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Daily Cuts - A Letter to Myself: How grandma's love and photography keep Indah Pravitasari going through tough times

Indah Pravitasari, who came to Singapore to seek employment as a foreign domestic worker in 2013, is probably busier than most of her peers. In addition to pursuing a bachelor's degree in management, she also volunteers to help fellow migrant workers find better opportunities. Indah shares how her late grandmother's strength inspires her to build a better future for herself and her community, and why it involves a dream of opening a photography studio back home.

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Daily Cuts - First Asian drummer nominated for the global Drumeo Awards

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Justine Moss speak with Singapore drummer Brandon Khoo about being the first Asian to be nominated for the global Drumeo Awards.

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Daily Cuts - How Christmas villages in Singapore are coping with rainy weather

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Justine Moss speak with Sufi Sayuti, Senior Sales Manager, J'Kids Amusement, Nick Tan, CEO, Oceanus Media Global, and Jeff Crowe, General Manager, Artyzen Singapore, about how Christmas villages here have been coping with rainy weather.

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Daily Cuts - Visiting wintery wonderlands in Europe

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks to digital creator Shawne Koh, about winter vacations - finding freedom in Austrian slopes or Finland's untamed wintery wilderness. Koh also describes what it was like to hike at foot of Bavaria’s picturesque Watzmann Mountain, walk alpacas at a farm chalet in Austria, and run across frozen lakes in Finland. Check out Koh’s many adventures @shawnekoh on Instagram.

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Daily Cuts - Jazzy stories behind the 'A Great Day in Singapore' photograph

In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro discovers the story behind the recently-snapped photograph ‘A Great Day in Singapore', featuring 160 jazz musicians spanning generations in the Lion City. Find out why it’s the recreation of the iconic 'A Great Day in Harlem' photograph, and how award-winning jazzman Jeremy Monteiro, spearheaded it. Other musicians like composer Chok Kerong, Louis Soliano - Singapore’s Godfather of Jazz, and pianist Rachma Lim will talk about what the photograph means to them and how this Great Day touched them.  

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Daily Cuts - Singaporean couple’s new song for ilumi, the wonderland light show

In 'Made in SG', Melanie Oliveiro speaks with local singer-songwriters Tay Kewei and Alfred Sim. The husband-and-wife duo talks about ‘Light in You’ the first-ever original theme song for illumi, the world’s largest light, sound, and multimedia event, now located at MBS’ bayfront event space. They’ll talk about how they put the song together - from start to finish, what the song’s key messages are and what it was like shooting the music video at ilumi.

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