Singapore’s failed attempt at bilingualism
Culture . UncategorizedSingapore’s bilingual education policy was introduced in 1966, making it compulsory for students to study their mother tongues in primary and secondary school. I think that the forcing of a second language takes away the passion and the drive from us to learn the language and turns it into just another thing on our to
I spy a new problem with hidden cameras.
Media . Politics . Society . UncategorizedYou’re in a changing room, standing half naked about to try on a new shirt only to see a small black unfamiliar object hidden in the handle of the changing room door. Paranoia sets in, that maybe, someone has been watching you through the tiniest of cameras. You wonder who is watching, how long have
off the beaten path
City life . Society . UncategorizedIn Singapore, every person pretty much follows the same path in life – making their way to university and eventually getting a job, most likely a corporate one. Although it is becoming somewhat more acceptable, majority of the people who steer off this path to ‘pursue their dreams’ are seen as crazy and most probably
I don’t think I miss home
Authors . UncategorizedHi, my name is Rachel and for the past one year I’ve enviously scrolled through the Instagram stories of my seniors and friends were on their own exchange semesters, anxiously waiting for my own adventure to start. Since coming to Munich for my own exchange I have come to the startling realisation that my exchange