Month: December 2018

Did you feel the world move? Power shifted across the globe this year as women cracked new ceilings and tumbled from positions of power. We’ve seen a new class of disruptive leaders breaking through to join the list. But we also see a number of women at the top whose power is being challenged or who are stepping down. The middle is where it gets interesting. Women are making strides and charting the course to break out and storm the corner office, or their own office, in greater ranks. At no time has more light been shone on women leaders and the need for more diversity. From #MeToo to #TimesUp to 'We Too', a term most recently used to describe the rise of women’s voices in the United Nations this year, women are mobilizing for change. The women on Forbes 15th annual Most Powerful Women...

A recently released list of the world's best desserts has reignited the great food debate between foodies in Singapore and across the Causeway. This time, it is over chendol, an icy sweet dessert of pandan jelly, red beans and coconut milk, laced with palm sugar. CNN last Saturday (Dec 1) announced its latest list of 50 of the world's best desserts, which included chendol from Singapore alongside New York cheesecake, Hong Kong egg tarts and Thai mango sticky rice. In its description, CNN said that while versions of the "blissfully cool dessert" can be found across South-east Asia, Singapore's take on the treat, with sweetened red beans, is "especially tempting". CNN added that Singaporeans enjoy having the chilled dessert on sweltering afternoons and that it has become a favour...