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I’ll say it upfront – I didn’t expect 2020 to end like this. And perhaps the same goes for you too. 2020 was beyond heavy on many fronts. The year of perfect vision crumbled as soon as it...
Dear reader, Congratulations, you did it! You made it through 2020! To many, this felt like the longest, worst year on record. Indeed, a highlight reel of the year’s major happenings might look...
Christmas, as we know it, will be different this year. With ongoing social distancing measures due to COVID-19, gone are the Christmas markets, street carolling and musical plays that churches...
“COVID-19 has been like a temperature-taking for the church,” Pastor Ian Wong of Kum Yan Methodist Church, opined. Referencing Singapore’s safe-distancing measures, he went on to say “If...
The year has been a big wake-up call, a memento mori (“remember you must die” in Latin) for Cara Chiang. Dubbed as the one who might take over the tailoring business that made shirts for...
I was a very athletic kid. In primary school, I was the fastest kid for 1.6km and I got the best results for fitness tests. Subsequently, I did cross country, triathlons and marathons. In university,...
Growing up, I had many opportunities to volunteer. Every Christmas, I would help out at the Boys’ Brigade Share-a-Gift drive. In junior college, I also started a mentorship programme for primary...
In primary school I was often teased and left out. I guess I was a late bloomer so I was more clueless than most of the other kids. I found it really hard to make friends and would usually be lost in...
“You’re muted. You need to unmute yourself.” Many of us have by now had so many Zoom meetings that we expect to hear certain phrases every time. “Can you hear me?” Can you see me yet?”...