David Lim, a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and music teacher, ranks the difficulty of learning musical instruments, compares the Chinese and English cover musician scene in Singapore, and maps out how his views on music as a career has changed over time.

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• JP Bouvet
• Montuno rhythm
• “25 Minutes” by Michael Learns To Rock
• Post by PianoMinion on teaching beginners and advanced students
• Eugene Seow
• Peter Huang, MICappella
• Colin Yong
• 《输了你赢了世界又如何》 by JJ Lin
• 《三天三夜》,《愛什麼稀罕》,《開門見山》 by A-Mei

Nicholas Russell Saerang, a systems analyst and global top solver in Kattis, recounts the one time he got prize money for his code, reveals his typical but infrequent breakfast as an university student, and shares ways to become an active member of the diaspora community.

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• Geometry is Fun on Kattis
• Code golf
• Advent of Code
• Russell’s Advent of Code 2025 writeup
• OpenAI’s investment in Singapore
• Kattis ranklist

Suraj Vasudevan, a senior lecturer of chemical engineering at National University of Singapore, recounts his postdoctoral work for the Prime Minister’s Office, describes the steps in pursuing a PhD research paper, and lays out his approach in teaching engineering courses.

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Ashley, a psychology student and the incoming Performing Arts Director of Eusoff Hall, challenges the depiction of psychologists in Netflix shows, gushes about the food in Penang, and gives pointers on separating materials for recycling.

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Azek, a landscape architecture student and founder of Hennaflair, shares tips on presenting architectural proposals, describes the on-street bazaar scene in Paris, and contrasts between Malay and hip hop dance.

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Jakob Ray, a singer-songwriter and guitarist, expresses his admiration of Jacob Collier, reveals how long he took to write the lyrics to his debut single, and shares his approach to audio mixing.

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Cel, a co-producer of Eusoff Hall Drama-Dance Production 2024: “The 11th Hour” and choreographer for the production’s past three iterations, contrasts between choreographing for a live and video performance, reminisces about the friends she has made through dance, and names the career path she wants to take.

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Fabien Wee, an infrastructure and project management student at National University of Singapore and a freelance photographer, lists possible causes of flooding in Singapore, names his go-to song for testing in-ear monitors, and examines Singapore’s attempts to promote local music.

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Ridwan, a chemical engineering and data analytics student and one-half of Cafe Inspector, describes the challenges in the final year design project at his university, contrasts between his two supply chain internships, and recounts the conversation that sparked Cafe Inspector.

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Khoa, a chemical engineering student, shares why he ended up not going for chemistry, lists some chemical plant safety tips, and contrasts between the Lunar New Year celebrations in Vietnam and Singapore.

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