@Megankstack Wow Singapore isn’t perfect...but this was SO uncalled for. Cancelling my @nytimes subscription now.
Western media’s infuriating recently, stop directing the hate and attention on other countries. Focus on yourselves and your own country’s shortcomings PLEASE.
Sing Lit: You are an English-speaking Chinese Singaporean studying at a prestigious British university standing on a bridge contemplating your national identity & the experience of being a minority for the first time, even tho you feel little connection to Chinese culture.
“recognise when someone else has something that you want but don’t have, and also to recognise that you can survive without it, and that not having it does not make you less worthy or less of a person” https://t.co/nMA6Qse6R5
My brother went on his very first job interview today. He has grown so much I’m super proud of him. Even though he has down syndrome, he lets nothing get in his way. “I have downs but downs don’t have me.”