Culture

Facing the giants in your life

The late Ann Landers who ran the popular Agony Aunt column in the US used to receive some 60,000 letters a month. She revealed: ā€œOne problem dominates. People are afraid.ā€Ā People are afraid of...

Relationships

When your friends walk away from good advice

Imagine this: Your friend is in a bad place. After countless hours of counselling and sharing godly wisdom with them on how they can walk in the opposite direction of further hurt and disappointment,...

Culture

How do you define success?

Do you remember your childhood ambitions? In Upper Primary, my form teacher asked what we wanted to be in the future. I knew what the “prestigious” careers were, but wasn’t sure...

Faith

If you really have to make resolutions, make them this way

I havenā€™t made New YearĀ resolutionsĀ inĀ severalĀ years. Even as I incline towards being anti-resolutionsĀ untilĀ I find reason toĀ change my mind, I still have many friends who make their annual...

Relationships

How will you spend yourself this year?

If you haven’t heard it enough, welcome to 2018. I hope it’s been a good first few days for you. There’s a fixed “budget” when it comes to days:Ā We have only 365 each...

Culture

A more mature love

Like every young person,Ā  I used to get indignant over the idea of losing your passion as you get older, enter the workforce, and so on and so forth as the years go by. Especially when it came to...

Culture

Why I don’t make New Year resolutions

I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. My personal belief is that on December 31st or January 1st, I’m still in the same body, mind and life situation as the day, month or week...

Culture

“I never learned how to turn this exhausting pain into bliss”: The silent struggles of Kim Jonghyun

On late Monday afternoon, the lead singer of popular Korean boy band SHINee, Kim Jonghyun, 27, was found dead in his rental apartment inĀ an upmarket corner of Seoul. From the time he sent his...

What happens if I’m just not feeling Christmas?

Observing our surroundings in the final month of the year, it’s obviously Christmastime again. Feasting, festivities and fun abound. The annual Orchard Road Christmas light-up. Festive sales....