Trigger warning: This article contains mention of self-harming and suicide. “Poly life is gonna be so much better, Weixin.” That was what my secondary school counsellor told me. Growing up as a...
Have you heard of BeReal? It’s an app that has been making waves recently as an anti-social media alternative which champions authenticity. The platform’s promise and mechanics are simple...
I’m a 19-year-old polytechnic student who had an ordinary life just like most of my peers. I had a good education, a wide social circle of friends and a part-time job that gave me a stable...
Clarence Chan (36) and Joanne Tham (32) made news last week, when they became Singapore’s first couple to get married in the metaverse. The Chans were married in a hybrid “phygital” wedding....
Before I came into university, I was still a very young Christian. I accepted Christ when I was six or seven years old, but it was only when I was 17 that God started placing a desire within me to...
Even as “Quiet Quitting” and other lifestyle trends challenge how people approach work, other trends relating to rest and off-work hours are beginning to surface. The latest of these is...
At the start of 2021, I had to leave my job amid the pandemic because my dad had asked me to go back home to Malaysia to help with a family affair. By then, I had been working with my employer in...
I was watching the Arsenal game last night when something unprecedented happened. At half-time, before kicking off the second half, both Arsenal FC (widely rumoured to be the Queen’s...
When I was growing up, my father told me something that always stayed with me. He said: “Every generation must be better than the one that came before it. Son, you must be better than...