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![Lessons From Stirling Road: What the Residents of Singapore’s First HDB Flats Know About Contentment]()
Lessons From Stirling Road: What the Residents of Singapore’s First HDB Flats Know About Contentment
Despite leaky roofs and cracked floors, the residents of Stirling Road find contentment in the small things.
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![Li Ling Captures the Weight of Widowhood in the Belongings Left Behind]()
Li Ling Captures the Weight of Widowhood in the Belongings Left Behind
What goes into the quiet rituals of moving on?
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![The Colours of Grief in Woodlands Industrial Park After Dark]()
The Colours of Grief in Woodlands Industrial Park After Dark
Where do we go to find stillness in a city that never seems to stop?
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![The Gen Z Handymen Trying To Repair a Broken Industry]()
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![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.
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![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.
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![When Wala Wala Closes, Holland Village Loses Its Beat]()
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![Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V: Why AI Feels Right at Home in Singapore’s Ten Year Series Culture]()
Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V: Why AI Feels Right at Home in Singapore’s Ten Year Series Culture
AI didn't break creativity. It just automated our regurgitative forte.
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![When Caring for Dementia Pushes You to the Edge of Suicide]()
When Caring for Dementia Pushes You to the Edge of Suicide
"Every day I’d find myself retreating to the toilet to have a good cry just so no one can see my pain."
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![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.
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![Singapore’s Independent Bands Earn Their Stripes at Phil Studio—But Who the Hell Is Phil?]()
Singapore’s Independent Bands Earn Their Stripes at Phil Studio—But Who the Hell Is Phil?
How did a Korean-Spanish man from France with two master’s degrees, a PhD, and multiple black belts end up as a pillar of Singapore's alternative music scene?
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![Caught on Camera, Condemned for Life: The Fate of School Bullies After Going Viral]()
Caught on Camera, Condemned for Life: The Fate of School Bullies After Going Viral
How do we hold them accountable without closing the door on change?
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![Red Flags and Red Passports: Dating as a Filipino in Singapore]()
Red Flags and Red Passports: Dating as a Filipino in Singapore
When love and citizenship status collide.
Random Opinion
"In a society that expects the bereaved to finish mourning within two to five working days, grief tends to be seen as inconvenient."