Tourist Traps – Go Ahead and Get Caught in Them.
Culture . Travel . UncategorizedTourist Trap: noun: a place that attracts many tourists and where goods and services are more expensive than normal. Beware of the tourist trap, don’t get scammed, make sure you stay off the beaten track and there you can truly feel the authentic meaning of travel. Lies. This is not true. If you are lucky
One parent is better than none
Culture . Politics . SocietySingle parents should be allowed to adopt children in Thailand. Imagine if you are an orphan, this single parent come visits you every single week, you became attracted to them, and they are what you look forward to every week. In your head, you are thinking will this be my future parent? Will she or
The Race Against Racism
Culture . Politics . Society . UncategorizedSingapore – where we are one united people regardless of race. Although this tenet is imbued deep within our national pledge, reality, in the form of our Special Assistance Plan (SAP) schools, begs to differ. These schools are a way of streamlining “elite” students who excel in both English and their Mother Tongue. The catch, however,
Social Justice’s Big Injustice
Culture . Media . Society . UncategorizedToday’s social media landscape paints the best picture of modern day ‘democracy’. It is a familiar bandwagon we all love to jump on – someone gets exposed, and society feels irresistibly indignant towards the situation or the victim. We repost and comment on the story, fighting for justice. Before we pat ourselves on the back
Singapore has a problem with sex – and it’s embarrassing.
Culture . Society . UncategorizedImagine the excitement of a 14 year-old kid after learning that you’re going to have to attend sex education classes in school. Finally, you’re going to have the “birds and the bees talk” you’ve never had. Then imagine going for 2 years’ worth of sex and moral education lessons and all you learnt was abstinence
Robotics, the future is now
Culture . Media . Society . UncategorizedThe idea of robotics and androids has always been prowling in humans mind. We all have seen films and series like Star Wars, Blade Runner, Transformers or I Robot. These films are a very good example of a vision of ourselves coexisting with different types of robots in a future. A future that thanks to
Would you change your heels for combat boots?
Culture . Politics . Society . UncategorizedHave you ever wondered how a country can protect itself and why mostly only men serve as our protectors in the military? Don‘t we live in a world where genders should be treated equally? Let me tell you about the situation in my home country Switzerland. At the age of 18 every swiss man is
Celebrating an 800-year-old Dane
Culture . Society . UncategorizedThe candles placed in the glace on the many layered birthday cake are lit. The colorful candles are accompanied by the 800-year old ‘Dannebrog’, the Danish national flag consisting of a white cross on a red background. 12 candles in blue, pink, yellow, orange and green and 12 small ‘Dannebrog’ flags on wooden sticks are
Notre-Dame de Paris: Why so much emotions?
City life . Culture . Media . Society . TravelBurning for around fifteen hours on the evening of 15 April 2019, Notre Dame was and still be a huge burning issue for the media in France and worldwide. Every weeks, couples of articles are written to deal about the new challenges Paris has to face up with. If you are interested by this topic
Marriage equality in Taiwan: no rain on this parade
City life . Culture . Politics . Society . UncategorizedIt was a rainy Friday in Taipei, but nothing could dampen the spirits of the 40,000 supporters of marriage equality waiting with bated breath outside the Legislative Yuan building for the new marriage equality bill to be read. Making up a colourful sea of ponchos and pride flags, there was a long pause of silence