Go Big or Go Home: What I Learnt from the Girls that Seemingly Have it All

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Go Big or Go Home: What I Learnt from the Girls that Seemingly Have it All

Setting the Right Skin-tention: 2019 Skincare Resolutions

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Setting the Right Skin-tention: 2019 Skincare Resolutions

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Flex Your Optimism

A Third Culture Kid's Guide to University: Its Called Boba Not Bubble Tea

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A Third Culture Kid's Guide to University: Its Called Boba Not Bubble Tea

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Read This When You Feel Inadequate

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Singapore, I Love You

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They Don't Have to Know

Four Steps to Fighting Procrastination: Saying Goodbye to That Monkey

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Four Steps to Fighting Procrastination: Saying Goodbye to That Monkey

Understanding Procrastination: That Instant Gratification Monkey

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Aug 10, 2017
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Understanding Procrastination: That Instant Gratification Monkey

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Falling in love with taking care of myself - mind, body and soul

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A few months ago, I wrote a ‘TED talk’ style article about ‘Love in College. It was a product of receiving multiple DM’s encouraging me...

Big, Bad Mouth: Why We Talk Sh*t and Other Mysteries

I have been a patron of Katy Bellote’s writing for years now. “Writing hard and clear about what hurts”, she proclaims on her titular...

Women's Leadership Conference 2019: Highlights

The 2019 Georgia Tech Women's Leadership Conference was held on March 2nd at the Historic Academy of Medicine. The conference first began...

Thanks For Coming to My TED Talk

The title of my TED talk is “I’m fine.” “All good?” they ask. “I’m fine,” I say. I’ve happened upon this phrase mid-week at the Student...

A Third Culture Kid's Guide to University: Its Called Boba Not Bubble Tea

I spent the latter half of my privileged childhood in Singapore, my home country. If you have visited or even heard of the 'Little Red...

Read This When You Feel Inadequate

It was three AM. I gently tucked away my problem set on Prandtl Meyer fan angles in my Longchamp and begrudgingly shifted my attention to...

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2020 Master List On Maintaining Perspective

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About Me

Singapore native living in Atlanta. Drinker of copious amounts of coffee and lover of planes, dance and dessert.

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