Our Recent Articles
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What 700 Powerbanks Taught Me About The Singaporean Educational System
In “What 700 Powerbanks Taught Me About the Singaporean Education System,” Dexter takes a mundane office task and frames it as a reflection on meritocracy, sorting, and self-worth. It questions what it really means to be just “functional” in a system obsessed with perfection.
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Karens and Kindness: How I Found Gratitude Over the Summer
Huay Ee Khang village is one of the many Karen settlements across Northern Thailand. A fieldwork expedition there during a Tembusu Senior Seminar redefined what gratitude meant to Judd, as he studied an environment that he had unknowingly misinterpreted at the beginning.
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On Feeling “Never Good Enough” at University
Amidst the transition to university, Emily reflects on how we find our worth and what truly matters to us.
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Letter to the Reader: Tembusu Become Human
Looking to the new academic year ahead, the Editors-in-Chief express their hopes for Treehouse amidst an ever-changing writing landscape
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The Tembusu Five Theory
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.
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A Semester Ends, and A Year Too Fast
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.