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    Blog: I hate birthdays
    • Oct 10, 2021
    • 4 min

    Blog: 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,...
    Blog: My mental health story
    • Jul 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    Blog: My mental health story

    I’ve been contemplating the idea of a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative for Bridges M&C for ages, but have not really...
    Blog: A home massage for Christmas
    • Dec 23, 2018
    • 2 min

    Blog: A home massage for Christmas

    Aleyda therapist at a home massage set up I have been feeling untethered from three weeks of meetings in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, all...
    Blog: Bedugul, a lush part of Bali rarely visited by tourists
    • Nov 10, 2018
    • 5 min

    Blog: Bedugul, a lush part of Bali rarely visited by tourists

    Like 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...
    Blog: What I liked and disliked about my Novotel on Stevens staycation
    • Dec 16, 2017
    • 4 min

    Blog: What I liked and disliked about my Novotel on Stevens staycation

    I used to underestimate staycations and its ability to facilitate rest, but not after a weekend at the Novotel on Stevens. There is one...
    Blog: I had my vagina tightened by a laser
    • Apr 21, 2017
    • 6 min

    Blog: I had my vagina tightened by a laser

    I have received discreet and not-so-discreet requests to give a no holds barred review of the vaginal tightening laser that I had...
    Blog: What being a privileged woman feels like
    • Mar 11, 2017
    • 4 min

    Blog: What being a privileged woman feels like

    As 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...
    Blog: My unlikely friendship with a former member of a boyband
    • Oct 30, 2016
    • 7 min

    Blog: My unlikely friendship with a former member of a boyband

    My 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...
    Blog: Hotel Jen at Tanglin’s hipster revival
    • Mar 13, 2016
    • 4 min

    Blog: Hotel Jen at Tanglin’s hipster revival

    Hotel Jen at Tanglin gets a hipster makeover and wins hearts of their hardcore regulars from the days when it was still Traders’ Hotel....
    Blog: When “arrival” is a moving target
    • Dec 4, 2015
    • 6 min

    Blog: When “arrival” is a moving target

    My 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...
    Blog: More products for getting ready under 15 minutes
    • Nov 25, 2015
    • 3 min

    Blog: More products for getting ready under 15 minutes

    In 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...
    Blog: The no BS guide to entrepreneurship
    • Jul 25, 2015
    • 7 min

    Blog: The no BS guide to entrepreneurship

    Flush all the b********t down! I hate the word entrepreneurship because it carries a certain baggage and glamour that people can’t seem...
    Blog: Why people are easily offended on social media, and how to fix it
    • May 17, 2015
    • 5 min

    Blog: Why people are easily offended on social media, and how to fix it

    Why 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,...
    Blog: Why I am still childless
    • Feb 13, 2015
    • 7 min

    Blog: Why I am still childless

    For a recently remarried woman in her 30s with a well-established career, my urge for having a child has been fleeting at best. Despite...
    Blog: How to (or not to) organise a wedding in two months
    • Aug 9, 2014
    • 7 min

    Blog: How to (or not to) organise a wedding in two months

    Weddings are a reflection of (1) the quality of your relationships with friends, family, colleagues and even work contacts (2) what...
    Blog:What my wedding taught me about my marriage
    • Jul 6, 2014
    • 10 min

    Blog:What my wedding taught me about my marriage

    It’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...
    Blog: Sabah and my notion of ancient Malayness
    • May 2, 2014
    • 8 min

    Blog: Sabah and my notion of ancient Malayness

    It 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...
    Blog: Goodbye KitKat Uncle
    • Mar 20, 2014
    • 4 min

    Blog: Goodbye KitKat Uncle

    Last night, KitKat Uncle passed away after a short but intense battle with cancer. I’ve had many nicknames for my uncles as a child....
    Blog: Ode to School
    • Nov 24, 2013
    • 5 min

    Blog: Ode to School

    I have been a rolling stone since I was two weeks old. My biological parents were already struggling with raising my two sisters and...
    Blog: A true story about a coconut husk brush
    • Jun 14, 2013
    • 3 min

    Blog: A true story about a coconut husk brush

    After my widowed grandmother lost her only son in the second world war, she often asked to take care of her neighbours’ children....
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