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Crinacle Was A Broke Student With A Thing For High-End Audio. Now, He’s A Star.

Crinacle Was A Broke Student With A Thing For High-End Audio. Now, He’s A Star.

A sound business.

by Daniel Peters April 25, 2024

Lights, Camera, Access: How Singaporean PWDs Struggle To Take Centre Stage

Lights, Camera, Access: How Singaporean PWDs Struggle To Take Centre Stage

"The bigger problem stems from the idea that PWDs can only play disabled characters in stories specifically about disability."

by Brenda Khoo April 22, 2024

Singaporeans Speak on Trading Passion for Pragmatic Careers

Singaporeans Speak on Trading Passion for Pragmatic Careers

"I always wanted to be a young adult fiction author, but my parents didn’t support that (of course)."

by Hykel Quek April 21, 2024

My Friend Dante Chen and His Hard-Fought Journey From Woodlands to WrestleMania

Before Dante Chen from WWE, there was Sean Tan from Woodlands.

by Andre Frois April 11, 2024

Ashish Kumar Was a Top PSLE Scorer. Now, He’s a 31-Year-Old Retiree.

Ashish Kumar Was a Top PSLE Scorer. Now, He’s a 31-Year-Old Retiree.

Unbothered. Moisturised. Flourishing.

by Hykel Quek March 29, 2024

In Defence of Expensive, Unnecessarily Quirky Ramadan Bazaar Food

In Defence of Expensive, Unnecessarily Quirky Ramadan Bazaar Food

Are you not entertained by the culinary innovation of bagels in various hues of the light spectrum?

by Ilyas Sholihyn March 19, 2024

Recent Articles

Coming Of Age

Geraldine Kang Captures the Spaces We Provide for Migrant Domestic Helpers

Geraldine Kang Captures the Spaces We Provide for Migrant Domestic Helpers

How do we perceive the humanity of those who keep our households running smoothly?

by Stephanie Lee

April 24, 2024

Grindsets

Meet Kai, the Singaporean Who’s Trying To Make TCM Gummies a Thing in New York

Meet Kai, the Singaporean Who’s Trying To Make TCM Gummies a Thing in New York

A Singaporean's journey across the Big Apple with modern TCM.

by Kimberly Lim

March 8, 2024

Grindsets

Prime Time: How SGFR Store’s Gen Z Founders Built a Cult Gen Alpha Following

Prime Time: How SGFR Store’s Gen Z Founders Built a Cult Gen Alpha Following

"I don’t care if my mum scolds. This is for SGFR."

by Kimberly Lim

March 6, 2024

Singapore, Unfiltered

Budget 2024: Upskilling Is Good, but Is It Enough To Survive?

Budget 2024: Upskilling Is Good, but Is It Enough To Survive?

The need for upskilling is the clear, but its ROI seems less obvious.

by Kimberly Lim and Hykel Quek

February 21, 2024

Amongst Us

Last Offices: Singaporean Nurses on Their Daily Encounter with Death

Last Offices: Singaporean Nurses on Their Daily Encounter with Death

What do nurses do immediately after a patient dies?

by Hazel Tang

February 21, 2024