“We hope you are as excited as we are!” — It’s that time of the year again for university (uni) orientation camps! I am way too old to join one, but I thought it would be nice to share my personal experience as a participant back when it was pre-uni for me. I joined NUS School of Computing’s Freshmen Social…

A simple, introductory guide for Singaporeans — To my fellow friends and acquaintances, your LinkedIn network may occasionally become “busy” because you received invitation(s) to connect with financial advisors (FA) / consultants / insurance agents / whatever you want to call them. If you are one of them, hello 👋 Don’t get me wrong. There is no…

How did I grow up from growing my hair out? — I sat in my hair salon and recalled the very first time I told my hair consultant: “我要留长发” (I want to leave my hair long). And her response was “你确定吗？你的头皮很薄”, which just translates to her casting doubt on my intentions as my scalp was not in a healthy state. I…

You don’t have to agree with me. We can agree to disagree. — Hold your horses, snippets of personal & contentious thoughts ahead: Next time someone says “you’re too sensitive”, take it as a compliment. To feel is to be human. “Jack of all trades?” Instead of trying to be fairly good at many things, try honing your craft. …

The world of online dating: What do we really know? — Between mid December 2021 and mid Jan 2022, I “dabbled” in online dating. Here’s what I took away from my brief one month experience. To start off, I realised that there are many kinds of people out there in the world. In my previous article, I noted that it is safer to assume that people on dating sites are indeed seeking love. But in reality, that assumption…

It WAS a “no” for me. But I changed my mind, maybe you would too? — In the past, I was very closed to the idea of online dating because of the attached negative connotations. For some reason, I used to think that online dating was something people did if they were desperate or when they wanted to “play around” with love. But with a deeper…

Depicting how my unwanted relationship with Miss Corona went, starting from how I was forced to go on a date with her. And after finding out that she has attachment issues, I embarked on a process of breaking up with her and ending the toxic relationship. …

Are we finally levelling the playing field? — On 8 March, NUS Computing Club started their new initiative: “Too Nerdy to Handle”, a series of episodes which showcases different facets of computing students. I watched their first episode: “Women in Tech”, which was a panel discussion among one male and three female students regarding gender in the computing…

Introducing Shi Hui, a year 4 IS-BIZ DDP student. She is only specialising in business analytics on the BIZ side. She expects to graduate in Dec 2022 (single honours) and intends to work in the healthtech industry. For context, please read the prelude of series first. Why did she choose to take BIZCOM DDP? Initially, she was interested…