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By Wee Rae A few years ago, my grandfather worked as a cleaner in a secondary school. He carried a “wet floor” sign, a mop and a pail, up and down eight flights of stairs every morning. He was 85 years old then. One day, when I went to visit my grandparents, I saw stacks of paper on t

Photos and writing by Dayna Yin I never thought that breastfeeding would become such a big part of my life. Before you think congratulations are in order, no, I’m not a new mother. I have barely explored the world of dating, let alone motherhood. But somehow, breastfeeding has taken o

By Alicia Teng “Can you cut down on the text by half? People won’t read it.” That was the first comment I received from my editor on a travel piece I wrote for a lifestyle publication. Having just returned from my first sponsored overseas assignment to Taipei, I was enthusiastically p

By Ginnette Ng How do people around the world celebrate their children’s passage into adulthood? For the Jewish, boys celebrate Bar Mitzvah when they turn 13, a common birthday ritual to signify that they are now recognised as adults and are responsible for themselves. In many Latin A

By Ginnette Ng People were screaming and running in all directions, ducking behind cars as the sound of gunfire reverberated halfway through a night concert in Las Vegas. On the other side of the world, I was on a bus home from Orchard Road, watching the footage on my Facebook news fe

By Natalie Choy A few weeks ago, I caught up with a close friend over the phone — a communication medium that I have not been using since my early teens. While I relished in the spontaneity of our hour-long conversation and the warmth of the human voice that no amount of emojis could

By Syed Muhammad Faris You pick up your phone and open Tinder. You are greeted by a stranger’s profile. She barely piques your interest. You swipe left, and another profile appears. You open your inbox to check if the person you swiped right from a week ago has finally responded to yo

By Darren Ching A month ago, my beloved grandmother, Ah Ma, died. She was 85. Ah Ma was never particularly religious apart from the basic Taoist chants she did every morning by the side of her bed. Nevertheless, like how people of her generation are, she was extremely pantang (Hokkien

By Ginnette Ng Facebook is usually a space for sharing new memes or discovering easy dinner recipes. But of late, it has been inundated with articles beginning with “millennials are too” or “millennials need to”.  It feels like we can never stop disappointing the generations that have

By Adeena Nagib A few months ago, I binge-watched 54 one-hour episodes of Peaky Blinders every day for four days. Tuning in to the British gangster drama with an attractive Cillian Murphy at its helm was my idea of bliss. Since subscribing to the online video streaming site Netflix, I

By Candy Choo “Dirty job” or “low class”? These are not terms that many would use to describe a firefighter or a police officer. Embarrassingly, a recent comment on the NTU Confessions Facebook page shows how some Singaporeans still believe in class distinctions between different line

By Ignatius Koh Two of Singapore’s biggest sports have come under scrutiny in recent years. While the Republic’s swimmers have scaled to unprecedented heights in regional and international competitions, our footballers have been languishing in mediocrity. As a football fan, it has bee

When Singaporean youth are unable to speak their mother tongue, they risk losing touch with their cultures too

Singapore will truly be a food paradise only when we are inclusive of all dietary needs

By Dewey Sim Dear President Halimah Yacob, Just a month ago, I remembered expressing my excitement to my friends that I would be able to vote for the first time as a 23-year-old Singaporean. I looked up past presidential election statistics and researched on the other candidates who h