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“As a creative, I like to go all out with my ideas, then reel them back in when things get too crazy, and I believe in trusting my eye for design. Although I can be very meticulous, I try to let the smaller things go.”

“I’m working on living from day to day right now because we often forget to be present and in the moment. Many a times, we get so caught up with waiting for the next ‘big thing’ that we don’t realise that we are actually experiencing the ‘big thing’ that we were previously anticipating.”

“Every time my colleagues and I go out to dabao food, it’s always packed in plastic bags and plastic containers. One day, I thought, “Okay, I’ve had enough. Maybe I can try to be more sustainable.” So I started using reusable containers and cutlery, which is how I got my start in sustainability.”

“I read voraciously as a young girl because we didn’t have a TV: I loved reading about dinosaurs, space, and ancient civilisations.”

“I’m both a coffee and tea person. I can’t skip my morning tea, but coffee gets me through the rest of the day.”

For Adeline, knowing when to stop drinking boils down to self-control.

"There’s always a give and take in everything you do," Pearlyn says.

Naoko is an interior designer at Takenouchi Webb, and finds great pleasure in being in and creating nice spaces.

If Aziah weren’t a lawyer, she would have liked to be an astronaut.

In a sombre palette of grey and black, Hui Lin manages a look that is at once edgy yet underscored with a…

Clad in a slew of local brands, Michelle inspires with her eclectic mix of grey. Pairing a heavily fringed shawl with a…

Standing out in a palette of electric colours, Evon and Fla were looking all pretty and full of zest. In a dress…