History & Heritage Lifestyle Race & Religion Amongst Us Seeking Answers and Finding Meaning in Modern Deities and Myths Staying true to old spirits and beliefs, akin to keeping a candle flame lit amidst the winds. by Christy Chua & Darryl Cheong June 2, 2022
If Film Won’t Tell the Stories of Singapore’s Forgotten, Who Will? Top image: 'I Dream of Singapore', Image credits: Looi Wan Ping / Tiger Tiger Pictures Let’s talk about ostracised groups. For the sake of argument, let’s go with migrant workers. You’d probably say you know what a difficult life they have, but what is more likely is that you will prob by Christy Chua & Darryl Cheong November 21, 2019
In A World Ruled By Social Media, Can My Generation Still Appreciate the Little Things? It was a lonely rainy night, as nights like these go. I was on a short Grab ride home—from Tampines to Pasir Ris. His name was Eddie, probably in his sixties. He was asking me about how I was getting on in NS and if I was hitting the gym, so I was giving the usual young-person answers that ra by Christy Chua & Darryl Cheong November 20, 2019
Sound is the Most Overlooked Element of Movies, Yet It Is Also the Most Powerful Top image from 'Nina Wu' by Midi Z. RICE is the official media partner of Singapore International Film Festival 2019. Remember the last time you sat through a horror movie and your instincts told you that a jump scare was coming, so you covered your eyes or looked away so you’d be less horri by Christy Chua & Darryl Cheong November 15, 2019
Why Personal Stories Matter, and Why Our ‘Social Fabric’ Is Stronger Than We Think Top image from 'The Science of Fictions' by Yosep Anggi Noen. Rice is the official media partner of Singapore International Film Festival 2019. If you’re active on social media, you’d probably be familiar with Our Grandfather Story, NSFTV, or even this platform, Rice. But what similarities by Christy Chua & Darryl Cheong November 12, 2019
Can Giving Students the Independence to Teach Each Other Improve Learning? Top image from 'Unteachable' by Yong Shu Ling. Normal (Technical) students are unteachable. This is the belief many Singaporeans use to justify an at-times prejudiced attitude towards students of this stream. And it is precisely this same misguided belief that young teacher Meixi tries to disp by Christy Chua & Darryl Cheong November 8, 2019