Touristy Orchard Road used to be a fruit orchard 👩🏼‍🌾 I didn’t grow up in a farm where ducks and chicken roam or where we can harvest our own vegetables. But I remember short cuts and back alleys where neighbours…

You shift the goal 🤷🏻‍♀️ Singapore has done well in many things1. For example, Changi Airport2 has consistently won Skytrax’s World Airport Awards for over a decade. The Henley Passport Index ranks us the most powerful passport in the world3,…

In the world that those behind AI are building, you don’t need human beings any more. I received an email today, likely written by AI. (Text in blue are my responses): Dear Moken, (You should first learn my correct name.)…

90% of Singapore’s food is sourced from 180 countries For a long time I wanted to grow my own food. I tried, failed, and gave up. There’s not enough space, there’s not enough sun, it takes too long to harvest…

The global calm and stability we once knew will not return anytime soon… Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s addressed Singaporeans on April 4 warning us of the implications of US tariffs for Singapore. “…We risk being squeezed out, marginalised and left…

A wake-time story Not written by AI but by AKBy Angeline Koh, January 1992. Updated 2024 Joey, the teenage bull frog lived in an Earthen Pot called Soupapore. Joey was an average frog with his everyday dreams, just like every…

World Today There is a certain kind of thinking today that goes like this: “In the industrial revolution we saw the creation of a new class of urban proletariat1 …a new massive class of useless people as computers become better…