's sons were students there.

Q5: The author used to paste all previous year's theme decals on his car's windscreen, but not anymore.  Why so, and what practice does he adopt now?
[Hint: he changed cars in 2022]

A5. After the author got his Tesla in October 2022, he was only allowed to paste decals on the driver's side on the windscreen. So he will remove the previous year's decal and replace it with the current year's.