Tech

How my team and I won Apex Legends

You might have heard of this famous African proverb: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” I found this to be true inĀ Apex Legends, aĀ free-to-play game...

Do Good

Are we numbed to wastage?

I recently read about a group of Singaporeans who prepared a huge buffet spread of food for the public ā€“ free of charge. The only catch? All the food served at the event was “rescued”...

Videos

I tried so hard, but I was still called a blank piece of paper: Singer Olivia Ong on her identity crisis

I was 7 when I turned on the TV and saw Mariah Carey performing live in front of a crowd of 30,000. At the end of her performance, everyone erupted into thunderous applause. I was transfixed. I...

Movies & TV

The black holes of my heart

I remember being stunned the first time I watched Interstellar. If you’ve watched it too, it was the scene with the black hole that left me particularly speechless. I remember hitting pause on...

Worldview

Jesus is coming back anyway, why should I care about the state of the earth now?

That’s a line you might hear if you talk to a Christian who doesn’t really care about being eco-friendly. As believers, some of us tend to hide ourselves behind great things of the faith...

Family

Monster father: The wretched nature of sexual assault

Four days ago, a 27-year-old man in Singapore was sentenced to 25.5 years in jail and 24 strokes of the cane for prostituting his wife and sexually abusing his young daughter and niece.Ā Ā  Heavy on...

Worldview

Penal Code review: What are the implications if attempting suicide is no longer a crime in Singapore?

For every 100,000 people in Singapore, around 8 are lost to suicide every year. Although there was a slight dip in the total number of suicides reported in 2017,Ā the number of seniors taking their...

Movies & TV

Inception: What are we allowing into our minds?

Most people would rememberĀ Inception ā€“Ā the mind-bending, dream-within-a-dream film written, directed and co-produced by Christopher Nolan. Released in 2010 to huge commercial success, it...

Worldview

Caught in sexual sin, I believed there was no way out

I started using social media when I was 12, which was already considered late as many of my friends and classmates were already active on several platforms. I didn’t want to be left out of the...