Relationships

What to do when your #OTP breaks up

UPDATE: As of June 27, 2019, Song Joong Ki has announced that he is filing for divorce from Song Hye Kyo. Hailed as one of Korea’s dream couples, the Song-Song pair were married for 20 months....

Culture

Are you playing the game, or is the game playing you?

I grew up playing video games. I blame this lifelong passion on my Dad, really. One of my earliest memories was him teaching me to play some cowboy shooting game – you had to click on a bad guy...

Culture

Taylor Swift says the old Taylor Swift is dead. What a shame

“I’ve got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined. I check it once, then I check it twice, oh!” snarls Taylor Swift in her latest single, Look What You Made Me Do. The music video,...

Culture

Ah ma and the afterlife: My seventh-month thoughts

“Cannot swim today, it’s too late already, later the zhui gwee (‘water ghost’ in Hokkien) catch you ah.” It was that time of the year again – the seventh month (七月) in the...

Culture

In Singapore, we must choose life

“Father, can You take this burden away from me?” With my hands clasped tightly and my head bowed down, tears fell in fat drops onto my hand while my mind struggled to understand what was...

Culture

Battleship Island: The war wages on, but we have hope

WARNING: SPOILERS ABOUND. IF YOU HAVEN’T WATCHED THE MOVIE, GO WATCH IT FIRST. DON’T SAY OPPA DIDN’T WARN YOU! “How was the movie?” My mom asked me after I’d came home from watching...

Real Life, Real People

My eyes won’t accept the truth: That I am wonderfully made

“I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.” (Psalm 139:14) I was clearing out my cupboard two weeks ago when I stumbled...

Why I stopped doing yoga

I’ve got a bad neck and a troublesome lower-back injury, so I’ve tried to prioritise regular stretching and exercise. This time last year, I tried both yoga and pilates in an attempt to help...

Culture

I’m a Singaporean who studied in Charlottesville – and I cannot stay silent

I’m an alumnus of the University of Virginia (UVA), located in the impossibly beautiful town of Charlottesville. On Friday, August 11, white supremacists marched onto our Lawn, protesting in...