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When I was studying film as a teenager, between 2015 to 2016, I was always slightly annoyed by the prevalence of nostalgia in local films. The local films deemed worth talking about by my film teachers were either from the past –…
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The mind-body divide Let me start by asking you two questions: Most people I know would say the former, but not the latter. Isn’t it curious? If you zoom out, music is as primal and innate as dance. The fact that both…
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I live in Singapore. This country is a stone soup (a la the parable). The ingredients started coming as waves of immigrants during colonial times. Less than a hundred years ago, my grandparents immigrated to Singapore from Chaozhou and Hainan Island (some…
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Much like society, your long-haul flight is going to try to impose a certain structure onto you. The lighting will tell you when you should open your eyes. The meals will tell you what nutrients you should eat. The fuzzy screen will…
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My theme for 2024 was the Year of Efficiency, which was my way of nudging myself to think about adulthood and how to cope with the growing scarcity of time and energy. As a child you have the luxury of spending hours…
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