With the new year around the corner, TLDR asked young people about the best and worst things that happened to them in 2025, and what they are looking forward to in 2026.
Singapore Polytechnic student Cassius Tang achieved the milestone of joining his dream dance crew in 2025.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF CASSIUS TANG
“(The best thing that happened to me was) joining HRCY (a dance crew whose name is pronounced ‘hierarchy’), because I have wanted to join an outside crew for a while now, and I have always looked up to and watched HRCY from afar, so it’s been unreal that I even get to train with them, which is also a milestone in my dance journey.” – Mr Cassius Tang, 19, a student from Singapore Polytechnic
Singapore Polytechnic student Syazmira Samsaimond never thought she would go on her first trip in 2025 to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with a good friend.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF SYAZMIRA SAMSAIMOND
“(The best thing) I would say is exercising my free will more this year. I realised I’d been waiting for an opportunity to come, rather than having the urge to say, ‘Yes, let’s do it.’ I never would have thought that I would go on my first trip with a good friend of mine to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam… (My favourite part was) being stuck together in a foreign country for the first time; it (gave us) new discoveries about each other and, with that, it made us more vulnerable to each other too.” – Ms Syazmira Samsaimond, 19, a student from Singapore Polytechnic
