What a long way Charmaine Seah-Ong has come. And we are saying this with conviction from a friendship that has spanned over two decades. When Seah-Ong used to have a Xanga blog (on the now-defunct platform) with the handle @eleventhour, in her late teens, she often posted clubbing photos of her and her wide-ranging groups of friends. She was the quintessential girl-about-town, always effortlessly decked out in vintage or up-and-coming brands, and at the coolest band performances even if they were held in the most underground of locations. Wait. Besides the blog, Seah-Ong is still all of the above today. But also a lot, lot more.
It has been a year since her eldest daughter Charlie Rose Ong was diagnosed with leukaemia, while Seah-Ong was six-months pregnant with Eadie Willow Ong. It was a journey she had kept very private, except for her family and small number of friends. “I needed to keep it within my inner circle and family because I knew I didn’t want unsolicited
