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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on February 5, 2022

And just like that, I became a Covid-19 statistic, but thank goodness for being in Singapore, I could isolate at home… and my MP sent me a care package too

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on June 20, 2020

That day when my friend Kim asked his mum how to make her Nyonya achar, and got me hooked for life

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on July 7, 2019July 7, 2019

Covering the ‘Aware saga’ of 2009 was one of the hardest jobs for The Straits Times newsroom, but it was satisfying journalism worth doing

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on July 1, 2019

Anastasia Liew, Queen of Kueh and the 1981 food story that helped Bengawan Solo become famous in Singapore and beyond

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on June 14, 2018

A funny thing happened when I checked the ringing in my ears and discovered I could have been the greatest singer the world had ever known

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on January 8, 2018

Valentine’s Day lies: This can’t be love

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on January 8, 2018January 8, 2018

Smart women and the boyfriends who beat them 

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on May 19, 2017

When a 26-year-old man attacks a 4-year-old child and leaves her battered and bruised, you have to ask: Who put that crap in his Man Box?

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on February 9, 2016February 14, 2016

COLUMNS: The first, 1977

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  • by Alan John
  • Posted on January 30, 2016February 13, 2016

HIV/AIDS: Remembering Molly

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