Crime stories
I've spent many hours watching crime documentaries. Stories about serial killers, about homicides that were never solved.Before the...

Anne with an E: A review
(Photo belongs to Netflix) My favourite part of the “Anne with an E” series is that Anne is not a hero. She is a deeply flawed...

A Wintersonian April
I spent the whole of April getting through this book, a semi-autobiography of Winterson's, for two reasons. The first was that I kept...
Go to the Water
The other day a friend sent me a quote that I really liked from writer Elizabeth Gilbert. It goes: "Dear Ones – Years ago, when I was...

Mis-recognition
It's been too long since I updated this website. Here is a piece I wrote and read last August at a reading at BooksActually. :)...

The Veil of Invisibility: Understanding Anxiety in Singapore
(Source in hyperlink) The Invisibility of Anxiety When does anxiety become a mental health issue? Anxiety is an affliction that is more...
Sitting
I’ll start by saying I’ve had it good. I’ve had it very good in life. And perhaps, that is part of my problem. I struggle with dealing...

Choosing to be a student-writer (full video and transcript)
Hi everyone, here's the full video AND transcript of a speech I gave at an NUS Literary Society event on 10 March 2017 about pursuing...
New year updates
Hi there, hope the new year has been treating you well. Here are some updates on what's been going on + an update on the events of 2017....

Every Singaporean Daughter
I don’t like to dwell on things for longer than necessary, so this will be my last post about the play. I feel irrevocably changed by...