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Here are some stories from the past few weeks that’ve made it to your dinner table discussions.
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![One Last Party Before The End Of Golden Mile Complex | Against the Grain: Ep 1]()
One Last Party Before The End Of Golden Mile Complex | Against the Grain: Ep 1
With Golden Mile Complex’s impending closure, Singapore is losing yet another cultural landmark. But not before one last lup sup party across the building.
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![It’s Layoff Season, but We Don’t Know How to Say Goodbye to Office Buddies]()
It’s Layoff Season, but We Don’t Know How to Say Goodbye to Office Buddies
An office BFF makes all the difference in the daily grind. But then they leave.
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![1 Dad, 2 Mums, 7 Children: How a Polygamous Family Stays United With War Games]()
1 Dad, 2 Mums, 7 Children: How a Polygamous Family Stays United With War Games
Unconventional family, unconventional family bonding.
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![A Local Delivery Rider Bullied A Man Accused of Working Illegally. Both are Desperate.]()
A Local Delivery Rider Bullied A Man Accused of Working Illegally. Both are Desperate.
The undercurrent of a growing economic uncertainty and increasingly desperate workers.
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![A Gamer’s Quest for a Second Life After Stroke]()
A Gamer’s Quest for a Second Life After Stroke
“Sometimes life just does you dirty. What can you do about it?"
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![Overlooked but Unbroken: The Glass Children Who Grew Up With Special Needs Siblings]()
Overlooked but Unbroken: The Glass Children Who Grew Up With Special Needs Siblings
When a child’s emotional needs are neglected for the good of their differently-abled siblings.
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![Degrees from Private Schools–Are They Really Just ‘Toilet Paper’ Certs to Many?]()
Degrees from Private Schools–Are They Really Just ‘Toilet Paper’ Certs to Many?
Graduates from private schools may be ready to work. But do potential employers see it the same way?
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![BTO ‘Mould-Gate’: When Joy for New Homes in Singapore Decays]()
BTO ‘Mould-Gate’: When Joy for New Homes in Singapore Decays
We uncover at least three more estates with unsightly surroundings bad enough to affect the mental state of homeowners.
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![Why You Don’t Mess With Crows, Coming From a Man Who Fears Crows]()
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![How Single Singaporeans Are Left Out of the Budget 2023 Equation]()
How Single Singaporeans Are Left Out of the Budget 2023 Equation
What a double whammy for single Singaporeans on Valentine's Day.
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![BTO After Breakups: A Modern Singaporean Love Story]()
![The Last Mile: Golden Mile Complex’s Final Hedonistic Hurrah]()
![Looking for Lone Diners in a World Where a Table for One Raises Eyebrows]()
![In Photos: What Depression Looks Like]()
![Re-Route, and the Things We Saw En Route Little India’s Hidden Spaces]()
![What Are Singaporeans Truly Afraid Of? An AI Generates Their Fears]()
![A Ukrainian Independence Day in Singapore, 6 Months Into the War]()
BTO After Breakups: A Modern Singaporean Love Story
When Valentine's Day flowers and long-term relationships wilt before the BTO gets built.
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![Not Just the Airport: Changi is Also First in Many Things We Do Not Know Of]()
Not Just the Airport: Changi is Also First in Many Things We Do Not Know Of
Changi will still be the "first" in many areas, even without our world-renowned airport.
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![ACS Primary Moves Away From Barker Road But Not Its Perceptions]()
ACS Primary Moves Away From Barker Road But Not Its Perceptions
"To serve a wider community in Singapore," they said.
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![Questions Singaporeans Really Want to Ask, as Seen on Telegram’s ‘Paiseh Questions’]()
Questions Singaporeans Really Want to Ask, as Seen on Telegram’s ‘Paiseh Questions’
Give young Singaporeans anonymity and a space to ask their burning questions and all hell breaks loose.
Random Opinion
If transparent price labelling means we’ll see fewer people whining about $7 nasi padang and $12 cai fan, we’re all winners at the end of the day.
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