WHAT IS MAI-KIASI ABOUT?

"Kiasi" is a Hokkien phrase which alludes to an attitude of extreme caution or a deep fear of risk-taking. It is my contention that it is because of kiasi that a lot of problems in society are allowed to fester and eventually become intractable.

"Mai" is a Hokkien word meaning "do not have" or "reject".

So, put together, "mai-kiasi" literally means "have no fear".

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear."

                                      - Ambrose Redmoon 

It is in the very spirit of Mr Redmoon's "judgement that something else is more important", that I have created this blog with the intention of encouraging everyone to find his courage to speak up and help solve the problems we face as a society.

Hence, the tagline: Managing Adversity Insightfully - Knocking Ideas Around Singaporean Issues, which incidentally is what MAI-KIASI as an acronym spells for!  It is the task of this blog to record and publicize my solutions to many of our national problems.