Culture

Alabaster Co: Presenting the Bible to a visual generation

I first heard of Alabaster Co when one of the designers in my church shared their Kickstarter campaign on her Facebook feed. That was sometime in late 2016. A brand dedicated to redesigning the Bible...

Culture

Should I believe in ghosts?

Do ghosts exist? That was the question in the Thir.st office the other day. An intern had shared about his experiences of waking up with inexplicable scratches on his back for almost a whole year. We...

Culture

Stay woke but keep dreaming, Singapore

I have a dream for Singapore. Which is funny because I live in a generation thatā€™s so steeped in sociopolitical correctness, itā€™s better not to declare dreams for your nation in case some...

Culture

Even if I donā€™t speak English, Iā€™m just the same as you

Last year, I watched a local play with a friend titled Grandmother Tongue. It was about the loss of heritage ā€“ dialect specifically ā€“ among Chinese Singaporeans since independence, and the...

Culture

A letter to my younger self

Dear Kee Wei, You might be apprehensive about this upcoming sojourn into another Singapore educational institution. You would think that youā€™ve seen it all after twelve years in the system,...

Culture

There is a generation gap, and we need to deal with it

I work in a mission agency, where the last two years have shown me there is a need for ā€œtranslationā€ between older and younger generations. An example of this ā€œtranslationā€ I...

Culture

I broke all the rules I said I never would

I was always a daredevil. I loved to bend the rules to see how much I could get away with, so I often landed in trouble. I just loved trying and experiencing new things. It started with stealing...

Culture

The burn is real

Last week, I made a sarcastic joke at my colleagueā€™s expense and instantly felt horrible. The joke was the savage kind that the Internet would have celebrated, but honestly, just because it was...

Real Life, Real People

The day my passion broke me

When I first became Christian, I realised that believing in a God wasnā€™t difficult. It was believing that He is a God who is sovereign and good that was the problem for me. As one who lived with...