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![What Does It Take to Run a Domestic Worker Agency Without Losing Your Soul?]()
What Does It Take to Run a Domestic Worker Agency Without Losing Your Soul?
Running an ethical domestic worker employment agency shouldn't be perceived as radical. And yet it is.
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![Singapore Isn’t a Chinese Nation. So Why Do Some Food Chains Act Like It?]()
Singapore Isn’t a Chinese Nation. So Why Do Some Food Chains Act Like It?
In the rush to win our wallets, who gets left behind?
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![10 Questions With Animal Lovers League Volunteers Who Lost Faith in Their Leaders]()
10 Questions With Animal Lovers League Volunteers Who Lost Faith in Their Leaders
"To call us ‘backstabbers’ is deeply hurtful and profoundly unfair."
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![Growing Old in Singapore Isn’t the Hard Part. It’s the Feeling of Being Stuck.]()
Growing Old in Singapore Isn’t the Hard Part. It’s the Feeling of Being Stuck.
How do we plan for a life with more chapters than we expected?
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![Inside a 44-Year-Old Man’s Annual O-Level Exam Pilgrimage]()
Inside a 44-Year-Old Man’s Annual O-Level Exam Pilgrimage
Some people run marathons. Others sign up for Hyrox. Linus Lin sits for O-level exams.
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![The Singaporean Mum and Daughter Making Lebanese Olive Oil That’s Rooted in Resistance]()
The Singaporean Mum and Daughter Making Lebanese Olive Oil That’s Rooted in Resistance
"The easiest way to spread awareness was through a product—you can get connected to the land, the people, the ground."
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![I Sang at an Underground Gig With a Retiree Band and All I Got Was an Elderly Friend]()
I Sang at an Underground Gig With a Retiree Band and All I Got Was an Elderly Friend
"If you're scared of singing, you can share the microphone with me."
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![We Gave a Retiree Band the Stage They Deserved. Here’s Why.]()
We Gave a Retiree Band the Stage They Deserved. Here’s Why.
For all our talk about community spirit, why is it still so hard for people to create it on their own?
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![Identity Politics and the Malay-Muslim Community? Penat lah]()
Identity Politics and the Malay-Muslim Community? Penat lah
The existential fatigue of getting your identity and loyalty examined yet again.
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![Malatang, Mixue, and the Taste of a Changing Singapore]()
Malatang, Mixue, and the Taste of a Changing Singapore
"I don't think I should have to learn Chinese just to order a meal."
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![Steven Lee: The Man Who Keeps Singapore’s Journalists Up at Night (Sort Of)]()
Steven Lee: The Man Who Keeps Singapore’s Journalists Up at Night (Sort Of)
Meet the retiree who CCs the prime minister in emails about the plural form.
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![Inside Caliversity, the Heartland Workout Sessions Building Community Through Muscle-Ups]()
Inside Caliversity, the Heartland Workout Sessions Building Community Through Muscle-Ups
From core strength to core values.
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![Why Street Festivals Matter in a Singapore That Keeps Forgetting Its Soul]()
Why Street Festivals Matter in a Singapore That Keeps Forgetting Its Soul
How do we redesign places with care when the parameters are efficiency?
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![35 Years On, How Much Influence Do Singapore’s NMPs Really Have?]()
35 Years On, How Much Influence Do Singapore’s NMPs Really Have?
The NMP scheme’s greatest weakness may not lie in its design; it's in the public perception.
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![Meet the Singaporeans Who Chose a Borderless University Over a Traditional One]()
Meet the Singaporeans Who Chose a Borderless University Over a Traditional One
What is a university anyway?
Random Opinion
“It’s not romance I’m avoiding; it’s uncertainty. With arranged marriages, there are fewer choices, but these choices are vetted and much more grounded and real compared to dating online.”