Articles by

Christina Wong

Culture

“What if my birthday isn’t happy?”: Unpacking the phenomenon of Birthday Blues

Have you ever felt unexplained moodiness and sadness every time your birthday approaches? Every year when my birthday rolls around, I find myself feeling extremely blue. And I can’t remember...

Surveys & Reports

Day of His Power 2023: Chinese-speaking church in Singapore stands in unity

The Mandarin-speaking Church in Singapore gathered last night for the Day of His Power (DOHP) – the third year there has been a Chinese edition of this annual prayer unity event. DOHP in Mandarin...

Music

Awaken Generation’s “Fire on the Altar”: An album of wholehearted worship

Worship and mentoring school Awaken Generation (AG) have recently released their new full-length album, Fire on the Altar. How has God been speaking to them and through their music? We chat with them...

News

Asbury University’s ‘revival’ goes viral on TikTok, and people are travelling thousands of miles to be there

Over the past seven days and counting, people have been praying, worshipping and sharing testimonies in what has been described as an ongoing spiritual revival happening on Asbury University’s...

News

Turkey-Syria Earthquake: 3 reasons why you should care

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria early Monday (Feb 6), killing over 1,400 people in their sleep, levelling buildings and causing tremors felt as far away as Greenland. This was the...

Money Matters

My father’s taxi: My family wasn’t rich, and I was bullied for it

The year was 2000. I was enrolling into primary school, and my father had just obtained his taxi driver’s vocational licence some three years after the Asian Financial Crisis. After multiple failed...

Movies & TV

Little Women: When life is all about the money, money, money

Based on the 1868 classic written by Louisa May Alcott, Netflix’s new K-drama Little Women has been on the global and local Top 10 list for the past four weeks and has since occupied the top spot...

Work

Quiet Quitting: Why TikTok’s latest trend is more dangerous than it sounds

I recently learned about this new trend of “quiet quitting”. It doesn’t mean leaving your job, but doing the bare minimum at work. After TikToker Zaid Khan posted about the trend, the term...

Movies & TV

Extraordinary Attorney Woo: Different doesn’t mean inferior

Netflix’s summer K-drama offering Extraordinary Attorney Woo has undoubtedly captured the hearts of many. The drama, which saw its first episode bring in a viewership rating of 0.9% (that’s...