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Turning Brown Thumbs Green
Another humorous look at Singaporean life through Christina Liew’s journey from "brown thumbs" to high-tech indoor farming. This article explores the contradictions of a country that builds billion-dollar domes for nature while navigating the struggles of personal gardening. From pandemic-era microgreens to AI-generated care plans for olive trees, Liew reflects on our collective need to connect with greenery as a form of meditation and the technology used to keep urban nature

Christina Liew
May 113 min read


January 1, Somewhere Other Than Home
A reflective poem by AWA writer Ana Chatterjee exploring how the changes invited by the new year happens quietly, outside calendars and resolutions.

Ana Chatterjee
Feb 82 min read


Traditions
A Tamil woman’s Deepavali journey from Singapore to Azerbaijan reveals how cultural traditions adapt and endure across borders.

Bhavani Krishnamurthy
Nov 13, 20254 min read


Sixty
In a letter to Singapore on the occasion of its 60th birthday, Amanda Jaffe fondly recalls the gifts of expat life on the Little Red Dot, including her identity as a writer.

Amanda Jaffe
Sep 5, 20254 min read
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