Tech Disruptions in Asia: How Youths Can Thrive in a Digital, Divided, and Disrupted World Top image: Pexels.com Five years ago, a collaborative dialogue session between Vietnam and Singapore would not have looked like this. 70 participants tuning into a Zoom call, while moderators and some Vietnamese youth gather in a hall thousands of kilometres away. The session, titled ‘Emb by Yin Lin Tan October 6, 2020
Love is Essential: Stories from Couples Still Separated by Covid-19 Top Image: Amien / Pexels In an alternate, pandemic-free universe, Esther, 29, would have been married by now. A Malaysian citizen with a Singaporean fiance, the last time she was in Singapore was back in early March. “I think I’m forever scarred,” she recalls. “Before leaving the hous by Yin Lin Tan September 30, 2020
From LA’s LGBT Disco Clubs to the SMU Concourse: A Brief History of Waacking in Singapore All images by Marisse Caine. When I first meet Melissa, also known as “Cat Lady”, she’s just as energetic as she is in her Instagram dance videos. Decked out in a baggy white linen shirt, you can barely tell that she’s pregnant. What gives it away is that she patiently waits in a cor by Yin Lin Tan September 13, 2020
The Internet Has Brought Us Together, But Doxxing Has Set Us Apart Image credit: Jesse Yelin from Pexels Someone I know, let’s call him Wilson (not his real name), once logged on to Rust, an online survival game. He was gathering some in-game resources so that he could restock the toolbox at his base. Over time, as the game progressed and he had inte by Yin Lin Tan September 6, 2020
How We Construct Our Own Fantasies When Fighting Online Top Image: slimoddity / Instagram This is the fourth article in our series on How To Disagree Productively. Read the first three here, here, and here. What happens when you go on social media? Does your pulse race? Does your chest tighten wh by Yin Lin Tan August 30, 2020
What I Learnt When Kpop Stans Tried to Cancel Me Top Image: Getty Images This is the third article in our series on How To Disagree Productively. Read the first two here and here. On May 20, #StraitsTimesIsOverParty started trending on Twitter. It wasn’t because everyone had decided to unite and rise up agai by Yin Lin Tan August 27, 2020
The Surreal Experience of Travelling In and Out of Singapore During Covid-19 Top Image: Eugenia Clara / Unsplash Changi Airport looked like a ghost town. Less than half a year ago, you could barely walk through the airport without bumping into someone you know. The non-stop human traffic was a testament to its reputation as one of the world’s best airports. But by Yin Lin Tan August 5, 2020
Binge Who is Hazel, and Why is Everyone On Her Guestlist? All images by Zachary Tang It’s Friday night, maybe sometime in November. It’s 2019. Drunk on a potent mix of tequila and whisky, you finally reach the front of the endless line for Attica, only to find that you’ve forgotten your wallet. You despair, heartbroken, and turn to leave.&nbs by Yin Lin Tan July 29, 2020
Transforming The Hawker Industry Into A Digital One: Is It Possible? Top Image: Zachary Tang / RICE File Photo At Tian Tian Fatt Rice and Porridge at Toa Payoh Lorong 8, customers don’t stop streaming in even at 3.30 PM on a weekday. Mrs Ng and her sole assistant diligently serve up orders, all while collecting money from customers. While most pay cash, eve by Yin Lin Tan July 21, 2020
Racial Harmony Day Is Not The Problem—It’s Just Not Enough Top Image: Zachary Tang / RICE File Photo As a kid, I never dressed up for Racial Harmony Day. Not because I was rebelling against the system at the age of eight, but because I didn’t see the point in buying an outfit I would only wear for one day out of the entire year. Back then, no o by Yin Lin Tan July 21, 2020
Stop Stanning Politicians, They’re Not Celebrities Top Image: CNA / Youtube, edited by RICE Disclaimer: RICE does not endorse or support any political party in Singapore. “J is for Jolly, A is for Achievements, M is for Mandate, U is for Understanding, and S is for Supreme,” a young man, from Rice’s recent video of Hougang on Results Day by Yin Lin Tan July 13, 2020
Pro-Establishment Supporters Just Want Stability This GE Top Image: Zachary Tang / RICE File Photo Disclaimer: RICE does not endorse or support any political party in Singapore. This is a series of voter profiles by RICE where we speak to Singapore’s many disparate communities and find out the issues that matter to them. “I’ve read every s by Yin Lin Tan July 7, 2020