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Daenerys Should Not Be Queen Of The Seven Kingdoms.
Game of Thrones may be taxonomically listed next to Lord of the Rings or Eragon as masterpieces from the genre of medieval high fantasy, but it vandalises the tropes found in historical high fantasy since Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings. Where Tolkien and Lewis imagined knights and noble crusaders, the people holding political […]
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A Two Forty-Five Affair
After being disturbed by the recent fire-alarm incident, Tan Yang Long pens a poem recalling his two forty-five affair with a thing called Sleep.
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Navigating the supplement aisle
A continuation to his public health column, today in Treehouse, Marcus provides a guide to be a more conscientious purchaser of supplements.
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V, for Vitamins, not Vendetta
Hello, my name is Marcus Seah. I am a 2nd year medical student from Ponya. This is my medical column and the aim is to talk about medical issues, specifically those of public health. Public health issues concern the overall health of people rather than specific diseases and treatments. Dental care is one example. Many […]
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On Aging
There is often a romanticising of aging in the thought of all returning to dust or that in the end, we are as we come. Less heard and spoken of, is the story of ailing. This, though, is not to conflate aging with ailing. This rumination of sorts, in the words that follow, is not […]
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Palliative care — what does this really mean?
Palliative care does not mean a loss of hope. It is a treatment that gives respect and dignity back to the patient to die on his own terms. Today in Treehouse, Marcus delves deep into the nooks and crannies of Singapore’s palliative care system in his article.