Mori Christmas Gift Guide 2022
We understand how difficult it is to make Christmas shopping decisions, so we figure we help you out with these tips and recommendations!
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Mori's Journal
{{Women of Mori: Yimin}}: Growing from doing calligraphy as a hobby to being commissioned by luxury brands
A designer by the day, Yi Min @yiminheng from Penang, Malaysia first started calligraphy with encouragement from her ex-boss. Today, she is being commissioned by luxury brands like Coach and Michael Kors to do calligraphy and bag painting. We chat with her on her growth journey.
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{{Women of Mori: Vera}} Keeping the Inner Calm
What captured me about Vera @vera.twy was her simple feed documenting life's simple moments, like a cute yellow polka bug or fluffy clouds in the sky. If we are always in a heightened and busy state, it is easy to miss these things. We talk to Vera to hear more about her approach on inner calm.
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{{Women of Mori: Elsie}} Art journaling a liberating form of self expression when we can't seem to find the right words to
This is the story of a mom Elsie @elsiewithlove from Penang, Malaysia who uses journaling through art to express herself when words can't be found, and uses the spaces on paper to pen down her doubts and questions when there seem to be no answers.
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{{Mama's Day Spotlight: Chika}} Mom's love supported her through setback of failing A'Levels
This Mama's Day, we got to chat with The Smart Local talent Chika @chikachups and her mom. Chika credits her graduation from university despite facing setback of failing A'Levels and having to retake as a private candidate to the unconditional love and support from her family. She also has no complaints about being mom's mini me as she learns from the best! ☺️ R: Do you think both of you are alike?Chika: We are quite alike in terms of tastes and preferences. Growing up under her care my whole life, I felt it was quite inevitable for me to grow up as...
{{Mama's Day Spotlight: Soek Ying, MustardTree}} A mother's love for autistic son that overflows to others
"Children are gifts from God. And God's gifts to us come in different packages, but He does not give us things beyond our abilities. He sends help too," shares Soek Ying, a mother of four, including Ryan, who is in his 20s, and on the autism spectrum. I got to know Soek Ying who runs Singapore-based social enterprise MustardTree.com.sg through another social entrepreneur friend Lydia (@theclayday) last Christmas. Our exchange was brief back then, but I remembered her sharing about how as social enterprises grow, sometimes, because of expectations of funders and corporates, beneficiaries may become the "faces of the...