An interview with JY YangLast April, I picked up a story that began with the two-word declaration “Singapore stank.” I had to keep reading. And reading – more or...
Vintage??Scene one: I’m trying to write an essay about Bata shoes. It’s going fine, except for a question that befuddles me: why are Bata shoes so...
Human eat worldBanzz, the broadcast jockey, is eating ramyun. Five bags to be exact, plus a small forest of kimchi. In between bites, he fields chatroom...
Mall talkThe first time I was allowed to visit my neighbourhood shopping center unaccompanied was before a PSLE supplementary class. The details...
Mermaids x chiobusWhen a mermaid school launched in Singapore, it seemed the subculture would stay small and quirky. Instead, merfolk seem to have found a...
Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match…nowWhoever conceptualised the Chinese reality dating show Fei Cheng Wu Rao was a hard-nosed realist. Like Tinder IRL, this is a show where...