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Wong Siqi

Family

#SpillTheTeh: The struggles of young caregivers

“I used to think that caregivers are people of my parents’ age. So I always thought this part of life would come, but not that early. “That was my own misconception,” said...

Real Life, Real People

Once broken and battling depression, she discovered new meaning to life

“As a teenager, I wasn’t sure how to find my identity as a person,” confessed Jolyn Kari Ng. “At that time, it was probably through my friends, how popular I was in school and how attractive...

Worldview

Call-out culture: Can we stand up for the voiceless without silencing the voices of others?

The internet is a harsh place to live in these days. This year, we saw a university student flamed for voicing out against the woke movement, the anger against the People’s Association’s...

Missions

4 years, 31 countries: The fresh grad who exchanged the safe path for a journey on the seas

Have you tried to cook fried rice for 350 people for seven hours straight? Or washed thousands of dishes? As a psychology graduate, that was what Jiamin Choo-Fong found herself doing in her first...

Worldview

Were David and Jonathan more than friends?

Have you ever wondered about the relationship between David and Jonathan in the Bible? Much has been read into the seemingly suggestive friendship between these two Bible characters by some, which is...

COVID-19

Pastor Benny Ho on “Church 2.0”: 7 ways the coronavirus crisis has transformed discipleship

When the pandemic started, I thought that it would be like SARS that took a couple of months before we came back to normalcy.  But the next thing we knew, we were in a global lockdown. All our...

Personalities

Nightbirde: The true story behind America’s Got Talent Golden Buzzer winner

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you would have probably seen this viral America Got Talent’s (AGT) audition by now. It’s a moving performance of an original song called...

Faith

#THIRSTBITES: Mentorship: Who are you walking with?

Many of us like to receive encouragement. We say, “Feed me, feed me, feed me!” But not many of us like to receive feedback — including me. The reason why we don’t like receiving...

Faith

A small act of kindness, a world of difference: 22-year-old Emily Yap on why she volunteers

Not every 22-year-old gets to collaborate with the National Youth Council (NYC) and Temasek Trust in volunteering work. Fewer still, get featured on The Straits Times and receive a commendation by...