He was my best friend. We had known each other for five years. At that time, both of us were the most senior Ph.D students in the laboratory. We started a secret relationship without the knowledge of...
It was 2017, the day after Christmas. The Thir.st team had gathered at my place for lunch, and we were in the midst of playing a game when my phone suddenly rang. It was my friend Aaron’s...
For every 100,000 people in Singapore, around 8 are lost to suicide every year. Although there was a slight dip in the total number of suicides reported in 2017,ย the number of seniors taking their...
When the life of someone close to you flickers away, all sorts of questions will course through your mind. God, if You are good โ why didn’t you save her? Couldn’t you have let her live...
When I look at my two-year-old toddler playing with her drawing set, I marvel at her perfection. The little angel only has one main imperfection โ she was born with spina bifida, and since her...
My husband, Bryan, and I had been waiting for God to bless us with a second child. When we finally tested positive on a pregnancy kit, we were ecstatic. Through the first 12 weeks, everything...
I have had 2 near-death experiences in my life so far. In my first one, I was just 8 years old. A few of us were playing a game of catching in the car park after school (not a wise move with...
In the past, my whole life was filled with insecurities and inadequacies. Whenever negative thoughts overwhelmed me, I wouldn’t know what to do other than cry my lungs out. A day came when...
Eczema came back. Weepy wounds also returned.ย I came out of the shower in pain. I was reminded of those days I curled up in bed with towels, blankets, cloths and gauze covering the wet and weepy...