Journal
The SPARK Journal
Field notes on real-world connection — meeting people, making friends and building circles in Bangkok, Singapore and New Zealand.
Relationships
Why Experiences Beat Swiping
Why a shared table, trail or supper club outperforms the swipe — and what to do about it.
September 14, 2026
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Networking
Where Founders Meet in Singapore
A founder's map of Singapore's real rooms — and how to choose the two or three that will actually compound.
September 7, 2026
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Lifestyle
Why We Built SPARK: The Future Isn't Dating. It's Social Discovery.
The founder's story of SPARK and why the future isn't matching people online, but meeting them in real life.
August 31, 2026
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Friendships
Making Friends After Moving to New Zealand: The Honest Guide
Why Kiwi friendliness isn't the same as openness, and how newcomers turn warm small talk into real friendship.
August 31, 2026
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Singapore
How to Meet New People in Singapore: A Practical Guide to Building Real Connection
A founder's practical guide to the mindset, habits and systems that turn strangers into friends in Singapore.
August 24, 2026
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New Zealand
How to Meet People in Auckland: A Practical Guide to Building Real Connection
Auckland is warm but booked solid. Here is how to turn a friendly city into a genuine social circle.
August 24, 2026
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Singapore
The Best Places to Meet New People in Singapore
A map of the rooms, tracks and tables where Singapore's real communities gather — and why returning matters most.
August 24, 2026
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Friendships
Making Friends in Singapore: How to Build a Real Social Circle
A structural diagnosis of Singapore's friendship problem, and a working method for building a circle that lasts.
August 17, 2026
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Relationships
Best Date Ideas in Bangkok: From First Dates to Nights You'll Never Forget
Why Bangkok is one of the world's great dating cities, and how to plan dates people actually remember.
August 17, 2026
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Networking
Best Networking Events in Singapore: Where Relationships Actually Begin
Why most networking events fail, which formats compound, and where Singapore's real relationships begin.
August 10, 2026
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Friendships
Making Friends in Bangkok as an Expat
Why Bangkok fills your calendar but not your life — and how expats build friendships that actually last.
August 10, 2026
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Relationships
Match Is Easy. Meeting Is Hard.
Why the gap between matching and meeting is the industry's real failure — and how SPARK was built to close it.
August 3, 2026
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Bangkok
How to Meet New People in Bangkok
A practical, local playbook for building real connections in a city of eleven million.
August 3, 2026
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Networking
Why Founders Need Real-World Networks
Why the relationships that make or break a company still form in person, and how to build them deliberately.
July 26, 2026
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Singapore
Things to Do in Singapore This Weekend
Five kinds of Singapore weekend — and why the best plans are the ones that repeat, with people, on purpose.
July 24, 2026
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Bangkok
Best Rooftop Bars in Bangkok for Meeting People
Bangkok's famous rooftops, judged by sociability — where the skyline actually helps you meet people.
July 22, 2026
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Bangkok
Best Things to Do in Bangkok Tonight: A Night for Every Mood
A founder's guide to Bangkok after dark — six kinds of night, and why every one of them is better shared.
July 20, 2026
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Lifestyle
Why Identity Verification Matters: Trust Is Infrastructure
Trust is infrastructure. A founder's essay on what anonymity cost us and how verification changes the room.
July 16, 2026
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New Zealand
Best Date Ideas in Auckland: Where the City Does Half the Work
Why Auckland is a gift to daters, and how to use its harbours, hills and long spring evenings well.
July 13, 2026
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Relationships
Best Date Ideas in Singapore: A City Built for Second Dates
Why Singapore is a better dating city than its reputation suggests, and how to plan dates people remember.
July 9, 2026
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Networking
Why Most Networking Events Fail
The structural reasons networking events disappoint — and the anatomy of a room that actually works.
July 6, 2026
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Networking
Best Networking Events in Auckland: Where Professionals Actually Connect
A founder's map of Auckland's networking scene — and how to turn a small city into a serious advantage.
July 2, 2026
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Networking
Best Networking Events in Bangkok: Where Relationships Outlast the Rooftop
The Bangkok rooms worth your evenings, the formats that compound, and why small tables beat big rooftops.
June 29, 2026
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