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The Man Who Once Loved

There was once a man who loved / But the universe was not quite fair…

1 min readMar 30, 2020

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The Man Who Once Loved

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Serene Yap
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DBS Design

Empathy in the workplace #1: Running better meetings

An unnecessary guide to help you fall in love with meetings again (… or not)

16 min readMar 5, 2019

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Empathy in the workplace #1: Running better meetings

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Serene Yap

What 2018 taught a leafy seadragon

Just another year-in-review article written by a self-deprecating overthinker

8 min readDec 31, 2018

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What 2018 taught a leafy seadragon

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Poets Unlimited

All good, I am.

I thought I’ve overcome you Through Google and self-help readings I’d walk myself around you Talk myself out of you

2 min readAug 16, 2018

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All good, I am.

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Poets Unlimited

There Are People

There are people who won’t love you There are people who won’t care There are people who like to call you names They’ll shame and strip you…

1 min readJul 21, 2018

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There Are People

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Poets Unlimited

Too Much

Too much, now, too much, The world is way too much Excessive obsessions with ideas and goods Being different is now part of the Should’s

1 min readJun 1, 2018

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Too Much

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Poets Unlimited

Home-bound

“Mom, I don’t know why there’s the door-closing announcement. All buses have it now. Really. I’m in the bus. Yes. At Holland Road now. I…

1 min readMay 25, 2018

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Home-bound

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Poets Unlimited

Refuge

Good night, she whispered, Her fingers tracing her shadow The wall is her refuge The moonlight is her friend

1 min readMay 21, 2018

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Refuge

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Serene Yap
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DBS Design

5 things I learnt working in a huge-ass company

(that aren’t design-related)

5 min readMar 29, 2018

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5 things I learnt working in a huge-ass company

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Poets Unlimited

Wind

I remember those days When it was cold and chilly I’d retreat into your arms And beg you to hold me

1 min readFeb 6, 2018

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Wind

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Serene Yap

Serene Yap

A domesticated sloth, mindfully organising chaos into… well, tidier piles of mess. (When I'm not trying to a poetic hobbit, I'm a service designer!)

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