Browsing Category: Opinion

Becoming a Pokémon Master at 21

Humour, Lifestyle, Opinion, Singapore

Upon becoming an officially fully-functioning adult at the age of twenty-one, nostalgia hit me in the most childish of ways – with a Pokéball and…

by / November 26th, 2015

Why Taylor Swift Is The Champion Of The People

Lifestyle, Opinion

After pictures from Taylor Swift’s recent concert in Singapore exploded all over my Facebook feed, I felt moved to reflect more deeply on her appeal.…

by / November 25th, 2015

Lim Lishan: Founder of Saucha Spirit

Interviews, Lifestyle, Opinion, Singapore

I’d known Lishan as a classmate during my years in Junior College. We were both shared certain classes and sometimes spent breaks chilling in the…

by / November 24th, 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

On How We Weren’t Made to do Life on Our Own

Love & Relationships, Opinion

Courtney beams at me as I walk through the doors of Jeni’s. The heaviness of the day seems to lift a little. I smile. Seeing…

by / November 23rd, 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