Singaporeans love milestones. The high point in many people’s lives is the day they receive their degree, get married or make that downpayment on their first home.

Despite our small size, that familiar Singaporean accent is often heard in Western European capitals. Singaporeans absolutely adore going to Europe on holiday, at least according to this survey, in...

Ah Boy has an army of tutors towering over him every day after school, making sure he scores those As. His kiasu parents are determined to ensure he gets good...

Unsettled by the fact that Uber and GrabCar are eating into their business, taxi companies have decided that instead of lowering fares and taking a cut of their own profits,...

It’s no secret that we’ve got a fiscally prudent government. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, this is not a government that will spend public money in a way that would...

Dealing with everyone at the office pining for your attention takes up the bulk of your waking life, and with the little time you have left, you try valiantly to...

Work-life balance doesn’t exist in Singapore. If some bosses had their way, you wouldn’t even have a life to balance with your work.

The Singapore education system is great at churning out top-scorers, later to become doctors, lawyers, bankers and civil servants.

According to many Singaporean men, local women have been dealt a good hand of cards because they don’t have to spend two years of their lives doing NS. There have...

Have you complained about your job today? If you haven’t, you must still be sitting for the O levels. Work-related angst comes with the territory of living in Singapore, but...

Mainstream society reigns supreme in Singapore. Doing something as “edgy” as cycling to work gets you raised eyebrows (“not hot meh?”), while bringing your own lunch to work makes colleagues...

Primary 1 registration is a nail-biting time for kiasu parents islandwide—especially those who don’t want their kid to end up in some neighbourhood primary school, and insist that they go...

So, you’re one of those serial vacationers who’re always scrolling through the office’s leave calendar to check when you can take off on your next adventure. Well, there’s nothing wrong...

Whoever said thirty is the new twenty did not live in Singapore. Unless you want to live with your parents forever or be stuck in the army indefinitely, moving on...

There comes a time in a freelancer’s life when, after four days of remaining in pyjamas and not moving from in front of your laptop screen that you tell yourself...

I’ve not met a single person who’s visited Japan and didn’t find it amazing. Everything from their incredible attention to detail, ridiculously attentive service, cleanliness and culture is pretty much...

In an ideal world, our public transport system would work perfectly, everybody would be able to skip merrily from their homes to the nearest MRT station in less than ten...

For years, the government have been scratching their heads, wondering why the Baby Bonus is doing nothing to encourage couples to have more kids.

Many people have no clue how to use their SkillsFuture credits or can’t find anything useful that they can sign up for, and some end up spending them on Korean...

The MRT has always taken centre stage in Singapore’s public transport landscape, especially with the expansion of the network in recent years and the frequent breakdowns.

We may not get as much time off from work as the folks in France or Finland, where everyone gets at least 25 days of paid annual leave. But nobody...

Ever since the water price hike was announced, people have not been pleased. Unlike beer and cars, water is one thing you can’t go without. So, just suck thumb and...

Singaporean tourists heading to Spain always end up in Madrid and Barcelona, but these two cities are actually the most expensive and most crowded places in the entire country. When...

People who rely on buses for their commutes are a dying breed thanks to the expanded MRT network. Those lucky folks who live within walking distance of MRT stations will...

The amount of resources that get poured into making sure the kids of Singapore pass their exams is nothing short of astounding. We have a billion dollar tuition industry, 52%...