The completion of the UTCP is often a time of wistful goodbyes and new beginnings ahead for senior Tembusians. Amidst the fast-paced and transient nature of university life, Judd contemplates the essence of friendship and connection within Tembusu College, reflecting on how it has shaped him over the past two years.
Follow Jun Wei along a trip down memory lane, recounting fond times spent in Tembusu over the past year. In the flow of everyday moments, he reflects on memory, endings, and the care that remains. This piece explores how the smallest moments – often unnoticed – become the ones that stay with us the longest.
Inspired by the ‘Wind Phone’ in Japan, Javier reflects on the nature of time, examining how the past informs the present while the present shapes the future. This piece explores the delicate balance of living in the moment without being bound by what has already passed.
Why do we defer our happiness to some imagined future, only for that future to never arrive? And at what point does a ‘means to an end’ become an ‘end in itself’? In this piece, Jun Yi explores the goals and decisions we make, and how they do not always connect.
In our most vulnerable moments, we uncover the truths about who we are and who we are becoming. Wesley reflects on how the falls we endure at Tembusu reveal the quiet strength that emerges from uncertainty.
This piece does a bit of armchair philosophising on the nature and connection between mind, body, and pain. Lots of fancy names dropped. Also, what’s boxing got to do with all this? Read more to find out! (How else would you know about it?)
