On a day that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s brother joined the opposition and the People’s Action Party (PAP) held the first of its virtual press conferences to introduce new candidates, The Workers’ Party (WP) was winning the internet with…
A year ago today I gave birth to an unplanned business. Parents name their children for whom they may become. I had no idea what my company would do. So, like parents who name their children after auto parts, I…
It was just past noon on Monday, March 2, 2020 – less than 24 hours before I was due to fly to Bangkok for a shoot – when my client’s customer called to say I wouldn’t be able to set…
Update 16/6/20: Thank you to Yahoo News for featuring my experiences from the swab training in a story on the SG Healthcare Corps. 🙂 As my Ryde made its way across the island to Nanyang Polytechnic, I was feeling rather…
The only fish that I can recognise at the supermarkets is salmon – it’s usually in fillet form and a different colour from the 50 shades of silver around. Once, I wanted to steam an entire fish as the pièce…
“I’m eating better now than before this CB,” exclaimed a friend. CB, also an acronym for a local swear word, is short for Circuit Breaker, Singapore’s version of a lockdown. Living in far-flung Woodlands – not exactly a foodie haven…
When DoubleTree by Hilton dropped their chocolate chip cookie recipe, I let out a squeal. Those were the cookies that cheered me up every time I arrived in Shanghai for work. They made business travel less dreary and, for that…