Richard LeiAnalysis Practice : Doris LessingDoris Lessing uses stage directions as a way to create an image of anxiety in Anna, reflecting her state of mind.(method:asides)…·3 min read·Dec 22, 2020----
Richard LeiWho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf: Desperate HumourIn Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Albee presents desperate humour between clenched teeth between the play’s protagonists, Martha and…·6 min read·Dec 17, 2020----
Richard LeiForeign Aid: Hot TakeWhen we think of foreign aid, we often hear failure; the multitudes of controversies that have arisen from it. When we think of foreign…·4 min read·Dec 16, 2020----
Richard LeiPersonality VS PolicyThe age of policy is dead. Long live the age of personality. Thus, comes the curtain call for modern politics, as the populist strongmen…·5 min read·Dec 12, 2020----
Richard LeiFilm: Mere escape or more?People love films; ever since the advent of silent films and the rise of worldwide icons like Charlie Chaplin, audiences all over the…·5 min read·Dec 10, 2020----
Richard LeiShould we die for a cause?“A small night storm blows / Saying ‘falling is the essence of a flower / Preceding those who hesitate” Yukio Mishima.·5 min read·Dec 10, 2020----
Richard LeiWhat is Entrepreneurship to you?: The perspectives of a high school studentEntrepreneurship is inherently limitless. Traditionally, Entrepreneurship can be broadly defined as the creation or extraction of value…·4 min read·Jun 12, 2020----
Richard LeiSingapore’s New Education Policy: The Perspective of a studentThe policy that has garnered the most attention recently is the announcement of full subject-based banding classes in secondary schools…·5 min read·Jun 7, 2020----
Richard LeiInterludeI don’t feel depressed. I don’t think I am depressed. My waking moments are a blur, merely an interlude to my eventual slumber. My sleep…·1 min read·May 9, 2020----
Richard LeiDialogues(with myself and others): SuicideI am once again in despair. I feel it in my body. The lump in my throat, the chill in my bones, the listlessness, the anxiety, the…·3 min read·May 1, 2020----