Feeding The Travel Bug — WED WEB CHAT

IT MUST have been an uncomfortable year for those with the wanderlust DNA. But, it's also been a challenging year for those who brought travel and adventure to millions who,...
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Robinsons Deserted And A Heritage Brand Destroyed

As the vultures circle for cheap pickings, Robinsons Department Store goes through its death throes. You can’t blame COVID-19 entirely for the eventual fate of the department store chain after...
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Blackpink…Fade To Black

I didn’t know what to make of Blackpink’s Light Up The Sky Netflix flick. Being classically trained in music, I see eye-to-eye with the late Pavarotti, or Yo-Yo Ma… you...
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Are You Ready To Work For Yourself?

FOR Helen Ong, it just happened. Debra Teng wanted it. Tama Goh had no doubts about it. Juria Banding stumbled into it. The four panellists in this WED WEB CHAT...
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Stitched Into Time…So Divine

ABSTRACT Expressionist artist, Jackson the Dripper Pollock once proclaimed that he knows when exactly a painting of his is completed. It is when he has the “sex is done”...
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They Dared To Be Different

WHAT motivates someone to buck the trend and strike out on their own path? While many join the predictable industries that used to guarantee fortune and stability — at least...
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Beauty — More Than Skin Deep?

FROM slapping on sun block to carrying an umbrella, the range of beauty options served up in this WED WEB CHAT: Beauty — More Than Skin Deep was quite...
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The Singapore Double Take

IT’S been quiet out there.  There are dinosaurs roaming parts of Singapore. Near Changi. Where the planes are lined up like patient pteranodon.  And many are even boarding dusted off Singapore...
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Character Fault Lines Crack Open In A Pandemic

IN THIS accelerated world, where the existential threats of climate change, nuclear destruction, acute economic inequality and profound social injustice has been amplified, the plea of singer and activist...
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Bridging The North-South Divide

INDIAN food tends to be bland on the eye. Earthy tones tend to dominate the cuisine, even if its heavenly to the taste. But in the IG era, chefs...