An unexpected bridge Every day since we moved into our apartment some twenty years ago, we smell incense that our Chinese-speaking neighbours offer to their gods faithfully three times a day. Whenever we walk past their home to get to…

Learning Traditional Chinese Medicine I lost my sister in 2002 after her 20-year long battle with Lupus. Besides prayer, we relied heavily on western medicine. Growing up in an English-speaking Peranakan family, it was the only kind of medical treatment…