Reflections
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.
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
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.
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.
Echoes of Time in the Wind
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.
The Future that Never Arrives
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.