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,...
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Dec 17, 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...
- Apr 22, 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...
- Mar 12, 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...
- Oct 31, 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...
- Mar 14, 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....
- Dec 5, 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...
- Nov 26, 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...
- Jul 26, 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...
- May 18, 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,...
- Feb 14, 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...
- Aug 10, 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...
- Jul 7, 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...
- May 3, 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...
- 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....
- Nov 25, 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...
- Jun 15, 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....