COVID-19 became a full-on pandemic this March 11. According to the World Health Organization, recorded cases spiked from 87,137 on March 1 to 679,977 as of March 29. Who would have thought that this month would leave a lot of us confined to our homes, boxed in by the rules…

Exactly a week ago, I performed for an audience of 60,000 people in Hangzhou’s Olympic Sports Stadium. Yes, l was basically Arianna Grande, or Ali-anna as I joke to myself. Except, I’m not a pop star. I am however a 5-month old employee of Alibaba and last week was our…

First a backgrounder. June 6. The internet blows up with #ShopeeScam when fans of K-Pop band Blackpink are denied entry to a concert they supposedly won tickets for. …

Yes, I did. Back in 2011, I went on record and told the BBC exactly that. You see, the 28-year-old me had it all figured out. …