Penang’s Bridges Are Passages to Another World
Nobody is an island, including those who live on one.
Read MoreWhy We Wear Backpacks in Little India
Taking a walk after church one Sunday, Gemma Pereira’s mind is on her late father.
Read MoreDeep in the Singaporean Rainforest
The ultra-urbanized city-state still has a place to lace up a pair of hiking boots.
Read MoreA Love Letter to Hawker Spaces
One unheralded power of hawker food is its capacity to get you out of your head. “This moment. This bowl.”
Read MoreAbove a Drowned World, Existence is Resistance
Bethany Luhong Balan returns to her family longhouse, which sits beneath 200 meters of water.
Read MoreDancing Through Language Barriers
Shake it like a Mandarin speaker.
Read MoreAll the Places We Called Home
Growing up in a city of scents.
Read MoreI Bought a Condo, and Feel Like a Stranger
Josephine Phay on living one version of the Singaporean Dream, which can feel like a mirage.
Read MoreNightjarred at the Waterworks
A narrow band of green space in Singapore, yet to be claimed for condos, seems to Stephanie Dogfoot nothing short of wondrous.
Read MoreLife in the Well
Tan Kai Yik once dreamed of getting out. Now he pines to return.
Read MoreTiger Hunting is Long Gone
Khoo Siang Hong seeks quiet and seclusion, a brief respite. Kahang, a depopulating town inhabited mostly by the elderly, can certainly provide it.
Read MoreIn the City of Coffee Shops
Fatih Muftih orders half a cup of coffee and sits around for hours. He was surprised but pleased to be told he’s a valued customer.
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