The pandemic hasn’t been kind to the hotel industry ever since the MCO started in 2020. They became quarantine centres for returning locals and some promoted WFH packages to stay operational. Now for Valentine’s Day, some are taking this opportunity to promote intimate packages where guests can enjoy their services …
Read More »Fruit Flies Are Essential to Science. So Are the Workers Who Keep Them Alive.
The rooms that make up the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center at Indiana University are lined wall to wall with identical shelves. Each shelf is filled with uniform racks, and each rack with indistinguishable glass vials. The tens of thousands of fruit fly types within the vials, though, are each magnificently …
Read More »How This Fifth-Gen Potter Is Keeping The Fire Of Her Family’s 55-Year-Old Business Alive
Few millennial Singaporeans have had the chance to experience the crafts and trades of the eras before us due to modernisation and a diminishing demand. Even though pottery has been growing in popularity, Singapore only has one dragon kiln remaining on the outskirts of the island. Thow Kwang Pottery Jungle …
Read More »COVID-19: Hari Raya Is ‘Cancelled’, But We’re Keeping The Spirit Of Ramadan Alive Online
When Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced the extension of the circuit breaker until June 1, there’s one thing that’s running through the minds of those in the Malay-Muslim community: there’s no Hari Raya this year. It’s only the second week of Ramadan — a holy month when Muslims observe …
Read More »This 5-Year-Old M’sian Peanut Butter Brand By 2 SPM Grads Is Giving Itself 45 Days To Stay Alive
Author’s Blurb: Peanut butter is just one of those staples you must have if you enjoy toast (unless you have a peanut allergy), and the quality of a lot of mass produced commercial brands that I’ve tried over the years have been disappointing. But there are Malaysians out there trying …
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