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From a very healthy lifestyle to a craftsmen breathing life into some unloved objects, here are some of our favourite stories from the past few weeks.
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by Kimberly Lim
May 31, 2023

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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by Hykel Quek
May 28, 2023

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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by Kimberly Lim
May 26, 2023

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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by RICE
May 16, 2023

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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by Hykel Quek
May 14, 2023

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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by Hykel Quek
May 5, 2023

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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by Hykel Quek
May 3, 2023

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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by RICE
May 1, 2023

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)
Some unspoken rules if you ever get caned in Singapore—and how you'll be a wreck in your first month out of prison.
April 29, 2023
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by Hykel Quek
April 26, 2023

‘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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by RICE
April 17, 2023

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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by RICE
April 16, 2023

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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by RICE
April 12, 2023

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?
Animal cruelty should be condemned. So should we avoid publicly shaming a minor who clearly needs psychological help.
April 12, 2023

Random Opinion
"Life is sometimes like golf. Sometimes you need a few more strokes, but you’ll get there. You just need to be brave enough to fail.”
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