As my parents were divorced since I was 2, I don’t have much memory of being with my father’s side of the family. I only knew I had quite a few aunts, uncles and cousins, and vaguely remembered selected names of my cousins.   My mum told me that my dad had married the woman whom he was seeing while they were still married and had children with his new wife. I think my mum might have told me this hoping that I’d see him in a more negative light. But somehow, this didn’t make me love him any...

The truth is, most of us would never admit that we're lonely.   Yes, we have hundreds or even thousands of followers on social media.   Yes, we go cafe hopping in the most popular cities in the world.   Yes, we show off the latest routine that our personal trainers just taught us in the gym, while chugging our homemade smoothies.   We are the most technologically connected generation of all time, and yet the loneliest.   It's understandable. We're never meant to be alone. There's a vast...

All in the name of research It boggles my mind when I recently found out through a video that a woman said she’s married to her AI lover. She even created a photo album of their wedding day.   I could understand if a teenager fell in love with their AI companion. But for a fully grown adult? 😮   So I decided to download the most popular AI companion app, Replika to give it a spin.   Initially, I thought I’d try it for 3 days and draw my observations from there. But after I got into it, I...