I turned 32. 2017 has been a fairly challenging year so far, different from the difficult year prior. While 2016 was a year of coming to terms with some changing values personally and politically, this year I have been thinking a lot about what it means to be a professional. It's not the first time I have lived on my own and being independent is not a problem but in Singapore in particular, there have been stark observations and a whole lot of reflection. Given the political