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Stories of the Storytellers: Straits Times photojournalist Kevin Lim shares his illustrious career telling stories through a camera
Life
July 27, 2020
Stories of the Storytellers: Straits Times photojournalist Kevin Lim shares his illustrious career telling stories through a camera
He is recognised through the thousands of shots he has taken, but you'd be surprised to know that being a photojournalist wasn't Kevin Lim's first choice.
Saiyidah Aisyah: Her Road To The Rowing Olympics & Beyond
Life
February 27, 2017
Saiyidah Aisyah: Her Road To The Rowing Olympics & Beyond
“I MADE IT!” exclaims an overjoyed, Saiyidah Aisyah – a Team Singapore Rower, who finally made it into the Rowing Olympics in 2016. And a befitting progression to her sports career indeed, which was first punctuated in April 2007, when she won her first SEA Games medal – with several more in the following years of 2011, 2013 and 2015 respectively. If this still doesn’t ring a bell, you probably would have heard about her Crowdfunding Campaign, in which she self-funded her ticket to the Rio Olympics. Of course, this caused a bit of a commotion on the conversation of whether…