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Reciting Yeats in New Zealand
New Zealand--the last major land mass settled by humans around 1250-1300 AD--evokes a certain mystique, an ethereal, other-worldly beauty...

Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Nov 30, 20171 min read
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Teaching English in Chongqing
So we visited Chongqing, China again -- this time it was for teachers only! But we learnt so much not just about pedagogy and assessment,...

Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Nov 20, 20171 min read
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Visiting Chongqing, China
After having welcomed our guests and PRC students to BBSS back in July 2016, it was our turn to visit Chongqing, China! It was an...

Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Dec 27, 20164 min read
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Treasure trove of ideas to light up literature lessons
Enl*ght was featured today in the Straits Times! I'm heartened that the journal provided an ideal platform for us to share the insights...

Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Jun 21, 20161 min read
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An eco-friendly iftar at An-Nahdhah Mosque
Glad to have participated in an eco-friendly iftar at Harmony Centre (An-Nahdhah Mosque)! Do check out this article from Berita Harian...

Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Jun 20, 20161 min read
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Teaching English in Hong Kong
Back from Hong Kong after observing English lessons at a local school! Some thoughts: 1. At CMI (Chinese as the Medium of Instruction)...

Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Dec 19, 20151 min read
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Journey to the Centre of the Earth
It's a real joy bringing students out to experience the great outdoors: trekking through the dense rainforest, abseiling from ancient...

Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Nov 24, 20151 min read
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Happy Birthday to Ethos Books!
A big thank-you to Ethos Books (and in particular Kah Gay and Mr Fong Hoe Fang) for their generous support to From Walden to Woodlands!...

Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Sep 6, 20151 min read
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With Prof Edwin Thumboo
Prof Edwin Thumboo: "The whole business of poetry is to say more with less." #EdwinThumboo #poetry

Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Jul 14, 20151 min read
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My Reading Biography
Reading English novels as a child, I used to wonder what scones tasted like. They sounded especially scrumptious because I had never...

Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Sep 11, 20146 min read
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With Professor Sir Geoffrey Hill
Honoured to have spoken with Sir Geoffrey Hill, Oxford Professor of Poetry, after his lecture on 'Poetry and "the Democracy of the Dead"'...

Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Dec 4, 20131 min read
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My Valedictory Speech (2013)
Here's the speech I delivered as valedictorian of the NUS University Scholars Programme (USP) in 2013. #video #valedictorian #NUS #USP

Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Jul 8, 20131 min read
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