In the heart of the open-aired Paya Lebar Quarters (PLQ) Plaza, surrounded by shops and within sight of the MRT […]
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In Case You Missed The Emails: 6 Recent Changes in NUS
LumiNUS’s light goes out — transitioning to CANVAS LumiNUS, the evolution of the almost two-decade-old IVLE, will be transitioning to […]
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Fossil Fuels: The Energy That Is Burning Our Future
The climate crisis is an urgent one, not only for the environment but for the human race. And as it […]
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On Ending Workplace Discrimination in Singapore: A Panel Discussion by AWARE
This year’s National Day Rally speech expounded on the topic when Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that fair workplace treatment guidelines by the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP) will be enshrined in law. Under the new legislation, employees will be legally protected against workplace discrimination based on age, race, religion, gender, and disability. The specifics of the law are currently being formulated by the government, and we can look forward to their finalisation in due course. […]
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Did Coffee Just Stop Working? — Managing Caffeine Tolerance
Midnight. The moon looms above, like your countless assignments due within the week. A good night’s sleep is a distant […]
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A (very) Beginner’s Guide to Thrifting in Singapore
Disclaimer: I am not a self-proclaimed thrifting expert, and never will be. There are plenty of amazing people who are—namely, […]
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“Something old, something new”: The past semester for exchangers
“Same old, same old,” is a phrase I’ve heard no fewer than five times upon asking my friends how they have been doing for the past semester. True enough, Singapore is known to those of us born and bred here for its not-so-fun-size, and sometimes the nearly Groundhog Day-esque routine of attending university classes on weekdays and frequenting our regular cafe-hopping spots on the weekends can become mundane. Yet, to a select few of us here at NUS now, Singapore was the first destination they hopped to once this semester’s exchange programmes opened. […]
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A Trip around the (too-)Sunny Island: Exploring NUS like a tourist Pt. 1
And it’s probably because I am, pretty much, like a tourist. Like many other students, I was caught up in […]
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My Strange Addiction: LinkedIn Posts
Out of the million-and-one things to be addicted to these days (Wordle, Bridgerton, TikTok, you name it), I’m addicted to […]
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Scoring High with S/U: The Satisfactory and Unsatisfactory Facets of the S/U Policy
The S/U policy was rolled out, according to the administration, to smoothen the rough transition from pre-university into NUS. It aims to provide a supportive and less stressful environment to nurture students’ interests. But what if I told you this: many NUS students today are being a little too indulgent in this holy grail-like policy. Hold your horses—I’m not here to condemn the S/U policy. In fact, I’m all for it, especially because of the positive intentions behind it. Instead, I’m here to shed light on how students have misconstrued the intentions of this policy, via the S/U mentality. […]
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Did Curiosity Kill The Cat? …Or Was It Routine?
If there’s one thing I’ve always been scared of, it’s settling into a routine. Why routine? Because the very thought […]
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Fossil Fuels: The Energy That Is Burning Our Future
The climate crisis is an urgent one, not only for the environment but for the human race. And as it […]
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