One day as I’m walking home, I breeze past the neighbourhood banner that has been haphazardly slapped on with a […]
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Internships Amidst the Bustle of Hustle Culture
Internship season is upon us now that it is the three-month summer break. A quick scroll through LinkedIn and you […]
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An Article About Writing An Article
Writing is 90 percent procrastination: reading magazines, eating cereal out of the box, watching infomercials. It’s a matter of doing […]
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Heavy Breathing Does Work, Isha: A Rebuttal to “A Diamond or Simply Cut-Glass?”
Dearest Gentle Reader, have you missed me? Fret not, for I am not Isha Meleth bringing upon another scathing review […]
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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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Lady Bird: Growing Up and Letting Go
Before Lady Bird (Saoirse Ronan) heads off to college, she sits down to a conversation with her Catholic high school […]
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A Diamond or Simply Cut-Glass? : A Bridgerton S2 Review
Dearest Gentle Reader, have you missed the scandalous adventures of the ton? Don’t fret; for Lady Whistledown has returned to […]
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In Search of Happiness: Beyond Cash, Love and Clout
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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The Benefits of Bedtime (and why staying up to study can hurt your grades)
Almost every university student is aware of the joke that their entire existence is characterized by a general lack of […]
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