Culture

ā€œWhat if my birthday isnā€™t happy?ā€: Unpacking the phenomenon of Birthday Blues

Have you ever felt unexplained moodiness and sadness every time your birthday approaches? Every year when my birthday rolls around, I find myself feeling extremely blue. And I canā€™t remember...

Personalities

ā€œAchievement is excellenceā€: The lie that many athletes believe

One of the most dangerous lies which athletes believe is that achievement is excellence. I personally believed this lie for years. What is winning or losing? TeamSGā€™s Angelica See on missing...

Music

Josh Yeoh: On life, worship and the key to songwriting

1. What have you been up to this year (or recently)? The biggest thing so far has been the live recording for ā€œMaranathaā€ at the end of April. Right after that, we went into the Isaiah 62...

Movies & TV

Oppenheimer: What the dark side of humanity can tell us about life

ā€œNow I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.ā€ Isnā€™t that quite a mind-blowing and scary remark to make about yourself? Yet this is what renowned scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer is...

Disabilities

What could drive a father to strangle his sons? A lonely desperation I know all too well

Reading about how Xavier Yap strangled his two autistic twin sons to ā€œrelieveā€ the caregiving burden on his wife, 32-year-old ABIGAIL LEE broke down and wept uncontrollably. As someone...

Secondary

A good education isnā€™t about grades

Ahead of this monthā€™s Thir.st Youth Night thatā€™s all about education, we sat down with PETER TAN, a four-decade veteran educator who has served as a principal for 24 years across schools...

Worldview

Young Singaporeans, what can we do for our country?

Ask not what your country can do for you ā€” ask what you can do for your country! Those famous words were spoken at US President John F. Kennedyā€™s legendary inaugural address. As we celebrate...

Church Life

Gen Z believer: My hopes for young Christians in Singapore

I am a proud member of Gen Z (just about) and already have a decent sensing of how our generation stands out, whether itā€™s through our unique monopoly on TikTok silliness, the 0.5 selfie or our...

Family

Struggling to have conversations about the value of family, marriage and children? Me too

Iā€™ve been pondering over the struggles of my generation in articulating the value of marriage and family. For starters, it was recently reported that Singaporeā€™s total fertility rate has hit...