Browsing tag: family

Being a First-Generation University Student

Love & Relationships, Opinion, Singapore

  My mind was blank and yet completely filled with all of life’s possibilities. The beat of my heart, so loud, so fast, yet I’ve…

by / November 30th, 2015

Grandfather

Literature, Love & Relationships

Written by Annabel Ngien.   Grandfather   My mother once told me a story About how my grandfather’s dream Was to replace his broken veins…

by / November 26th, 2015

The Pioneer Kid – Eldest in a Family of Four Children

Love & Relationships, Opinion, Singapore

As a schoolboy in primary school, I was already very aware that my family belonged to a rare statistic. Even in the '80s, to be…

by / November 24th, 2015

Paper Face

Opinion, Singapore

“My life is so dull, mum. It’s like a plain piece of white A4 size paper, half-tucked in one those trays you find at an…

by / November 22nd, 2015

Fish Maw

Literature, Love & Relationships, Singapore

  Fish Maw Love is a bowl of hee peow soup, carefully brewed. Savory and flavorful, entering into your gut - a mixture swirling with…

by / November 20th, 2015

A Thank You Letter To My Father

Love & Relationships

Most of the time, it seems like I like Mum a lot better. Believe me when I say, I love you all the same. Actually,…

by / November 19th, 2015