Blog: Kampong life uncensored
What don’t I know about Peranakans and kampong life? Kampong Spirit: Gotong Royong, Life in Potong Pasir 1955 to 1965 Even before I had...
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- Sep 8, 2013
- 4 min
Blog: Why gender is rooted in nature and not nurture
Right from the womb, every cell that is born from the division of the zygote carries with it the knowledge of what and how to be, whether...
- Jun 15, 2013
- 2 min
Blog: About mopping
There’s some strange Spanish music on television. The only words she recognises are, “No passport, no visa! I’m coming home back to you.”...
- May 18, 2013
- 5 min
Book Excerpt: A beggar on Jalan Masjid India during Ramadan
I grabbed my camera and braved the erratic rain across the road to the Jalan Masjid India bazaar. The world outside the hotel was...
- May 11, 2013
- 4 min
Blog: The shaman’s daughter
I was the shaman’s daughter. I helped the shaman with his work until I was no longer a virgin. I did the deed in the warm, makeshift...
- Apr 28, 2013
- 2 min
Blog: It was over.
One morning in bed, Gwen turned to Colin and said that it was over. She had never been able to do it before. Goodbyes were always fraught...
- Apr 8, 2013
- 3 min
Book Excerpt: It would start almost normally.
It would start almost normally. She would be sitting in his living room couch, legs crossed, smiling at him, her eyes cast onto the...
- Apr 2, 2013
- 4 min
Book Excerpt: Father had been a lumbering phantom…
Father had been a lumbering phantom even before I had graduated from university and knew I had the option to be a journalist. Many years...