Kimberly Lim, Author at RICE

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141 Articles

Race & Religion

Singapore, Unfiltered

Racial Harmony Is More Than the Absence of Conflict. It’s Being Able To Have Conversations.

Racial Harmony Is More Than the Absence of Conflict. It’s Being Able To Have Conversations.

Singapore prides itself on its racial harmony. We even celebrate it on Racial Harmony Day every year. But why do some still find it so hard to talk about race in Singapore?

by Kimberly Lim

July 25, 2025

After The Vote

After the Vote: Yurihan on a Singapore Where Nurses Aren’t Overloaded

After the Vote: Yurihan on a Singapore Where Nurses Aren’t Overloaded

"I just believe that if the workload and manpower issues are addressed adequately and appropriately, nurses will be much happier in their roles."

by Kimberly Lim

July 17, 2025

After The Vote

After The Vote: Chloe Lin on a Singapore Where Egg Freezing Isn’t a Luxury

After The Vote: Chloe Lin on a Singapore Where Egg Freezing Isn’t a Luxury

"It would definitely encourage more single women to think: Can I plan it earlier?"

by Kimberly Lim

July 3, 2025

Singapore, Unfiltered

SkillsFuture for the Soul: What 6 Weeks of Sewing Taught Me About Subsidised Self-Discovery

SkillsFuture for the Soul: What 6 Weeks of Sewing Taught Me About Subsidised Self-Discovery

SkillsFuture for professional development? Nah. SkillsFuture for personal growth? Yes.

by Kimberly Lim

July 1, 2025

Coming Of Age

Return to Kinabalu: A Family’s 10-Year Journey Through Trauma, Grief and Survivor’s Guilt

Return to Kinabalu: A Family’s 10-Year Journey Through Trauma, Grief and Survivor’s Guilt

A Mount Kinabalu quake survivor reckons with what it means to be given a life when so many others perished.

by Kimberly Lim

June 25, 2025

After The Vote

After the Vote: Wong Zhi Wei’s Vision for a Singapore That Understands Invisible Disabilities

After the Vote: Wong Zhi Wei’s Vision for a Singapore That Understands Invisible Disabilities

"In Singapore, the pressure to fit in leads to less openness on disability and an unwillingness to openly share about it."

by Kimberly Lim

June 19, 2025

Grindsets

ERP X, Or How to Fight for Change From Within the Bureaucracy

ERP X, Or How to Fight for Change From Within the Bureaucracy

What if, in an alternate reality, we had a seamless ERP app?

by Kimberly Lim

June 8, 2025

Singapore, Unfiltered

If an MP Works Late and Doesn’t Post About It, Did It Even Happen?

If an MP Works Late and Doesn’t Post About It, Did It Even Happen?

The wayang paradox of local politics.

by Kimberly Lim

June 5, 2025

After The Vote

After the Vote: Clydia Tan on Building a Singapore That Listens to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Voices

After the Vote: Clydia Tan on Building a Singapore That Listens to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Voices

"Being excluded from conversations has become so familiar and ordinary that it barely surprises us anymore."

by Kimberly Lim

May 30, 2025

Grindsets

Bankrupt at 31: Finding Freedom on the Other Side of Financial Ruin

Bankrupt at 31: Finding Freedom on the Other Side of Financial Ruin

When losing all your money doesn't have to mean losing yourself too.

by Kimberly Lim

May 16, 2025

After The Vote

After the Vote: HOME’s Call for a Singapore That Values Migrant Worker Lives Over Profit

After the Vote: HOME’s Call for a Singapore That Values Migrant Worker Lives Over Profit

"We still haven't gotten to a place where we value the work that migrant workers do because they are doing jobs that locals do not want to do."

by Kimberly Lim

May 8, 2025

Singapore, Unfiltered

Did We Hope for Too Much?

Did We Hope for Too Much?

Even before all the rallies, drama, slogans, and external anxieties, had Singaporeans already made up their minds on who to vote for?

by Kimberly Lim

May 4, 2025

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