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 in Apex Legends, a 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 – 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.   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, the number of seniors taking their...

Movies & TV

Inception: What are we allowing into our minds?

Most people would remember Inception – 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...