Abstract
In 2007, I embarked on my academic career at the newly established chemistry department at Nanyang Technological University Singapore and since then, about 14 years just flew past me. During that period, I have been engaged in research and education as an organic chemist and also in the University management as a Head of Department and a chairman in the chemistry and chemical engineering committee of the NTU Research Council. This essay describes recent topics on research and education in NTU and Singapore especially from the view points of my research areas （synthetic organic chemistry）.
