By Nandita Chennakrishnan and Yashas Ramakrishnan Hey there! Nandita and Yashas here, back with another article for November’s edition! This month’s theme ‘Spirals’ was one that was so ambiguous and open-ended that we found ourselves quite puzzled as to what we could bring our readers. 2021 has provided us with a plethora of new music,…
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Spiral of Inertia: Is Singapore Ready to Receive International Visitors?
By Yashas Ramakrishnan It is that jolly time of the year again: festive colours decorate the buildings around town, retail prices are at a low while bargains are at their yearly high. The mad dash to buy presents for extended family in all parts of the world has begun! Whether it is to reunite with…
One Day or Day One: When Do We Need To Press Ctrl + Alt + Del?
By Ishita Shukla Have you ever used the phrase ‘One Day’? ‘One day I’ll run a marathon’, or ‘One day I’ll sign up for that event’. It seems like there are so many days that we keep waiting for that may never arrive. The phrase ‘One day’ has become an embodiment of the procrastination culture…
Restarting Undertale
By Ishayu Ramakrishnan What makes Undertale such a special game? Is it its compelling storyline? The zany characters? Or perhaps, is it the unique gameplay, where pressing the “restart button” does not quite equate to restarting afresh? Undertale is a small-scale, role-playing game developed by Indie developer, Toby Fox. It was released in 2015 using…
Movie Review: No Time To Die
By Nandita Chennakrishnan and Yashas Ramakrishnan Hey everyone! Nandita and Yashas here, from the CO Journalism Team. For this month’s theme, ‘Ctrl Alt Del’, we wanted to focus on the process of restarting and welcoming fresh beginnings. Instead of taking the cliché route, we decided to take a step back in the restarting process and…
Photojournalism- Ctrl Alt Delete
By Prithika Venkatesh and Surabhi Sunkad You know what they say when something goes wrong with a rusty old computer; It’s time to reboot and “Control Alt Delete”. Modern technology has changed our lives in countless revolutionising how we work, live, and play. But as more and more of us become dependent on it, we…
Casual Observations – A Trip Down Memory Lane
By The Casual Observer Team Hey there ! We are at a crossroads. As we come to the end of 2021, we also approach our final chapter as a team. In the spirit of looking ahead, our team decided on a theme that revolves around perspectives. Looking back at all we’ve done is an essential…
Shirts & Sweaters
By Varun Bhosle I knew this little kid a while ago, he used to dream about what it would be like to be an adult. He didn’t really want to be a kid. Going to school everyday sounded quite dull in comparison to getting to be a big boy who got to do whatever he…
Time Travel – The Dangers of Looking Back
By Sehjot Singh Have you ever looked back in history and thought to yourself, “I could have done this better”, or, “if someone just changed this one detail, everything would have been better?” If only the world had a time machine, people could have gone back and stopped major catastrophes like the holocaust by killing…
Casual Observations – A Children’s Bible
By Natalia George and Jia D’Souza Hey there! The theme selected for this month’s edition, “Unity and Immunity”, really stood out to us. Mostly because in all honesty, it was really daunting to find an interesting piece of work to share our thoughts and comments on given the puzzling way the theme seems to be…
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