Not as harmful as a cigarette?

BY: NG XIAO YAN

"It's like a sweet sort of poison," says Teo Jun Lin, inhaling deeply into the shisha hose. In the dim, smoke-filled room of Aladdin Cafe, teenagers in groups of four or five sit around ornate waterpipes, playing cards or just chatting.

"I know smoking shisha is really harmful to my lungs, but I'm not doing it regularly. I don't get addicted to it either." A social smoker, Jun Lin, 19, goes to popular youth hangout Haji Lane with her close friends to catch up with one another over shisha and drinks.

Depression is killing us

BY: DAPHNE-RAE LEE

One of the mental disorders that is increasing at an astonishing rapid rate, depression is inevitable for the people of this day and age. It can last for a couple of days, a few weeks, months, and even years.

From a loss of someone dear and near, to the failing of an examination, all this occurrences that happen in life may cause depression.

Students’ Favourite Desserts Hangout Places

BY: LIU YING

Food speaks the common language of Singaporeans. It crosses boundaries of age, gender and even race. This is even more so for desserts, which no one can resist. The Youth Voice checks out some of the popular dessert hangout places that students love to frequent.

SHINee Shines in Singapore

BY: NURIMAN

The Hallyu Wave has reached our shores. Following in the footsteps of Brown-Eyed Girls and FT Island, SM Entertainment’s red hot boyband SHINee is the latest Korean group to visit Singapore.

Their arrival in Singapore had local netizens buzzing as this was the first time SM Entertainment (SM) was sending one of their talents here. For those of you new to the Korean music industry (Kpop), SM, along with JYP Entertainment and YG Entertainment dominate the Korean music industry. SM’s artists alone dominate the Asian music scene with Girls Generation as well as DBSK (TVXQ) which currently holds the world record of having the largest fan group.

Students' dress sense is boring?

BY: NURIMAN

First impression counts. If the saying is true then what does one make of the many different fashion styles of students from Temasek Polytechnic?


From dancers to slackers to cosplaying, students seem to turn to fashion to express their personalities and preferences. We preview the more stereotypically interesting ones.

Picture of the week

Lanterns in Chinatown. Photo: Liu Ying

Flea markets - alternative shopping

BY: NG XIAO YAN

From vintage handbags to flashy retro getups, to handmade charm bracelets, fashion fleas are interesting alternative shopping niches, especially for those who would not want to frequent the more mainstream malls, prefering to go 'indie' instead.

One such bazaar is the monthly 'Flea Fly Flo Fun' (FFFF), usually set up at Home Club along Boat Quay. Makeshift stalls of tables, clothes racks, floor mats and suitcases occupy the premises inside and outside the club. And trawling the booths are the fashion conscious youth, on the prowl from anything trendy, quirky or different.

Emily Hill - An alternative fashion haven for bargain hunters

BY: PRISCILLA CHUA

For fashion hunters who want to own exquisite and quirky outfits at good bargain, yet tired of ending up in a stuffy and overcrowded flea market once again, Souk Flea market @ Emily Hill would be an alternative fashion haven for you!


In the recent years, flea markets had been increasingly gaining popularity in Singapore. Souk Flea market is a bi-monthly event that receives overwhelming response from the youths.

Hafiyan's the face behind a 'Spooktacular' Halloween

Photo by: Ng Xiao Yan

BY: NURUL 'AIN

From ghastly decorations, to uniquely-themed finger-food, many youths love attending Halloween parties organised at various locations in Singapore.


Hafiyan played a long-tongued ghost character (above) for Spooktacular.
However, did you know that the recent highly-acclaimed Halloween event, Spooktacular, attended by almost 5,000 partygoers had been organised by a group of Temasek Polytechnic (TP) students?