What is your perception of eternity? The other day, I mused to a friend, “I took an eternity to do this, but I’m finally done!” I’m sure most of us have said something...
Before him stood two paths: One that stretched into the far distance, while the other seemed a lot more manageable. Yet due to the fog that was all around, he couldnāt make out where each of them...
23Ā April, 2011 is a day I will never forget. It was the day that marked the end of my mumās four-year-long battle against breast cancer. She was 59 years old that year. It was a battle that...
āYouāre turning 24? Me too!” I’d only been speaking with Emily Ho for a whole 5 minutes, yet we had already made a connection. Both of us were born in the same year and we’d...
Reading the news, I discovered that it’s an up-and-coming trend for people toĀ plan their funeral. As one person interviewed for the article said: “I am the best person to know what I...
I almost committed suicide in August of 2017. Iād made plans. Iād started to put part of it into action, unbeknown to those closest to me. I have a loving wife, a couple of good kids, and a...
In 2009, I visited a friend in hospital for the “blues”.Ā I was 17 years old and stood at the door clutching a bunch of flowers, not quite comprehending what had just happened. In 2015, I...
Ms Loh was my music teacher when I was thirteen. I was thrilled when she became my literature teacher two years later, because she had beenĀ abroad for further studies the year before, and I was...
āYolanda, I’m really sorry but you have cancer.ā I didnāt know how to react. My mind was a blank. The doctor continued explaining my report, but I just stared blankly at her. As I lay...