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After Dark (Part 2)

October 26, 2018 12:00 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Thinking about the relevance of Halloween in American culture today and the older traditions that it stems from, it makes me consider similar traditions from my own Singaporean Chinese culture...

After Dark (Part 1)

October 19, 2018 12:00 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Halloween is a children’s holiday, but that’s not to say it’s not all enjoyable for people well into their second childhood. It might actually be one of my favorite holidays of the year…

School after School

August 24, 2018 12:00 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Contrary to popular belief, school does in fact rock, and it is everything else besides the actual learning that makes it so. Having lived in three different cities and studied in four different schools...

Positivity – A Good Thing ?

August 10, 2018 12:00 am Published by Leave your thoughts

The Confidence Game… I have been doing a fair bit of self-reflection lately. As I am making a long trip to India, the break and the voyage is a good time to take a step back and take in all of life’s experiences this year. One of the things that has changed about me, after…

Those Days in London

June 15, 2018 12:00 am Published by Leave your thoughts

La Dolce Vita (sweet life) of a student… Recently, after a long hiatus, I picked up a PG Wodehouse “Jeeves” Omnibus. PG Wodehouse is the genius behind the much-loved character, Jeeves. Jeeves became so entrenched in the popular imagination, that there was once (before Google) even a search engine named “Ask Jeeves”. Jeeves, a gentleman’s…