Author’s Blurb: Picnics are my favourite kind of dates. But the last time I had one, I had to use a yoga mat and a bunch of tupperwares with finger foods. So, not exactly the most Insta-worthy, aesthetic kinds you’d imagine. Yes, it’s the company that matters at the end …
Read More »He Went From Ex-Prisoner To Founder Of Banyan Tree, A Hotel Now Known For Its RM460 Burger
Banyan Tree Kuala Lumpur has been trending on social media since October 7, all thanks to a story that you can read about here. This led to us becoming curious about Banyan Tree’s start as a hotel chain, and we found out that it has a rather rich history. For …
Read More »AI Weekly: Amazon went wide with Alexa; now it’s going deep
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Amazon’s naked ambition to become part of everyone’s daily lives was on full display this week at its annual hardware event. It announced a slew of new Alexa-powered devices, including a home surveillance drone, a suite of Ring-branded car alarm …
Read More »100 Years And Counting: How S’pore’s Tiger Balm Went Global, Now Loved By Hollywood Celebs
The Tiger Balm name — and scent — has long had a presence in households all over the world. The centenarian brand which started off in the ancient courts of Chinese emperors has since made its way across the globe and is present in almost 100 countries today. From Norway …
Read More »He Almost Went Bankrupt With $100K Debt, Now Founded S’pore’s First Shipping Container Hotel
The Tiny House concept has been on a rise, which was one of the propelling factors for serial entrepreneur Seah Liang Chiang to build Singapore’s first Shipping Container Hotel. People around the world are choosing to downsize their living spaces, with a Netflix reality TV show revolving around the topic, …
Read More »This M’sian Couple Went Bankrupt In Their 40s, Then They Built A Nationwide Fitness Club
Author’s Blurb: My only experience with any physical exercise was tennis training when I was younger and gym a few times a week for about 3 months during my final year in university. I generally won’t exercise unless I have friends who’ll join me, which usually means I end up …
Read More »70 Died at a Nursing Home As Body Bags Piled Up. This Is What Went Wrong.
When the coronavirus outbreak hit one of the largest and most troubled nursing homes in the Northeast, coughing and feverish residents were segregated into a wing known as South 2. The sick quickly filled the beds there, so another wing, West 3, was also turned into a quarantine ward. But …
Read More »I Went to Iraq to Take Photographs. I Stayed On as a Medic.
We heard the explosion, likely a car bomb. There were many that day. Thirty minutes later, three Humvees came barreling around the corner of nearby buildings with wounded civilians on their hoods and packed inside. They pulled up to our trauma-stabilization point, a makeshift medical unit in an abandoned home …
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