Stories

My girlfriend and I had decided to take a weekend trip to Johor Bahru, and we checked into a hotel which we previously booked for us to stay for 2 nights.She was looking at the hotel's website and she...

Any Chinese Singaporeans here that cant or can barely speak Chinese? Do you ever feel ostracised or alien in Singapore among your peers?I'm one of those losers who's Chinese but can't speak Chinese but it's also just my upbringing....

A netizen shared how he wrote a letter to complain to MINDEF after "suspecting" that a guy didn't serve NS.Here is the story:"Growing up a true blue Singaporean, I’ve always thought all of us Singaporean men have to serve...

BF doesn't initiate S-ContextMy (36M) boyfriend of 2 years doesn't initiate anything with me (28F), or rarely does.He has experience with numerous women while single and told me he had a high need for it. Since we got together,...

WhatsApp groups for work (red flag)Just curious how many people here have WhatsApp groups for work? And I’m not talking about casual or social topics on those groups.Ive been in companies where colleagues set up a WhatsApp group similar...

I laugh until my internal organs rupture.Yesterday was Sunday family dinner at my grandmother’s house. My Uncle Raymond—the kind of classic, middle-aged uncle who wears polo tees with the collar popped and drives a second-hand BMW that sounds like...

I'm back for my first year of army reservist training. It's the same old drill, same old exercises, same old people.Thought reservist is very chill, but our PC wanted us to train like we still NSFOur unit had waited...

I never thought I would be writing about this, but here I am. My girlfriend of 11 years broke up with me after I found out she had been working as an Freelancer.I met my now ex-girlfriend in college....

Growing up, I had a childhood sweetheart that I loved very much. We were inseparable, and I had dreams of spending the rest of my life with her.I became money faced and decided to leave her for a richer...

Is 9.5h workday normal in Singapore?Little background here, Indonesian studied and worked in States moving to Singapore to work in banking.HR told me work hours are 9-6.30 and fully in office every day with 1 hour break. That sounds...