Culture

Are you burnt out, bored, and barely rested?

When I started work earlier this year, I struggled with the long hours and intense work. Having been a student pretty much all my life, adjusting to the transition of adulthood was – and still is...

Culture

Grappling with gratitude: How to spice thanks up

In a study now known as “The Gratitude Disposition“, three psychologists divided their participants into three groups with specific tasks: one group was to record only the positive...

Health

I discovered my Asperger’s only in my 20s

Have you heard of the Autism Spectrum Disorder*?” David, my missions team leader, casually asked me while we were having lunch at Makassar, Indonesia, where we were on a mission trip. “Yes, I...

Culture

“I never learned how to turn this exhausting pain into bliss”: The silent struggles of Kim Jonghyun

On late Monday afternoon, the lead singer of popular Korean boy band SHINee, Kim Jonghyun, 27, was found dead in his rental apartment in an upmarket corner of Seoul. From the time he sent his...

Health

Calm my raging heart

In April this year, I found out that I had a tumour growing from my nerve cells on the right side of my spine. Fear was a very real thing in my heart that caused me to question what would happen to...

Health

Hope for anyone who is suffering

In May, my friend’s dad met with an accident that resulted in the amputation of both his legs to save his life. As he went through such a difficult time, what hope was there for him in this...

Health

Hope for the suffering Christian

Recently, I learnt from a cell group member that someone in our young adults ministry requires a serious operation due to the presence of a benign tumour. She’d sent a message to several chat...

Health

Orphaned at 28, I wanted to commit suicide

I experienced my first anxiety attack right after my mum passed away in front of me — from a brain haemorrhage in a Hong Kong hospital. For once in my life, things had actually been going along...

Relationships

I couldn’t move on after my break-up

One month after the passing of my mother in April 2011, I ended a year-long relationship with my boyfriend. The relationship had already been on the rocks for months. It was adding to the...