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The following was published in The Sunday Times on 12 July 2009:

Confounded by confinement
by Colin Goh
I must confess my surprise at the amount of mail my recent pieces about the arrival of my daughter have garnered.  Are my accounts of grappling with a baby touching some kind of chord? Or do people just like knowing […]

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The following was published in the Sunday Times on 14 June 2009:

Zombie Daddy Wants to Pick Your Brains
by Colin Goh
First things first: thank you for the deluge of emails in response to my last column, about my struggles with the contents of my newborn daughter’s diaper.  I was heartened to hear so many of […]

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The following was published in the Sunday Times on 31 May 2009:
Sunday Times 31 May 2009
Poop Patrol
by Colin Goh
For those of you who’ve ever felt that your life is just an endless stream of crap, well, you’re not alone.  Because that’s exactly how I’m finding the fatherhood experience. Literally.

Sure, I’ve read the books, and heard […]

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The following was published in The Sunday Times on 17 May 2009:

Sunday Times 17 May 2009
Past Imperfect, Future Tense
by Colin Goh in New York
“I think I’m going to be a useless parent,” I told the Wife last week.
“Is that a supposition or a statement of intent?” she replied, eyebrows knit with alarm. “I warn you, […]

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The following piece was published in the 5 April 2009 edition of the Sunday Times:
Sunday Times 5 April 2009
Home, Sweat, Home
by Colin Goh in New York
A few days ago, the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index reported the largest decline in U.S. home prices in metropolitan areas since records began – a steep 19 percent.
In the face […]

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The following piece was published in the 22 March 2009 edition of the Sunday Times:
Sunday Times 22 March 2009
My Little Act of Irresponsibility?
by Colin Goh
Planting pollutants in the air and the food chain. Helping to destroy the world’s financial system and still claiming performance bonuses. Marketing high-risk financial products to the less educated. Setting up […]

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The following piece was published in the 8 March 2009 edition of the Sunday Times:
Sunday Times 8 March 2008
The Drunken Monks Meet Their Match
by Colin Goh in New York
Amidst the unceasing financial gloom here in New York, many pundits have been flogging that hoary old adage about there being no such thing as a free […]

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The following piece was published in the 25 January 2009 edition of the Sunday Times:
Sunday Times 25 January 2009
Running a Different Race
by Colin Goh
Of the myriad images captured by the media during its coverage of the US presidential inauguration, the one that leaped out at me was a photo published in the New York Times […]

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The following piece was published in the 25th January 2009 edition of the Sunday Times:
Sunday Times 25 January 2009
Running a Different Race
by Colin Goh
Of the myriad images captured by the media during its coverage of the US presidential inauguration, the one that leaped out at me was a photo published in the New York Times […]

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The following was published in the 11 January 2009 edition of The Sunday Times:
Sunday 11 January 2009
Let it snow? Oh no!
by Colin Goh
I looked out of the window as the cab pulled onto my street, and I swore in Hokkien.
I was dog tired, having just returned to New York after another grueling flight back […]

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