The link between my birthday depression and the end of the Bridges M&C CSR campaign on World Mental Health Day. My mother, a teacher,...

I’ve been contemplating the idea of a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative for Bridges M&C for ages, but have not really...

Aleyda therapist at a home massage set up I have been feeling untethered from three weeks of meetings in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, all...

Like migratory birds, around October each year my husband and I would travel to Ubud in Bali for our annual break. This year we tried a...

I used to underestimate staycations and its ability to facilitate rest, but not after a weekend at the Novotel on Stevens. There is one...

I have received discreet and not-so-discreet requests to give a no holds barred review of the vaginal tightening laser that I had...

As an old IJ girl, few things are as empowering as being educated in an all-girls’ school taught and staffed by women. We rolled up our...

My unlikely friendship with a former member of a boyband I have known MJ since he was 19 and I was 14. He was based in Malaysia, and I in...

Hotel Jen at Tanglin gets a hipster makeover and wins hearts of their hardcore regulars from the days when it was still Traders’ Hotel....

My team and I have achieved a milestone with a project recently and I was told by a former schoolmate that I have “arrived”. But have I...

In my years of trial and error as a beauty writer and editor I’ve tried tens of products; these precious three have made the cut to my...

Flush all the b********t down! I hate the word entrepreneurship because it carries a certain baggage and glamour that people can’t seem...

Why people get offended by social media and how to fix it. Social media is a double-edged sword. On one hand, more than ever before,...

For a recently remarried woman in her 30s with a well-established career, my urge for having a child has been fleeting at best. Despite...

Weddings are a reflection of (1) the quality of your relationships with friends, family, colleagues and even work contacts (2) what...

It’s hard for me to write about weddings and marriage without sounding like an old crone, which is not what you would expect of a wedding...

It all started with a DNA kit Not too long ago, I purchased a DNA kit from the National Geographic Genographic Project (NGGP) to help me...

Last night, KitKat Uncle passed away after a short but intense battle with cancer. I’ve had many nicknames for my uncles as a child....

I have been a rolling stone since I was two weeks old. My biological parents were already struggling with raising my two sisters and...

After my widowed grandmother lost her only son in the second world war, she often asked to take care of her neighbours’ children....