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Real Life, Real People

Building a City on a Hill from a mall’s basement: Tennis coach Jaime Wong’s latest serve

Many may know Jaime Wong as one of Singaporeā€™s national tennis champions, or as the co-founder and head coach of Ignite Tennis Academy. What’s new though is her vision for City on a Hill, a...

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Serving the water, 3 years on

“I know I’ve said this already, but can I just say again what a beautiful way with words you now have?” An old teammate from our early Thir.st days texted me after my recent piece...

Real Life, Real People

Doing good is not about making yourself happier

Rachel Lin started her first social enterprise, matcha5, at 27 years old, but had to shut it down after 1.5 years. She is currently running mori, which employs work-from-home mums in the Philippines...

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How I became a social entrepreneur

My dream of running a social enterprise began with a seed that was planted in 2008. When I was in university , I went on an overseas volunteer trip with MILK (Mainly I Love Kids) to impoverished Tala...

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Coming from a family of doctors, I felt like the odd one out

Growing up, I watched both my older brothers enter medical school and graduate as doctors. Subsequently, I gained a sister-in-law who is also a doctor. But I decided to take a different route,...

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Full-time under 30: Leaving law to answer a different call

During my time in university and first years of work as a criminal lawyer, I discovered that I really enjoyed the nature of the work. Itā€™s tough for some to believe, but I genuinely loved my legal...

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To all young teachers: Remember why we do this

“We do not remember days, we remember moments.” ā€“Ā Cesare Pavese I remember this boy in one of the classes I was teaching, I read suspicion and uneasiness in his eyes. I was giving a...

Music

The sound of surrender: Clarence Chan on building music platform Bandwagon

Looking back at his eight-year journey of transforming an idea in his head to one of Southeast Asia’s leading music media companies, the founder ofĀ BandwagonĀ revealed that this wasn’t...

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What does God really think about your CV?

CV stands for the Latin words curriculum vitae, which translate to ā€œthe course of your lifeā€. Yet the only thing it really shows is a list of your credentials, certifications and professional...