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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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![What It’s Like To Wait Until Marriage To Share a First Kiss]()
What It’s Like To Wait Until Marriage To Share a First Kiss
They’re clearly happy. So why the presumptuous online comments assuming they aren’t?
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![After Oishi Pizza’s Demise, This 62-Year-Old Founder Now Has His Fingers in Japanese Pies]()
After Oishi Pizza’s Demise, This 62-Year-Old Founder Now Has His Fingers in Japanese Pies
"Had Oishi Japanese Pizza been successful, I would have been happier."
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![The Singaporean Man Engineering F1 Racing Cars From His HDB Flat]()
The Singaporean Man Engineering F1 Racing Cars From His HDB Flat
Meet Singapore's first F1 engineer—and the only one working remotely here.
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![Dee Kosh Denies Trying To Control the Narrative With Interview Terms and Conditions]()
Dee Kosh Denies Trying To Control the Narrative With Interview Terms and Conditions
“Now I'm just a bit more scarred. And I will not be doing any more interviews from now on.”
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![A Sugar Baby’s Bittersweet Sentiments as a Single Mother]()
A Sugar Baby’s Bittersweet Sentiments as a Single Mother
This Mother's Day, Nrefna reveals the sacrifices she makes to her raise her two-year-old child on her own terms.
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![Overzealous Boomers are Obsessed with @zohtaco. It’s Weirding Everyone Out.]()
Overzealous Boomers are Obsessed with @zohtaco. It’s Weirding Everyone Out.
It’s a lot of work to put down a teen who caught a lucky break.
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![The Back-Cracking Pains of Being an Animal Chiropractor]()
The Back-Cracking Pains of Being an Animal Chiropractor
Correcting the alignment of human spines is one thing—but to do it for animals who can't voice their preferences?
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![Are Singaporeans Worried About Layoffs?]()
Are Singaporeans Worried About Layoffs?
In this episode of Against the Grain, we asked Singaporeans how they feel about layoffs while our host grapples with his own job security.
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![Trading Privilege for Prison: Caning, Camaraderie and Anxieties After Jail (Part 2)]()
Trading Privilege for Prison: Caning, Camaraderie and Anxieties After Jail (Part 2)
Some unspoken rules if you ever get caned in Singapore—and how you'll be a wreck in your first month out of prison.
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![‘It Feels Like A Fever Dream’: Tutor Influencer Brooke Lim Doesn’t Have Any Excuses]()
‘It Feels Like A Fever Dream’: Tutor Influencer Brooke Lim Doesn’t Have Any Excuses
Tuition teacher, Brooke Lim, was caught having plagiarised the works of several authors. We catch up with her in the aftermath to find out what she's doing to fix her mistakes.
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![What Parti Liyani Went Through vs What Karl Liew Went Through]()
![This Body is Not Mine: Living With Gender Dysphoria]()
![Simple, Sensible, Stylo: This Is What New Singapore-Core Looks Like]()
![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]()
![A Photographer’s Ode to Heritage Mom-and-Pop Shops (Before They’re Gone)]()
What Parti Liyani Went Through vs What Karl Liew Went Through
One is heading to jail, the other has yet to receive an apology.
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![Simple, Sensible, Stylo: This Is What New Singapore-Core Looks Like]()
Simple, Sensible, Stylo: This Is What New Singapore-Core Looks Like
With our pragmatic essence comes a pattern to our utilitarian sense of style.
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![The Legacy of Void Deck Tarawih Prayers]()
The Legacy of Void Deck Tarawih Prayers
After a hiatus due to the pandemic, Ramadan prayer spaces at void decks are finally returning. But the decades-old practice faces the risk of disappearing.
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![A Boy Humped a Cat. Should We Be Sharing Clips of Him?]()
A Boy Humped a Cat. Should We Be Sharing Clips of Him?
Animal cruelty should be condemned. So should we avoid publicly shaming a minor who clearly needs psychological help.
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