Articles by

Wong Siqi

University

How God saved my grades while on exchange

Everyone said exchange would be a piece of cake: confirm pass, can’t fail. But that wasn’t the case for me. During my exchange semester in South Korea at Yonsei University, I decided to...

Mental Health

Twenty years on

During the 2018 World Cup, my darling wife Bernice reminded me that it has been 20 years since my struggle with clinical depression. The 1998 World Cup was in full swing then, played to the tunes of...

Faith

A confession: I was not the prophet I claimed I was

I’m sorry. I was part of something that I’m now remorseful about. It took me a long time to realise the impact my words and actions had on others. Today, I lay myself bare with a humble...

Faith

Are you willing to be used by God?

The author attended City Harvest Church’s Emerge Conference, a youth event held between July 13 and 15. Wu Yuzhuang, the pastor who oversees Emerge, delivered an encouraging message on a virtually...

Work

How to be an excellent worker

In the early part of my career, I learnt from my seniors that my direct supervisor was the person with the most influence on my career and ranking. Coming straight out of university, where we were...

Finding Purpose

I wanted to go into full-time ministry … but I wasn’t called

We learn from young as Singaporeans that financial security is the great goal in life. We are brought up to believe that a good job, fat bank account and a nice house will make our lives fulfilled...

Faith

A sound of sheer silence

My brother told me that he often shops for grocery alone. Shopping alone was nothing new to him. But now, it is very different. Shopping alone seems so lonely. Before, he knew his wife would be at...

Culture

Porn is killing me

I am locked in a battle for sexual purity and I am dying in it. Time and time again, I watch pornography. Time and time again, I diminish a female – reducing her to just her body and nothing more....

Relationships

When I traded God for my boyfriend

It didn’t happen immediately. It was so gradual and subtle that we were completely oblivious to it – blinded in our love for each other. It didn’t start out this way, of course. Even before we...