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COVERSTORY
Words Farhan Shah
Photos Koh Sze Kiat, Glenn Lim & Daniel Chan
We’re a year old! What OCTOBER 2013
better way to celebrate JIM ROGERS
are no television sets
this momentous occasion Fun Fact: There house. He also cycles
in Jim Rogers’s
than by hitting the road of his children to school.
nostalgia? We bring you
a few memorable photos, “I was always against children. I
quotes, and behind-the- thought children were a terrible waste
of time, energy and money. I was
scenes stories from the never going to do anything so foolish
interviews and photo- as to have a child.” Jim Rogers on his
shoots of our 12 cover initial thoughts about children
personalities.
NOVEMBER 2013
LOH LIK PENG
Fun Fact: We held the photo shoot
in the rather dark “Space”-themed
room at Loh’s Wanderlust hotel, which
caused our photographer to tear his
hair out over the lighting.
DECEMBER 2013/
JANUARY 2014
SARA TASEER
Fun Fact: There are no fences
encircling Sara Taseer’s Sentosa Cove
bungalow. She makes do with a row
of shrubbery. During the interview,
a golfer was actually trying to find a
golf ball that he had knocked into the
aforementioned bush.
SEPTEMBER 2013
JOSEPHINE TEO
Fun Fact: A day before we were about
to send this issue for print with this
cover story, we got the news that
Josephine Teo was promoted to Senior
Minister of State! Cue the mad rush
to stop the printing machines and
change the designation in the article.
“The world we live in is so complex
now. The choices I made growing up
will be largely irrelevant in my son’s
future generation. Professions such
as doctors and lawyers will become
less relevant 20 years from now and
new trends will rise to take their
places.” Loh Lik Peng thinking about
the future
“Everyone has something
they’re good at and our
role as parents is to
help our kids discover
their strengths. It’s
more important that
my children have
tried their best and
develop life skills such
as coping with failure
and disappointment.”
Josephine Teo on
parenting and children
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Family & Life • Oct 2014
FEBRUARY 2014
RICHARD EU
Fun Fact: Richard was quite the rebel in his youth, constantly breaking
curfews and failing examinations.
“My children are quite spoiled but, at the same time, I believe they appreciate
what they have. I suppose there is a fine line when it comes to spoiling or
depriving your children.” Richard Eu talking about different parenting styles
“Singapore is one of the few places
in the world that allows us to live
without fences and boundaries,
which adds to the quality of life and
our peace of mind.” Sara Taseer
explaining why she decided to plant
her roots in Singapore