Thoughts on National Pride over a Cultural Import (a cup of tea)
Growing up in post-colonial Sri Lanka was, in many ways, a confusing experience. It was only recently that our little nation gained independence from…
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¿Con acento o sin acento?
Casi nunca hablo con un acento correcto. I don’t speak like a normal Singaporean; my accent for much of my life was wrong, strange, not necessarily foreign…
What do Time Difference, Weather, and Money Have in Common?
As a borderless, hometown-less international student/travel junkie, I am an expert at translation. Translation of all sorts. The classic kind, translating…
Idealism in Singapore and the Postcolonial Legacy
Thinking about the effects of colonialism, 51 years on, in shaping my home's national narrative
A Narnian Winter
New England winter is secretly a teenage girl who knows how to throw some serious temper(ature) tantrums. She sure knows how to blow hot and cold! One…
Jumbo Talkers
