Articles by

Wong Siqi

Relationships

I must confess: Why should someone else know my secrets?

After more than 20 years of growing up in church, I’ve discovered there’s an area of my faith I need to work on: The confession of sin to community. Every week, we privately confess our...

Work

When taxes get taxing: How should we react to the impending GST hike?

On 19 February, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat confirmed that theĀ GST will be increased.Ā The tax will be raised from 7% to 9% at some point between 2021 and 2025. My parents were watching the news...

Faith

The man who knew too much

Iā€™ll just get some water and go, I reasoned to myself. It wonā€™t take long. Ever since the rumours started, I found it difficult to go anywhere. Noon wasnā€™t the best time to head out of the...

Faith

What I learnt from pottery making

On a backpacking trip to Vietnam recently, I had the opportunity to try pottery making. Iā€™ve sang “The Potterā€™s Hand” many times in church, and I’ve heard many sermons about the...

Relationships

How far would you go for love?

“Then He said, ā€œTake now your son, your onlyĀ sonĀ Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell...

Health

"Remind me": ANNETTE sings against anxiety

I donā€™t like to talk about my weaknesses, and not many people know this, but I get anxiety attacks every now and then. They happen especially when something is stressing me out and I focus on it...

Faith

Self-control isn’t easy

Recently, I fell victim to clickbait and watched a video titled ā€œMy dog was raped!ā€ on Youtube. Some Youtuber was kicking a big fuss about how her dog was ā€œrapedā€ by another dog in the pet...

Work

How I escaped the performance treadmill

Last year, God worked with me on something I really struggled with: The performance treadmill. I felt a constant need to perform well so I could feel worthy enough to be loved by others. And if I...

Faith

A letter to my past brokenhearted self

I know it feels like itā€™s the worst night of your life. Your boyfriend of two years just broke up with you. Youā€™re crying and youā€™re lonely. You never expected such a thing to happen. The both...