My fingers freeze over the keyboard as I thought hard about how to phrase my words in a concise and polite manner. I was writing an email to one of my managers about seeking a weekly one-on-one session over the course of my attachment with the company. …

“We’re constantly saying goodbye — our friends leave all the time.” My heart wrenched at hearing those words from the 7-year-old boy. I had been filming a video for Singaporeans abroad in Shanghai then, and the idea was to uncover stories on how Singaporean families were living their lives. We…

Last year, my team and I did a theme on “embracing failure”, whereby we spoke to startup founders and leaders to get their stories on failures as well as their advice. I loved the stories that were being told — We were grateful that many of them were willing to…

Just a year ago in 2020, I was preparing to enter my next stage in life. I had everything planned out — have a blast in China for the last semester, and find a job before I graduated. Feeling as though I haven’t seen enough of the world, I even…

“One Word of Advice” is a podcast series where I speak to people from all walks of life, listen to their life stories, and learn from them. After each episode, there will be an afterthought article, which will consist of what I’ve learned/reflected from the conversation. In this episode, Kent…

Roughly two months ago, I was speaking to one of the contributing writers from work via text. They had been writing an article for our community platform, and we were in the midst of going through the process of getting the written content edited and approved before publishing. …

My grandfather was 18 when he left his hometown in Nan’an, Fujian Province (China). Life was tough back then in China, and in hope for a better life, he headed south on a boat to Singapore. It was there, on that little red dot, where he met my grandmother. …

It was just another usual Sunday earlier in March this year. My parents were out visiting my grandparents — Singapore had just announced going into a lock-down (or “circuit breaker” as they call it) in 2 days time, and they wanted to see my grandmother once more. …

While it was a thing of the old for many, the influence I had from my parents during childhood sparked my love for radio. There was just something mysterious about it — Hearing the radio broadcasters speak every day, it is as if they have become the friend that you…