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...
Donāt be silly, only kids half your age do these things. The oldĀ pen knife blade was cold to the touch. In my head, a fierce battle raged. But I deserve this. IĀ fell into the deep, dark and...
I’d finally climbed out of a deep pit in my life, where I had decided to hide for the longest time.Ā I looked up and I saw Him at the edge of the pit; He was helping me back up. So I climbed...
Whenever I think about the Great Commission, the first thoughts that come to mind are missionary journeys to the ends of the earth ā preaching the gospel to the unreached, encouraging foreign...
Dear You, I see you. You hold down a stable job. You’re well-dressed. You were at work today, in new shoes and your favourite dress. You were wearing cute animal ear studs! You were almost late...
I knew Steven Lim, but I hadn’t heard ofĀ Pradip Subramanian. Not until the news startedĀ to pour in. Subramanian, the president of the World Bodybuilding & Physique Sports Federation...
I’m a SEA Games Medallist in discus throwing. I’m fit, but when I was a teen, I hated my body so much! I remember being in an all-girls cell group in church when I was 14, and we were...