Category: Lifestyle

Meet Jackie – founder and owner of The Fingersmith Letterpress, a letterpress studio which has been operating out of a backyard since its beginnings in 2013. I stumbled upon their work a few years ago while purchasing a gift for a friend – I wanted something with a local twist. Uninspired, I tried my luck […]

The Singapore International Festival of Arts or SIFA began in the year 1977 as a national showcase of the vibrant art forms found within Singapore’s diverse communities. In the last four decades, SIFA has played an instrumental role in developing Singapore’s arts landscape and shaped the city into one of Asia’s leading cultural capitals. In its […]

How might you respond if your partner became (a) unemployed or bankrupt, (b) chronically or terminally ill, (c) physically or mentally disabled, (d) struck with mental health issues? This was the first card that had been flipped over at the pillow tôk play test event that I attended in end March. The question struck me, as it did my […]

As millennials, it is common for us to be labelled as lazy, self-centered, or spoiled. However, millennials all across the globe are also simultaneously being applauded for our collective innovation, our endeavours to see social progression, and our desire to pursue our passions. When it comes to looking for work, more and more millennials are […]

Meet Ruth Tan – an artist inundating with talent and passion, and also a mother of three beautiful kids. Now, there couldn’t have been a better way to meet an artist than to attend her workshop. Ruth generously extended me a seat at an upcoming ‘Modern Calligraphy’ class. This is how I find myself sitting […]

While most of us are asleep, there is an unusual group of Singaporeans who are wide awake. Our latest series, Sleepless In Singapore shares the stories of our local night owls.  Meet Space Teo – a gutsy woman who loves cycling, trains at desolate Lim Chu Kang and enjoys a couple of beers. Dedicated To […]

As I get older, the number of proposals and wedding ceremonies I’ve attended or witnessed through social media seems to have increased at an exponential rate. I probably haven’t gone a month without someone I know becoming engaged or married. The topic of marriage and wedding preparations is no longer foreign, but one of the […]

There’s a classic adage that goes along the lines of: if you want something done right, do it yourself. That’s exactly what came to mind when I first heard of this home activity that is catching up amongst beer lovers in Singapore – home beer-brewing. With the advent of shops in Singapore that sell home […]

Mint & Ordinary started as a personal project of Janne – a self-taught brush letterer who has possessed a love for paper and making things for loved ones since she was little. The studio is named as such in line with her belief that a fresh purpose exists within every ordinary episode of life. Faced with the stresses of adulthood and starting a career upon graduation, Janne discovered that she was captivated by the therapeutic power […]

It’s another Friday evening – my girlfriends and I meet for drinks after what feels like another endless week of deadlines and the routine conversation topics go as such: work, the latest gossip, and the demise of another Tinder “relationship”. I’m only able to chime in with a, “Have you tried Coffee Meets Bagel? 4 […]