Oct 10, 20214 minBlog: I hate birthdays The link between my birthday depression and the end of the Bridges M&C CSR campaign on World Mental Health Day. My mother, a teacher,...
Jul 1, 20212 minBlog: My mental health storyI’ve been contemplating the idea of a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative for Bridges M&C for ages, but have not really...
Dec 23, 20182 minBlog: A home massage for ChristmasAleyda therapist at a home massage set up I have been feeling untethered from three weeks of meetings in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, all...
Nov 10, 20185 minBlog: Bedugul, a lush part of Bali rarely visited by touristsLike migratory birds, around October each year my husband and I would travel to Ubud in Bali for our annual break. This year we tried a...
Dec 16, 20174 minBlog: What I liked and disliked about my Novotel on Stevens staycationI used to underestimate staycations and its ability to facilitate rest, but not after a weekend at the Novotel on Stevens. There is one...
Apr 21, 20176 minBlog: I had my vagina tightened by a laserI have received discreet and not-so-discreet requests to give a no holds barred review of the vaginal tightening laser that I had...
Mar 11, 20174 minBlog: What being a privileged woman feels likeAs an old IJ girl, few things are as empowering as being educated in an all-girls’ school taught and staffed by women. We rolled up our...
Oct 30, 20167 minBlog: My unlikely friendship with a former member of a boybandMy unlikely friendship with a former member of a boyband I have known MJ since he was 19 and I was 14. He was based in Malaysia, and I in...
Mar 13, 20164 minBlog: Hotel Jen at Tanglin’s hipster revivalHotel Jen at Tanglin gets a hipster makeover and wins hearts of their hardcore regulars from the days when it was still Traders’ Hotel....
Dec 4, 20156 minBlog: When “arrival” is a moving targetMy team and I have achieved a milestone with a project recently and I was told by a former schoolmate that I have “arrived”. But have I...
Nov 25, 20153 minBlog: More products for getting ready under 15 minutesIn my years of trial and error as a beauty writer and editor I’ve tried tens of products; these precious three have made the cut to my...
Jul 25, 20157 minBlog: The no BS guide to entrepreneurshipFlush all the b********t down! I hate the word entrepreneurship because it carries a certain baggage and glamour that people can’t seem...
May 17, 20155 minBlog: Why people are easily offended on social media, and how to fix itWhy people get offended by social media and how to fix it. Social media is a double-edged sword. On one hand, more than ever before,...
Feb 13, 20157 minBlog: Why I am still childlessFor a recently remarried woman in her 30s with a well-established career, my urge for having a child has been fleeting at best. Despite...
Aug 9, 20147 minBlog: How to (or not to) organise a wedding in two monthsWeddings are a reflection of (1) the quality of your relationships with friends, family, colleagues and even work contacts (2) what...
Jul 6, 201410 minBlog:What my wedding taught me about my marriageIt’s hard for me to write about weddings and marriage without sounding like an old crone, which is not what you would expect of a wedding...
May 2, 20148 minBlog: Sabah and my notion of ancient MalaynessIt all started with a DNA kit Not too long ago, I purchased a DNA kit from the National Geographic Genographic Project (NGGP) to help me...
Mar 20, 20144 minBlog: Goodbye KitKat UncleLast night, KitKat Uncle passed away after a short but intense battle with cancer. I’ve had many nicknames for my uncles as a child....
Nov 24, 20135 minBlog: Ode to SchoolI have been a rolling stone since I was two weeks old. My biological parents were already struggling with raising my two sisters and...
Jun 14, 20133 minBlog: A true story about a coconut husk brushAfter my widowed grandmother lost her only son in the second world war, she often asked to take care of her neighbours’ children....