
I still remember the warm feeling and comfort of being coaxed to sleep as a young child. The soothing humming of my motherโs voice and the gentle patting of her hand on my side. As a songwriter, I...

I think all of us are familiar with the question: โDo you live to eat, or eat to live?โ The answer reveals our true philosophy โ what defines us. If we eat to live, then survival is our...

I was 17 that year. One night, my mum came rushing into my room and said my art teacher needed to speak with me urgently on the phone. The next words I heard on the phone were not what I expected at...

In July, I received some bad news from relatives in Taiwan about my cousin. Her cancer had returned and, this time, it was terminal. I was shocked to hear the news, since I had just recently seen her...

Several years ago, I found myself lying in pain on the hospital bed, recuperating from a slipped disc. My former cell group leader was about to pray for me โ but he said something which I did not...

It’s been every kind of storm. A biomedical storm. A media storm. Now even a supermarket storm. But in the eye of the global frenzy stirred up by COVID-19, I’ve recently found myself...

I’ve always had trouble identifying and vocalising my needs. From a young age, whenever I needed something, I’d always feel too paiseh (embarrased) to ask for help as I didn’t want...

Monday, December 30, 2019. The 9pm overcast night sky is cool, hinting the possibility of showers in the evening ahead. There is a somberness in the air around me. Church Street’s pavements are...

Seasonal depression, also known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD), is real. It’s the most wonderful time of the year There’ll be much mistletoeing And hearts will be glowing When loved...