Culture

#StayHome ideas to make the most of your screen time

It feels like déjà vu having to bid farewell to dining in and social gatherings again. Whether your summer plans got shipwrecked or you’ve just found a lot of time freed up from all those...

Health

“I was blind but now I see”: Finding God amid diabetes, blindness and kidney failure

When I was 10, my mother noticed ants crawling around the toilet bowl after I had used it. I had also suddenly become prone to fainting spells, and could not put on weight no matter how much I ate....

COVID-19

Will your love grow cold?

And so, like a glitch we’re all trapped in, Day 1 starts again today. Every time this happens to us, I think about a few things: How this resembles certain aspects of my life, where I can’t seem...

COVID-19

As a pastor in this trying time, I ask for grace

To all who are churchgoers: Be gracious to your pastors. In the span of two weeks I have had to make two major decisions with regards to church direction and I cannot imagine doing so without a...

COVID-19

Remember what life was like B.C. (Before COVID-19)?

My phone was flooded with forwarded messages of the stricter measures that were announced on Friday. Along with it came a barrage of emotions expressed through words and stickers, a mix of...

Mental Health

Dealing with my anxiety about the future

I had two anxiety attacks last month. Although I have a history of mental health struggles, I have recovered considerably and no longer need medication. However, my brain was recently filled with...

Culture

Tired of being wired? How device fatigue is decaying friendships

You don’t have to look far to find articles about how the coronavirus has fundamentally changed the way we use devices. Work-from-home and remote arrangements mean that devices and screens are...

COVID-19

From the hospital ward to a 28-day SHN, a nursing student shares her journey

When I heard about a possible cluster forming in the hospital I was working in, I pondered what this would mean for me. I had never expected an outbreak to occur so close to home. I was only slightly...

Culture

Grad trip in Singapore? Here’s how you can travel without leaving the country

If not for COVID-19, this would be the season when many head overseas for graduation trips, summer programmes or family vacations. Bummed that it still doesn’t look like you’re going to...