Being displaced from their homeland, their children and anything else remotely familiar, domestic helpers abandon the treasured things close to their hearts in hopes of a better life. However, under the unlikeliest of scenarios, friendships may blossom among fellow helpers to ease the pain of longing. Nin Nin* has been a domestic worker in Singapore […]

Make-up has remained an art form since the largely forgotten time of ancient Egyptians who applied kohl to their eyelids for a patented smoky effect. What was once regarded the luxury of royalty, has now become the toolkit of everyday heroes. With the influx of homemade YouTube tutorials, viral Facebook videos and armies of self-declared […]

Many of us held onto great aspirations when we were impressionable children: to become astronauts, war generals or explorers in the furthest reaches of the world. Yet, for most of us, these adventurous ideas remained as childhood ambitions, as we ”grew up” to become mundane adults. Not for Kenneth Thexeira, AKA The Eurasian Dragon, a […]

Singapore is a cosmopolitan country. We are globally known for our impressive economy,  tourism and commercialisation, but we also have a more expressive side. Tucked behind the Bugis section of the Central Business District of Singapore is a world flourishing with art, offbeat fashion and artisanal eateries. Enter Haji Lane and Arab Street, two sides […]

An 85-year-old cleaner diligently tidies her neighbourhood and recounts her inspirational story.