This year’s editors, Melizarani and Cheyenne (otherwise M’n’C a.k.a multinational corporation) not only personify the coincidental acronym but also have not had in-person meetings since they took on the roles, with Melizarani being ‘stuck’ in Malaysia while Cheyenne works from home in Singapore.
This is their story.
Read MoreApril — during which SPWM takes place every year — was the month when the full effects of the Circuit Breaker, along with a whole swath of other lifestyle changes, were being felt across not just Singapore but the world as well.
So it isn’t surprising that SPWM became a chronicle of the Covid-19 experience.
Read Morebo bian must obey this gahmen-thrown CB
WhatsApp spammed with LKY’s you don’t CB
better don’t play play go nearby CC
collect mask and go home do your own CB
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see / we all have bad days / mine hits me in the face like a shower
which is to say / everyday / so forgive me if i don't want to leave my shower
When mandatory home quarantine ends,
they will be released in hordes,
scars covered in make-up,
plump lips excused as a side effect
of eating too many quarantine snacks,
swollen eyes from days of Netflix on end.
singapore we must speak about the loneliness
of being in a new country, where you are treated
as lesser and drowned by loud voices.
Reminder to all Singaporeans: Do not leave
your homes for non-essential activities — such as
social gatherings, overthrowing the patriarchy or
fighting for human rights.
is the knowledge that
tomorrow may not be where
people want to go
because we have no other language for this tenderness
than to laugh at it. so un/used to the sting of brimming
in a cup and letting it overflow. except when you curl
May your inbox have multiple "reverts",
May your "for your approval pls" emails never be answered,
May you CC the people you mean to bcc,
May you accidentally hit the "send to all" button
two patients break free from hospital. watch out
for safety distancing ambassador. man arrested for
falsely claiming to be safety distancing ambassador.
gargle salt water. gargle lemon in hot water. boil
water in the room.
Where can I go from your spirit?
Or where can I flee from your presence?
When I go down to ICU, you are there.
Even in general ward, you surround me.
Mak insist she wants to masak, this year
just like last year. But
she can no longer remember the recipe
to her beef rendang, her signature dish
for Aidilfitri. Food I feasted upon
growing up and tasted
each year without fail.
before you get to the chapter entitled ‘overcoming’
before you start memorising the root causes of the recession of the 20s
before they teach you where to place the words ‘resilience’ and ‘unity’ in your essay question model answers
Read MoreFrom tackling a fear of yeast to zooming into the online dating biosphere, re-plating food memories to creating new ones, we check in with multi-passionate creatives from both sides of the Causeway to find out how they’ve been feeding themselves in isolation.
Read MoreThere was a tweet that went viral in April, around the time most countries began implementing nationwide lockdowns, movement restrictions and urging people to stay at home. It was understandable why the tweet resonated with people – or perhaps, struck a nerve.
Read MoreAs we wade deeper into Phase 2, more events pop up in my periphery, like satellites blinking just out of reach. Whenever I click on these links, I’m awed by how well-produced they are. The care that event organisers pour into the digital realm cannot be understated. Accessibility, engagement, community: these are all themes I see appear over and over. And with great reason!
Read MoreWe are now proud to present the final issue, “We Are Mythic”, where we explore, through SPWM poems and our features, the myths we tell, that we love, that we hate, that we believe in despite our better judgement, or that we don’t, despite our desire to. Myths have long been used to explain phenomena mere human logic could not and have inspired traditions or entire bodies of cultural practices that have persisted to this day.
Read MoreMy father and I were at the longkang to catch the Merlion.
We tried to lure it with bread we smuggled from a hotel buffet. The Merlion swam over, but somehow it was dark blue in colour and the size of a large koi.
Weretigers love the cubicle jungle. The blinded light of skyscraper windows serves to hide the stripes of their ties, the bloodstained flesh tones of their lipstick. They lurk behind servers, filing cabinets, photocopiers; in lift lobbies and staff pantries. Their primary habitat is HR and upper management, but they have colonised every stratum of the corporate biota.
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