When the COVID-19 cases first started being confirmed in Singapore in early 2020, I said that it was a non-event here. Now I cringe when I think of what a privileged thing it was to say. The pandemic hasn’t affected my life very much so far or those around me for that fact, but it […]
What it Takes to Realise Your Dreams
When I was 21 my dream was to be a dancer. I loved to dance and studied contemporary dance, jazz ballet, and classical ballet. I wanted to continue my studies at a degree level but didn’t have a strong enough foundation in ballet to qualify for the colleges I applied to. This was never more […]
To Find Your Way Sometimes You Have to Lose Your Way
A small, peach-coloured poster on the bulletin board jumped out at me as I walked into the Salad Centre, a vegetarian cafe in Bournemouth, England with the best Banoffee pie. The poster had an image of a Hindu deity and advertised energy yoga and meditation classes with a number to call to find out more. […]
How to Get What You Want in Life
When my father’s friend’s jewellery business was failing, my father offered to take a substantial amount of his inventory and sell it off for him. Then my father gave it to my mother and asked her to sell it. Which she did, every last piece. Mostly to her friends, who are mostly still her friends, […]