Grades not final gauge in landing dream job

TWO days after the death of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) undergraduate David Hartanto Widjaja, 21, a bouquet of flowers and a rose were spotted on the exact site of his fall.
Last Monday, he had stabbed Associate Professor Chan Kap Luk, 45, before running off and falling to his death from four storeys.
Mr Widjaja’s poor progress [...]

An arty-dirty ad campaign

IMAGES of everyday life, such as flowers, trees and playing children, have adorned a 10m-long stretch of stone wall along Kallang Road for the last three weeks.
In a process known as reverse graffiti, the designs were created by cleaning patches of dirt off the wall. Done overnight using stencils and cleaning agents, it forms part [...]

Count our blessings, enjoy the moment

A simple makeshift ‘basketball court’ in a rural Philippine village serves as a reminder that there is much to be thankful for. — PHOTO: CHEN SHICHANG

ADLAON is a small, rural village in the northern, mountainous part of Cebu City in Philippines.
In December last year, my classmates and I spent about three weeks there [...]

Swimming in poison

By Yeo Kai Wen

A BOY enjoys himself as he swims in the murky waters of a river in Chroy Takeo, an arsenic-affected place in Cambodia.
Arsenic poisoning, or arsenicosis, affects hundreds of Cambodians in rural areas. The poison occurs naturally in groundwater consumed by villagers.
I was with this boy on a [...]