On Sunday morning, a shuttle pulled up outside the ferry terminal at the very eastern tip of Singapore. Out spilled an expedition led by the World Wildlife Fund. Twenty minutes later, sea waves spraying on my dangling fingertips, salt and sunshine in each breath, we bobbed along the coastline on a ferry to Pulau Ubin. … Continue reading Sunday island adventure: trash-picking on a kayak 🏝
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Interning at Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Centre for Strategic Futures (CSF)
Read other internship diaries:Interning at CNN Fareed Zakaria GPS 🌎Interning at Northern Light Venture Capital in China 💸 TODAY MY CSF INTERNSHIP HAS ENDED. Yay! Celebrating a fruitful twelve weeks. 🌟 Feels like a good time to stocktake (without revealing anything confidential, cough): I’ve emerged with a lot more knowledge about many diverse fields and cool ideas … Continue reading Interning at Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Centre for Strategic Futures (CSF)
From A Foodie: Singapore Chinatown Hawker Adventure!!!
Read other From A Foodie installments:From A Foodie: Tasting Japan & Its Shokunin Spirit 🍙From A Foodie: Tasting Taipei — worn, but lovely 🍹From A Foodie: California Dreamin’ 🌴From A Foodie: Favorite Eats around Harvard & the Best of Boston 🦞 Hello fellow foodies, it has been a while ; ) COVID-19 has made certain food adventures impossible … Continue reading From A Foodie: Singapore Chinatown Hawker Adventure!!!
A stroll at dusk: Chinatown
This is the 100th post on the blog and the first post of 2021. Here's the full Chronicle. Thank you for being here, thank you for allowing my stories to enter your life : ) I love walking. The best way to experience a city is, partly, to be a flâneur: passionate wanderer, aimless saunterer, … Continue reading A stroll at dusk: Chinatown
Happy National Day! // my cover of “Home” by Kit Chan
"Celebrations Together": Artwork by Khong Ka Yeung, Rulang Primary School Happy 55th birthday, my dearest Singapore! 🎂☀️🇸🇬 Each year, NDP (National Day Parade) is special partly because of the songs that I grew up with. I remember singing the NDP songs in school halls, classrooms, on the bus, with friends, teachers, family, strangers—all in unison … Continue reading Happy National Day! // my cover of “Home” by Kit Chan
Selina Xu 