Sombre

  • Echoes of Time in the Wind

    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.

  • What is Love, Really: An Anthology

    What is Love, Really: An Anthology

    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.

  • On Hospitality: We Are Still Who We Are

    On Hospitality: We Are Still Who We Are

    An attempt to come to terms with the allegations against Dr. Fernando, who once defined so many aspects of Tembusu life, and to reclaim what it means to be hospitable, to be a home, to be Tembusu, to heal once more.

  • Lost, Loss, and Tembusu Welcome Week

    Lost, Loss, and Tembusu Welcome Week

    Undergraduate Voon Jung shares his thoughts about entering Tembusu College during this trying period, and reflects on what it means to feel lost.

  • The Courage to Say Goodbye

    The Courage to Say Goodbye

    As the journeys of some Tembusians reach their conclusions, hastened by a coronavirus outbreak, Ng Chia Wee reflects on what it truly means to have the courage to say goodbye.

  • On the importance of alchemy and theory crafting, or, a farewell to my college.

    On the importance of alchemy and theory crafting, or, a farewell to my college.

    Yet another soppy senior goodbye reflection piece on Treehouse? Could Treehouse have gotten staler and full of itself? Reuben Wang reflects on his time at Tembusu College.