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the power of play— issue #64
My childhood was distinctly marked by improvisation. In the days before screens and social media, we played masak-masak and make-believe, using the everyday things around us to bring our imaginary worlds to life. The corridors of our HDB block became a makeshift supermarket aisle, a blanket transformed into a fort,
Bite-sized indulgences
There's something magical about childhood snacks. They're time machines wrapped in crinkly packages, portals to simpler days when 20 cents could buy happiness and sticky fingers were badges of honour, rather than inconveniences to be sanitised away. When I think about my own skittish excitement licking
Make It Matter: Spider-Verse (Animator’s perspective)
Being the seventh Spider-Man film, added only a year after Spider-Man: Homecoming and a PS4 game, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse could…
Mapping Kontinentalist’s resolutions for 2019
As a small startup, Kontinentalist often relies on our people to shape our objectives and content. For the editorial team, our stories…
Humans of Kontinentalist: Dylan Ng
I joined Kontinentalist officially in October 2017, however before that I was already helping out Pei Ying with some programming work…
Halloween Horror Nights: Team Bonding
The idea of a team bonding outing had been floated a few times earlier this year and the team had discussed various ideas ranging from…
Humans of Kontinentalist: Isabella Chua
When did you join Kontinentalist and how do you like it so far?
Kontinentalist’s Favourite Statistics 2018
This World Statistics Day, we asked our editorial team for their favourite statistics that they have come across whilst writing or…
Kontinentalist exploring San Francisco
So our trip in SF continues! To utilise the time we spent on that arduous 20-hour flight, we scheduled a visit to Stanford University and Stamen Design to learn more about mapping and data visualisation. Stanford University Our first stop, Stanford University. We were invited to the David Rumsey Map
Kontinentalist at Mapbox’s Locate Day #2
Locate day one was jam-packed with insightful talks from various experts in the field. Pei Ying, our resident storyteller, wrote about our…
Kontinentalist at Mapbox’s Locate Day #1
When we found out about Mapbox’s first ever conference, Locate, earlier this March, we immediately set out to find our way to San…
Humans of Kontinentalist: Joceline Kuswanto aka The Legend
My favourite food is Indomie, but it has to be the original flavour. My favourite drink is coconut water. Actually if I think about it, I…
Humans of Kontinentalist: Amanda Teo
I like pineapples on my pizza, and in junior college I was so bad at math and chemistry. I failed math all the way until the final A’Level…
Humans of Kontinentalist : Rifqi Ruhyattamam
My favourite food is nasi goreng kambing (mutton fried rice), or anything with prawns in it, and my favourite drink is water, but I will…