Reflection

  • Descartes and Boxing

    Descartes and Boxing

    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?)

  • Caverns of Chalk

    Caverns of Chalk

    In a home of possibilities, too many choices may not be emancipatory. Tackling decision paralysis, Jeron discusses how chalk can elucidate choices.

  • Tembusu Between the Lines

    Tembusu Between the Lines

    At times it is a space for work, other times it is a space for bonding, and yet other times it is a space for rest. What is Tembusu, really? How do we even begin to categorise its spaces? And what does emerging adulthood have to do with all this? In this piece, Min explores the blurring lines of spaces, our lives, and everything in-between.

  • Every Love has its Whisper (Part 2): Reverberations

    Every Love has its Whisper (Part 2): Reverberations

    The strands of a parallel story unravel and reveal itself in the second of this 2-part piece. Here, Jeron draws conclusions on what it means to receive and give love.

  • Every Love has its Whisper (Part 1): Murmurs

    Every Love has its Whisper (Part 1): Murmurs

    What do Studio Ghibli, unpolished stones, and residential life have in common? Perhaps nothing, but to Jeron, there exists something precious, yet fundamental. In the first of this 2-part piece, Jeron shares his reflections moving into Tembusu.

  • “No need insecure lah!”: Singlish, Insecurity, and Identity

    “No need insecure lah!”: Singlish, Insecurity, and Identity

    🕗 10-15 Minute Read How do we come to terms with our different accents? Why do some of us judge some accents to be ‘better’ than others? Fiona Tan explores.