I was 14 when I was diagnosed with leukaemia. My parents sold our flat in our home country to finance my treatment in Singapore. A year later, after five cycles of chemotherapy, the cancer was in...
TODAY’s recent article on the link between body image anxiety and social media use was more than eye-opening. The study, which surveyed 2,670 people aged 16 and above in May and June 2022,...
Netflix’s summer K-drama offering Extraordinary Attorney Woo has undoubtedly captured the hearts of many. The drama, which saw its first episode bring in a viewership rating of 0.9% (that’s...
In my early twenties, I experienced what I hope to be the worst ever episode in my life. I could not hold down a job, I faced immense social anxiety and I struggled with my mental health. Making...
Growing up, I struggled with anger and used to be a bully. When I was in primary school, I had even gone to the extent of setting up a club against someone I disliked, and got others to hate on her...
A year ago, tragedy struck River Valley High School when a 16-year-old boy carried a weapon and allegedly took the life of another boy in that community. As someone close to a number of students in...
I recently came across this Instagram post on “Wisdom for a Catastrophising Generation”. While it is certainly good that mental health is now being taken seriously, it made me wonder if...
For 49 years, the US protected abortion as a constitutional right. All this changed on June 24, with the overturning of the landmark Roe vs Wade ruling by the Supreme Court. The implication of this...
When I was growing up, my mum put a lot of pressure on me, being the first-born and all. I guess that made me feel like she was a tiger mum. There were a lot of things in my life, like piano and...