That Childcare Hours Debate

Last week, while scrolling through my phone on the MRT, I stumbled upon yet another online debate that seemed to have caught fire across Sin...

Ramadan and What Needs to be Learned

Every Ramadan, the reminders begin. You see them on Instagram stories. On WhatsApp family groups. Occasionally even on Twitter—sorry, X—wher...

Raya Songs, Raya Scoldings, and the Art of Letting People Be

Every year, without fail, Hari Raya arrives with three things: kuih raya that mysteriously finishes itself, family group chats that suddenly...

Art is part of Total Defence

I was on the MRT when I read it. The train was doing what it always does—moving steadily through tunnels and stations, carrying people who l...

Love or Loving the Idea of Being in Love?

It’s everywhere — on timelines, in cafés with overpriced set menus, in Instagram stories filled with soft lighting and captions that read li...

When “Age Is Just a Number” Stops Being the Right Answer

I just had a birthday. The kind of birthday that doesn’t come with balloons or dramatic revelations, but instead arrives quietly, tapping yo...