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Sometimes, You Have to Leave Home to Learn to Love It Again
People are not mountains.
But the people of New Zealand are more impressive than their mountains, a friend insists.
I am sceptical, because New Zealand has been on my bucket list precisely for her mountains, valleys, rivers, and lakes. As a teenager, I’d right-click and save dreamy Tumbl
Letter From China: The Worst Chinese New Year Ever
Day One: Pudong International Airport, Shanghai
20th January
If I had known the Wuhan Virus would turn into SARS 2.0, I would have stayed in Singapore for CNY. I love my grandma, but not enough to risk coughing my last in the No.1 People’s Hospital isolation ward. My grandma would concur—if
The Dream Trip: Tasmania with My 53-Year-Old Mother
Images courtesy of Felicia.
There are many ways Singaporeans practice filial piety. For example: giving their parents a portion of their income every month, taking over the household finances, or by doing the chores.
Last year, 26-year-old Felicia Lim, decided to show her parents her gratitu
An Yishun Man Reviews The New Sembawang Hot Spring Park
All photography by Hizuan Zailani.
The north is the best part of Singapore, said absolutely no one ever. Even I—a life-long bitch of the North-south line—would much prefer to live in Bedok or Clementi. The north is emptier, further from town, and terribly uninteresting.
Easties have East