Author: Kai Teo

Self-proclaimed hippie punk living in Sweden, Kai believes that only if he could explain the different colours to a blind person can he reach writer's nirvana. He also writes for Buddha Mag, The Ozorian Prophet and Vice.

The Disclaimer The reason why I chose to have a disclaimer in this article is because many people would quickly see this as an attack on their personal way of life and an assault to their patriotism. Look, there’s nothing wrong with the way Singaporeans are living and you don’t have to panic. What I’m about to share is why I feel that the Singaporean way of life is not suitable for me. It’s me, not you. I also understand that I’ve been in an extremely privileged position and luck has been on my side. I recognise that many of…

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Will The Real Singaporean Please Stand Up? The year was 1819, when Sir Stamford Raffles set foot on this tiny island in the Malay Peninsula and declared it part of the British Empire. The local villagers were like, “What the f*ck is this white man doing?” But before their news got the chance to go viral, Raffles had already turned the quiet fishing island into a bustling trading hub of Southeast Asia. #yousnoozeyoulose #colonisation Our forefathers and mothers, through their then version of social media, saw that Singapore was the up-and-coming city to work and live in. They sailed across…

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Monogamy, Or A Lifetime Of Loneliness. Have you ever wondered if it’s possible for you to maintain several intimate relationships without being called a “cheater”? Well, having grown up with Channel 8 TV dramas, first from SBC, to TCS, and now Mediacorp, strict heterosexual monogamy had always been the only way of life for me. And everything else was just wrong. Even today, every time I step into a KTV pub in Boat Quay, everyone’s just singing songs about heartbreaks because “you love him more than me, so I shall let you go, because I love you so”. In the…

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Throw Away Everything You Knew About The World By definition, India is a country. In terms of its size, it’s more like a continent. But when it comes to life in the land of a million gods, it’s in a world of its own. You could go to Serangoon’s Little India a thousand times, and get yourself lost in the seemingly infinite labyrinths of Mustafa, but nothing would prepare you for the real deal. A round trip from Singapore to Mumbai costs slightly over S$450 and instead of buying the new iPhone X, you could easily use that money and…

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We all have different impressions of what a music festival is. Most Singaporeans have probably heard of ZoukOut or Laneway Festival. And for the more adventurous, there’s Tomorrowland in Belgium, featuring massive headliners such as Axwell, Steve Aoki, Ferry Corsten and Paul Van Dyk. But this giant EDM extravaganza is really only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the music festivals that Europe has to offer. When we start exploring other genres of electronic music, when we look beyond the expensive laser lights, and when we peer beyond these highly commercial festivals – that’s when we discover…

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“What’s wrong with being a slut?” As a teenage boy growing up in Singapore, like any other teenager in the world, I was obsessed about getting laid. Life revolved around trying to balance being badass and not failing my subjects in school, Counterstrike, finding ingenious hiding places for my 10-cigarette Marlboro packs, and most importantly, dipping my fingers (and hopefully more) into the sacred nectar from the holy grail of the female – the vagina. Buying condoms from 7-11 in my Chinese High school uniform was considered cool, and every time I actually got to use these with someone, I…

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