Worldview

Real Life, Real People

The healthcare worker who fell into alcoholism

There are days when we feel helpless. But I felt helpless on a daily basis. I lived all 25 years of my life believing it was easier to carry my own burdens. Thinking it was easier to struggle alone...

Life & Death

Just imagine a world without death. Where will you be?

COVID-19 has shoved the reality of death into our faces. Singapore recently reported its 6th COVID-19 death and at this point of writing, the global death toll stands at 82,080. It is now undoubtedly...

Culture

I have a dream (that even a circuit breaker can’t stop)

There’s more bad news and cause for concern, if today’s ministerial address and press conference were anything to go by. I’ll sum it up for you since I watched it. Prime Minister...

COVID-19

COVID-19: 4 amazing ways God is working in this season

The past two months have been a trying time for the world, with the global outbreak of COVID-19. It is no different in Singapore, where many of us are affected one way or another. For the ordinary...

Worldview

What quarantine reveals about your heart

Idleness has a way of revealing our idols. The copious amounts of free time brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, coupled with increased anxiety, will drive you towards comforts you find...

Worldview

What do we want to see at the end of our lives?

A recent conversation with a colleague got me thinking about life. She shared that her good friend recently passed away. As a responsible educator, this person devoted much of himself to work, often...

Culture

“Unpublish that story with 63,000 views”: Why I stopped writing fanfic

Being an avid writer from a young age and hungry for an avenue to share my work with the world, I joined an online website that let me publish and read user-generated stories for free. Writing story...

Dating

I told my girlfriend on Valentine’s Day: “You’re not as pretty as you used to be”

Before I married my wife last year, we had been friends for 12 years during which we dated for about three. So Cheryl and I had already been going out for a fair amount of time when Valentine’s Day...

Money Matters

I made my first half a million at 15, lost it all at 16 and found God

Part of my quest as a teenager was to become free from the question of God. I had been brought up in a Christian home and learnt about God in Sunday school, studying the Word and memorising verses....