“It takes a lot of guts to pull up stumps from a successful career, sur...” — Melissa Leong Quote

It takes a lot of guts to pull up stumps from a successful career, surrounded by the people you love.

Singaporeans are food people, period. My first memories, let alone of food, were of sitting on the floor of the kitchen with my mother, watching her pound aromatics to make sambal and later on, learning to stuff wonton pastry.

It seems like our first food memories, no matter how unpleasant, often end up making their way into our hearts anyway.

If it's a competition for which country has the best street food culture, you could do worse than back Thailand.

It's hard to comprehend a hot brunch menu without a shakshuka.

Republican government - self-government by the people - is at the heart of what it means to be free.

I'm grateful that on a lot of casts I've gained friends for life. But it's more of a rare thing than a normal thing. I have a small group of friends, and I just, uh, feel fulfilled by the people that are in my life.

Forty-five States, as the gentleman just said, have determined by people that were elected by the people of that State that marriage is the definition of one man and one woman.

My students are noticed by the people I respect from the quality of their work.