One of the mums Yu met was Joyce Orallo Lim, in 2018. Lim was then a stay-at-home mum with a two-year-old son “I loved to paint and design floral ceramic pieces, but the moment I became a mum, I thought my life as an artist was over,” Lim told CNA Women. She connected with Yu … Read more
Planning to catch Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes in cinemas this weekend? Don’t forget to pay close attention to how realistic the ape characters are. Indonesian animator Sashya Subono Halse literally had a hand in that – as well as plenty of other movies and TV shows you’re probably very familiar with. The 36-year-old Subono … Read more
Qantas’ in-flight and lounge menus are created in partnership with Australian celebrity chef Neil Perry, who was so impressed with the stir-fried black pepper beef in the Qantas Business Lounge that he launched “Chef Linda’s specials” on the debut menu of Qantas First Lounge when it opened in 2019. Dry prawn and pork noodles, prawn … Read more
Some do it out of habit or nostalgia. “For example, they have been using a wallet for many years and are so used to its design that it’s part of them now. Now that it is worn with age, they are frustrated they cannot find the same one off the shelf anymore,” she explained. Some … Read more
“While scammers are innovative, there’s always a pattern we can identify,” the 38-year-old said. The nature of the hoax is then shared with the public “to minimise the impact of those scams”. Some scams, such as love scams, are more complex, DSP Sindhu added. Here, scammers adopt a fake identity and pretend to look for … Read more
When she was a teenager, skateboarder Arina Azain remembers the police coming over to the basketball court where she and her friends were practising their tricks, to tell them they were too noisy. Residents in the surrounding blocks had likely made a complaint. Her own mum too, had warned her that skateboarding was “where all … Read more
Jinyen recalled a pivotal moment when one of their first customers came to their house to thank them. “He said he wanted to replicate a dish for his family but no one knew how to make red rice wine anymore. He also said our red rice wine reminded him of his grandmother,” said Jinyen. “My … Read more
During Stanislaus’ final year at Ecole Philippe Gaulier in 2022, she scored a huge opportunity to work on a solo production for a foreign audience. A Canadian theatre producer had been looking to work with international talents at the French school and was impressed by Stanislaus’ performances. “The producer wanted to come up with a … Read more
Tian consciously designed the playground to be a “more protective environment”. Besides protecting kids from the sun and rain, she also trained Kiztopia staff to be more attentive to kids, and look out for their physical and mental well-being, ensuring that there was no fighting and bullying, she said. The playground is also designed to … Read more
For Lin, her passion for dance began with a supportive “village”. Her parents, Jean Wang and Lim Joe Ann, supported her endeavours from an early age. Even though they were told that children with Down syndrome would be limited in many ways, they backed their daughter wholeheartedly in her interests and hobbies, from dance to … Read more
