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?)

This is the second of a two-part Valentine’s Special. In this collection of stories from various Tembusians, each offers their own perspective on what love means to them.

This is the first of a two-part Valentine’s Special. Wan Xin reflects on her evolving understanding of love beyond romantic clichés, and invites the reader on a similar journey to discover love in its many forms.