PinnedChye Shu WenPermission To LeaveI’ve read Max Porter’s Grief is the Thing with Feathers maybe three times since it was first published in 2015. I bought it when I was…Mar 17Mar 17
Chye Shu WenThe World is Wide, The Time Goes ByThis month has been an exercise in patience for me. Patience (and frustration/disappointment) with my physical body, patience with my mind…Jul 28Jul 28
Chye Shu WenAs Ordinary Things Often DoOn a recent trip to London, I went on a tiny hunt for Faber Books’ new compilation of Wendy Cope’s works, “The Orange and other poems”.Jan 1Jan 1
Chye Shu WenTrace your stepsI have consumed a lot of content this year. Like, a lot of it — and I know I will continue to do so in my lucid, waking life.Dec 24, 2022Dec 24, 2022
Chye Shu WenWhy I SwimI have my mother to thank for getting me into the habit of swimming.Aug 9, 2022Aug 9, 2022
Chye Shu WenCount DownIt occurred to me today, while listening to one of my favourite podcasts on my evening walk, that I have made it through most of my life…Dec 27, 20211Dec 27, 20211
Chye Shu WenRevisiting The Royal Tenenbaums — 20 years laterMy entry way to the whimsical world of Wes Anderson at the tender age of 11 began rather randomly and organically.Dec 12, 2021Dec 12, 2021
Chye Shu WenA Portrait of Migration in the 21st CenturyOn an airport shuttle bus in Singapore, I heard a Vietnamese mother speak to her daughter as they looked out of the bus windows.Jul 7, 2018Jul 7, 2018
Chye Shu Wen2018Trudging through the final week of 2017, I pondered about how best the year could be summed up. Sure, it was a big year — and perhaps too…Jan 1, 2018Jan 1, 2018
Chye Shu WenKampong GlamThis Singapore neighbourhood’s marriage of Arab and Southeast Asian cultures dates back to the country’s founding.Apr 6, 2017Apr 6, 2017