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What Feeling Dumb After Watching TENET, Nasi Lemak Appropriation & Jeanette Aw's Brownies Have In Common

It’s ok to feel stupid every once in awhile

Maid Fantasies Gone Wrong And Other Strange Singaporean Tales of Escapism And Delight

Beyond Basic Bitch Things you can do to keep life interesting when nothing seems shocking anymore

How You Can Use The Internet To Boost Your Career In The Age of Post-Woke Capitalism

In A Rekt 2020 Economy, there is no shame in making coin

SATIRE

The 3 Online Side-Hustles You Can Do To Become A Thought Leader TEDx Speaker Life Coach Philanthropist

Why 2020 Is The Year of The Digital Side Hustle

SATIRE

This Safety-First Mahjong Table Will Preserve Your Health & Fun In Our Safe Distancing Era

Indulge In Mahjong, Responsibly

SATIRE / R&D DIVISION

Appearance of Species “The Sovereign” Heralds Signs of Alien Life & Signals Start of The Apocalypse

The Reckoning of Humanity Has Begun

SATIRE / COMMENTARY

5 Business Ventures Kong Hee Can Do After Jail To Usher In A New Era of Harvest

In celebration of Kong Hee’s rumoured early release from prison and back to the business of enlightenment we’ve outlined some possible comeback ventures the previously beleaguered founder can potentially embark on.

SATIRE / INFOTAINMENT

Najib’s 4-Step Guide To Reinventing Yourself And The Art of Failing Upwards

Sometimes in life, we get caught in a pickle. Whether we live to fight another day depends on how we mitigate the damning pitfalls in life. We examine Najib’s ninja skills in combating life’s tough questions.

SATIRE / COMMENTARY

WHAT IF: Temasek Bought The Rights To Spiderman And Saved The World’s Last Symbol of Hope

In some shape or form, we’ve always had an adjacent larger than life symbol of light to counteract these dark thoughts, a balance to the force…so to speak, an avatar for hope. This symbol of hope once took on many forms…

SATIRE

These ‘Post-CircuitBreaker’ Motivational Posters Will Help You Stay Positive As You Return To The Workplace

We spoke to two local creatives, who clearly had a productive CB
COMMENTARY

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Confessions Of A Singaporean YouTuber - Dark Side of The LOLs

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Alvin Poh Is Worth $15Million But Only Has 1 Pair of Shoes. Dreams .VS. Reality, And Minimalism

All he wanted was to earn more pocket money. 17years later, and after sacrificing tons of personal, social, and leisure time - Singaporean Entrepreneur Alvin Poh became at the age of 34, "An Overnight Business Success" with the sale of Vodien internet solutions for a cool $30 million.

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Creative Business Owners Share Their Journeys Amidst A COVID19 Impacted World With Circuit Breaker Being The ‘New Normal’

Even before COVID19 started to come in like a wrecking ball, technology was already rewriting the rules of work and life. Will mankind eventually be replaced by our robot overlords?

COMMENTARY

After Getting EarBurn From Wearing Masks, Singapore Product Designer Creates 'FISHBONE Ear Saver’ To Reduce Skin Abrasion

It started as a complaint from a friend who runs a cafe, he said ”wear face mask until ear cannot tahan liao, ears want to break off liao. Can you design something?”
JONATHAN LEONG / COMMENTARY

Local Artist James Leong on the trick to surviving as a freelance illustrator, being a club bouncer in an alternate reality and the joy of drawing.

How Illustrator James Leong nurtured his quest for experimental drawing despite the rigours of work and life.
COMMENTARY

How One Woman Survived Abuse, Anxiety, Divorce & Suicide In Urban Singapore To Make a Life For Herself And Her Children

Why gaining inner peace and championing mental health issues has become a personal mission for Kamilah M.S & her community
COMMENTARY

Local Artist Shares Why It’s Never Too Late To Reconnect With Your Passion.

How Helping His Son With A Sketch Reignited His Fire For Drawing And Awakened His Artistic ‘Force’ Within. Alter your perspective. Elevate your mind. These words, along with arresting illustrations..

COMMENTARY

From Pearl Bank Apartments, to Tiong Bahru With Love

An American Architect’s love story with Singaporean Architecture, and his quest to preserve iconic pieces of history. Architect Ed Poole shares how breaking his eardrums and being deaf for 6 weeks, led him to eventually own a penthouse in the iconic Pearl Bank Apartments.

CULTURE

The Black-Widow of Singapore Forex Trading: Police Reports, Intimidation And Suicide.

A web of financial losses, death threats and depression. While investigations are on-going: the alleged perpetrator in this story, Summer Lee FX has been placed on the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Watchlist.

COMMENTARY

In The Era of #Woke, The Dumpster Fire Gets Bigger, Till All Are Swallowed Up In Its Blaze

The paradox of being woke in the attention driven digital economy. In the digital world, constructive discourse is not as tasty as submitting your opponent in the octagon of mixed keyboard martial arts

COMMENTARY

Balls of Steel, How Two Singaporeans Turned Their Love For Tennis Into A Viable Business

We’re a nation of largely sedentary creatures where sporting activities are an afterthought or snarky reminder during adult life: of just how far our bodily abilities have faded over time. For Joel Siow and Nicholas Lee however…

JONATHAN LEONG / OBSESSIONS

Illustrator Eeshaun Soh draws artwork for The Singaplex

Never Share Your Dreams: They’ll Try To Stop You

Award winning artist Ruben Pang on getting past artist block, industrial music and the best advice he’s ever gotten

JONATHAN LEONG / CULTURE

Will My job Still Be Around in 5 Years Time? And Other Singaporean Millennial Worries

We delve into the changing work of work and it’s impact in shaping the life decisions of millennials.

SMITH LEONG / COMMENTARY

How To ‘Say No’ to Things You Don’t Need In Singapore: The Jon Show Way…

While the dust settles on the Game of Thrones Franchise, the memes it has inspired will live forever. As the faithful lick their wounds over a controversial season finale, we’ve decided to turn lemons into lemonade…with one of our favourite characters: Jon Snow.

JONATHAN LEONG / PARODY

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