Articles by

Jewel Yu

Family

Mother’s Day gift ideas: The Love Language Edition

I must admit: Growing up, I’ve never put much effort into my mum’s birthday or, for that matter, Mother’s Day. Don’t get me wrong. It’s more like we’ve never had a culture...

Post-secondary

Rejected from polytechnic 8 times, I looked for a way forward

Polytechnic was the only place I envisioned going to after leaving secondary school. Growing up in a family where all my older siblings had gone to polytechnic, it seemed like the natural path that I...

Personalities

Justin Bieber’s GQ Interview: 10 things that blew me away

What if you woke up one day to the realisation that you’ve turned into a person you don’t want to be? Many of us know the story of how Justin Bieber rose to fame as a teenager. First scouted in...

Studies & NS

Here’s encouragement for every kind of student

With the examinations coming up for most students, many of us are in a season of preparation. It’s a time of hard work, and sometimes, immense stress. Thankfully, we can look to God in prayer as we...

Discipleship

3 lessons I learnt from spending time in nature

Have you seen the lovely pink flowers blooming all over the island? The soft-hued blooms are flowers of the trumpet tree, and come in colours ranging from delicate white to deep pink. Nicknamed...

News

Wading in waist-deep muddy water, they sang that God was King over the flood

Easter should have been a happy day in Timor-Leste, whose population is predominantly Catholic. But last Sunday, on April 4, the island-nation was hit by Cyclone Seroja, which triggered a series of...

Easter

Easter specials: What churches are doing in this unusual year

More than hot cross buns, adorable bunnies and chocolate eggs, Easter is that time of the year when we celebrate God’s gift to us. In 2020, the worsening effects of COVID-19 in Singapore put a...