Singapore

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I’m half Japanese. It feels weird. I was in Calcutta and asked to visit a slum. I did not feel good about it. I live next to

Singapore

I’ve somehow found myself in an interesting position of getting to be the only Singaporean in a room full of foreigners

Singapore Skyline

I want to write a quick blogpost about the Singapore skyline. I’m not an architect, or architecture student, or even any

Marina Bay Sands is Singapore’s Schelling Point

What’s Singapore’s single most identifiable landmark? It’s changed over the years, and that’s the subj

Mariamman Temple and Capital Tower

The oldest Hindu temple in Singapore is Sri Mariamman Temple. It was founded in 1827 by Naraina Pillai, eight years after the

Is Ya Kun Kaya Toast “Authentic”? [2013]

Originally posted on Poached Mag in 2013. I was having kopi with some friends at Ya Kun Kaya Toast. A friendly auntie spoke to

Advice for a JC1 Kid

“SO, do you have any advice for a JC1 kid? :p Like a “dear 18 year old me” kinda thing haha” Sure, you

How to survive NS

Here is something I’ve wanted to write for a long long time but have been procrastinating on because I visualized someth

Ezra Klein, on common mistakes made by economists

“Tyler Cowen has posted lists of mistakes he thinks common to left-wing economists and right-wing economists. Both are

How to save Singapore.

Alan Shadrake is, in my opinion, an idiot. John Locke would’ve described him as a rational madman, a person who follows