About eight years ago, I had what I thought was a nightmare. I remember first seeing buildings being shuttered and deserted. Then I saw crowds of people fleeing from an unknown threat at what seemed...
When migrant workers were beginning to fall ill with COVID-19 in Singapore, Tam Wai Jia was teaching as an educator at medical school. The young doctor had left clinical work to focus on public...
Ever since he was 15 years old, Jason Gwee had been going in and out of prison for drug abuse. His life was a vicious cycle of serving 2-3 years in prison, getting released and then eventually being...
Five steps forward, ten steps back, it seems. While we’re in Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) and not a full-blown circuit breaker, it’s enough for most of our daily routines to be interrupted...
Not every 22-year-old gets to collaborate with the National Youth Council (NYC) and Temasek Trust in volunteering work. Fewer still, get featured on The Straits Times and receive a commendation by...
It’s always a little more painful when we learn that a young child has contracted an illness as deadly as COVID-19. For instance, news came in just last night (May 21) that there were 30 new...
She spent a year befriending women in the red light district of a Chinese city, hoping to be a bearer of God’s eternal light; while he served on the fringes of Thailand for four years at a shelter...
*This article was written before the Singapore Tourism Board announced that they would be extending the SingapoRediscovers campaign until December 31, 2021. We’re fast approaching June and that...
Last month, Alexi McCammond became the latest person in America to be cancelled over some dirt that was dug up from her social media history. The 27-year-old was set to become editor of Teen Vogue...