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You don't need three oxygen masks

There's a saying that goes like this: "Put your own oxygen mask on first." It's supposed to remind people to take care of themselves, first and foremost. Good advice that I should be applying myself, too. But I notice something else - the second part of the saying isn't mentioned

A quick look at meal replacements in Singapore

I've always wanted to outsource cooking and eating as much as I could. I've been cooking for myself for the past couple of years, but it takes up about 8-10 hours a week and I see it as a chore. To me, food is mostly functional and I try to

How to finish MOOCs in a week (Coursera, edX or any platform)

As part of university I had to finish a couple of online courses. I eventually created a system that helped me to learn the content and also finish the course within a week. All this is best done on a laptop, though I've watched some of the videos on mobile

Staying local for uni: graduation post-mortem

Back at the start of my university life, I had two options - either stay in a local university for free, or head overseas to the UK to study for a hefty price tag. I had always wanted to go overseas to experience living on my own and being completely

Research as a career

For most of my undergraduate life, I was thinking of doing a PhD or some other form of research, so I ended up spending a lot of time finding out about it. If you're also interested in doing something similar, I hope my findings help. What is research? The research

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