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Oct 1 Scoot | October 2017 | Cover Story: Asia at the Cinema

Raewyn Koh

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There’s a whole continent of movies to discover

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November 25, 2020

I Use My Lunch Hour to Fix My Face

November 25, 2020

“This is going to hurt just a little bit,” my doctor says, brandishing a needle and a syringe.

I brace myself, squeezing my thumb to divert some attention from the incoming pain, as she pricks my skin. There is some pressure and discomfort, as she squeezes the syringe to dispense hyaluronic acid to fill in the sunken space under my eye.

She pulls back, and I let out the breath I have been holding. She holds up a handheld mirror for me to check out my face. The fillers I have just gotten have smoothed out my eye bags. I look more awake and a little more alive.

“Looks good, yeah,” my doctor tells me. “Not so sleepy-looking anymore.”

I agree, then pay and leave.

November 25, 2020

November 19, 2020

Teachers are the Unsung Heroes of this Year's COVID-19 Pandemic

November 19, 2020

School’s out! After a harrowing year of trying to figure out homework and not seeing their friends, it is finally time for kids to have a well-deserved break this November and December.

But what about our teachers, who have worked tirelessly this year, as they have had to adjust to demands by the Ministry of Education, their faculty, students, and parents?

November 19, 2020

November 10, 2020

Not Your Typical Love Story: 'Not My Mother's Baking' Tackles Race and Religion too

November 10, 2020

At first glance, Not My Mother’s Baking, seems like your typical romance flick of star-crossed lovers set in modern day Singapore.

That is until you start unpeeling the layers to this film by Studio59 Concepts, their second full-length feature and their first film to be showcased at the 31st Singapore International Film Festival.

“It’s a halal/haram film,” Remi M Sali, director of Not My Mother’s Baking told TheHomeGround.Asia during an interview.

“What constitutes halal, and what constitutes haram has always been discussed and debated, and I would dare say taken for granted, but otherwise it’s always been swept under the carpet. That’s something we do not want to hide in our movie,” he explained.

November 10, 2020