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Episode 4: Talking to a Singaporean Doctor Who Loves Research
In today’s episode, I speak to my friend Bryce. We talk everything from his unconventional reasons for going to medical school, about how his journey to his PhD was complicated by the most unexpected of things, and hear about some of the hoops he has had to and is still jumping through in order to […]
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Talking to my High School Roommate
In today’s episode, I talk to an old friend Yiwei who gave me an uncharacteristic call one day. It was wonderful news, but with her husband working overseas, and her parents also living outside Singapore, she was pregnant and quite alone here in Singapore during this circuit breaker. In this episode, I get a glowing […]
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Talking to an American who Moved to Singapore for Love
Allan is originally from San Francisco, USA, and came to Singapore more than ten years ago for love. In this episode, we talk about how that all happened, and why he is still here braving the heat an circuit breaker, despite the marriage not working out. Check out this episode!
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SG Urban Farmer: That Millennial Brother
We are starting to hear that there might be some disruption to Malaysia’s vegetable supply chain due to the COVID-related movement restrictions. This has sparked discussion about how at times like these, it might actually be good to have the space to grow our own food. Well, we have neither the space nor the skills […]
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Talking to a Mexican who Loves Singapore
Roberto is originally from Sinaloa, Mexico, and came to Singapore four years ago to do his PhD. In this episode, we talk about some of his experiences so far, including getting evicted from his dorm room which because a quarantine facility amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, and why he would really like to settle here in […]
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Freeze-able Food: Pumpkin Soup
Singapore is the perfect place to be if one was absolutely lazy to cook. One could totally survive entirely on eating out, without even breaking the bank! (We tried, and I even wrote about it here!) That said though, every time I go too long without home-cooked food, I think about all the things I […]
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Feminist?
This semester, I chose to take a module on Qualitative Methods. Not sure how that happened since I remember distinctly discussing with my mentor that if I had to choose a specialization, it would be one that was more “technical”, which to me at the time meant an inclination towards the math-y subjects like Biostatistics […]
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Can Millennial Wives Cook??? (Laksa)
We millennials can’t seem to do anything, can we? Much less pull off Laksa from scratch: with the Rempah and the Stock and the Noodles and the Prawns and the AH MY GAWD. Or can we…? To Cook or Not Cook, That is The Question. I would like to write a little bit about cooking […]
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Cost of Eating All Meals Out in Singapore!
In case you can’t tell by now, it basically is my life’s goal to be able to leave any job any time I no longer want to be doing it. Yeah, I guess people call it financial independence. As such, I frequently consume content about how people achieve such similar goals. Many of these blogs/videos/whatever […]
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Getting married in Singapore for under S$50,000
I’ve been meaning to write about this for… about two years (since I got married) but as always, procrastination has been getting the better of me. Lately though, the Universe has been sending me signs to get on with it. You see, within the last week, I have had wedding conversations with two friends about […]