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“Motherhood, migration, loneliness, reinvention. Self doubt.. Can I do it? Who cares?”Co-founder of Spell Seven Performance Club, writer/director Kaylene Tan is back from a period of motherhood and further education in Melbourne. In the second
She trail-blazed the concept of audio walks and handphone-guided tours around heritage neighbourhoods. And as Creative Director, helped develop the audio guide for the National Museum’s history gallery in 2006. Following a relatively “quieter”
He got into architecture school without any drawings — just photographs. And though engineering was his first choice, architecture turned out to be his destiny, and today, Melvin Tan is the newly-elected President of the Singapore Institute of
It was the “little matchgirl” which sparked her love for theatre at the age of eight. And that little flame has only grown over the years. An opportunity to work with neurodivergent children at Very Special Arts when she was studying at LASALLE
Did you know that our men’s floorball team is ranked 16 in the world? Kumaresa Pasupathy is Vice-Captain of the Singapore Men’s Floorball Team and he’s been playing floorball since he was 10. Also a final year SMU student, Kumar Pasupathy talks
He chose the saxophone at age 13 when he joined his school’s military band.. or did the saxophone choose him? Since the instrument happened to be right behind him when the band held their CCA orientation for Sec 1 students. At just 23 years of
An engineer, husband, and father of four, he loves multi-tasking and making a difference to society, so he’s been volunteering in various grassroots and community organisations for around 15 years, and has even received a Public Service Medal f
Born in Singapore in 1942, he was sent to his ancestral village in Punjab when he was five. He returned to Singapore in 1956 to pursue his studies, and has been an educator all his professional life — retiring in 2004 as Principal of Serangoon
Born into an era which offered scant opportunities for sports and the arts as careers, he went on to study engineering and was an engineer for quite some time though he found it unsatisfying. But it’s never too late, as they say, and he managed
Although he had zero experience, he was hired as a money broker, and spent many successful years in the sector. Eventually, the entrepreneurial bug caught up with him, and he made the huge move back to Singapore. In recent years, he chanced upo
He had graduated from a UK university top of his cohort, and poised for a promising career in IT when he was diagnosed with Stage 4 nose cancer. Miraculously, after undergoing daily radiotherapy for five months, the cancer appeared to go into r
An aviation professional who lives in Fukuoka with his Japanese wife and kids, he’s also an award-winning photographer with the National Award at the Sony World Photography Award 2022, the latest feather in his cap. Join Teo Chin Leong as he ta
He’s been to Brazil and Russia at least 20 times each, spent 2 years in Saudi Arabia, 4 years in the US, 6 months in Shanghai, and has been based in Fukuoka for the past 3 years. Aviation professional Teo Chin Leong is also a multiple-award-win
“Dark but pretty.. that’s the theme of my life” admits this award-winning film-maker, who was made to feel different and not good enough due to her skin tone. This sense of self-doubt was further strengthened when she was cast into the “normal”
This former radio presenter and 938-alumnus is finally living her dreams as a film-maker.Her short film Not Fair, which is about Colourism, won the Critic’s Choice Award at the World Film Carnival Singapore and Best Short at the Canadian Diver
Anthropologist, “possibilist” and self-professed “nosy neighbour” — these experiences underpin her purpose and philosophy today — to be “kaypoh” in a kind and curious way, be others-centred and challenge the status quo. CEO of the National Volu
This award-winning author was the oldest of the first cohort of graduates from the Master of Arts Creative Writing program at LaSalle College of the Arts, and though she initially felt out of place, she relished the learning process and had tak
She left a successful career 22 years ago after the birth of her third son, to become a homemaker. Since then, she’s also managed to pursue her passion for writing, and her short stories have been published in various anthologies and magazines.
Her mother taught her to love unconditionally, even if it meant getting hurt or disappointed, and also to place values above academic excellence. As it turns out, the values that were ingrained in her made her a self-motivated achiever, and she
They can name your favourite song, and even the scent you’re wearing. Best buddies and professional magic duo who bonded over magic and cooking, Darren & Jerryl were at the forefront of weaving magic into F&B establishments and various events.
The founding secretary, past Chairman and current Senior Advisor of LiSHA — Little India Shopkeepers & Heritage Association — he has seen the evolution of Little India through being a foreign worker hub and organising exciting events and light-
Now the director of one of Little India’s oldest and most famous shops, he studied Computer Science in Canada, and was supposed to go back to do his Masters, until a pivotal event altered his life path. Before going on an extended trip to India
He was instrumental in the evolution of Little India and runs one of its oldest and most iconic stores. Yet, he never thought of taking over the family business in his early years, and actually went to Canada and graduated with an Honours degre
Besides being the author of 22 published books, this poet & writer also loves collaborating with other musicians, singers and songwriters on various projects. In this continuing episode of Felix Cheong’s Singapore Story, he tells us more about
He began his writing “career” as a TV producer with Mediacorp, wrote scripts for presenters and voice overs who commented on how poetic his scripts were, before moving on to writing for various newspapers. Today, he’s a poet and writer of 22 pu
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