Last month, I boarded a bus not knowing where exactly it was going to take me, or what to expect over the next 3 days. I had signed up for a church camp in China almost 4,000km away from home. I...
Have you seen the Chris Pratt speech that went viral recently? The 39-year-old American actor is the winner of this year’s MTV Generation Award, which acknowledges significant contributions to film...
“Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.” (Mahoko Yoshimoto) At the heart of that sentiment is perhaps this question: Will anyone...
Have you ever felt heart-wrenching pain? I remember being surprised with my first experience of heart-wrenching pain. Amidst the torment, I was surprised to find that heartbreak matched the word so...
James Giam (51) has been jailed 19 times over the span of three decades. And in the nine years he spent away from home, his wife and two young sons, James was all alone. He slept in parks and in the...
Jacob is a Hebrew name which means “he grasps at the heel.” Many understand it to also mean “deceiver.” So Jacob’s name was an emotional and factual reminder of the...
I never got to know my grandfathers. I don’t remember if I ever asked my parents about them, but for most of my early life, I didn’t know where they went. But I had some theories of why they...
It’s a special kind of tragedy when a rich inheritance is left unclaimed because no one looked at the final will. The tragedy isn’t in the inheritance’s loss of value over time –...
Having my birthday in the middle of May means that it’s never far from Mother’s Day. I treasure the proximity of those two dates. They are a reflection and reminder of the relationship I have...