Real Life, Real People

Be inspired by these ordinary people who have extraordinary stories. Wherever you are in life, every story in here is sure to give you hope!

Real Life, Real People

Kara Loft Sessions: The power of community and safe spaces to come as you are

Anyone meeting the owner of Kara Café & Dessert Bar would immediately be struck by her warmth and candour. But beneath her story of entrepreneurial success are many other untold tales of angst...

Real Life, Real People

30 things I knew when I turned 21, but only learned as I turn 30 today

Time flies. When I turned 21 years old, I felt like the world was my oyster. After I entered the workforce, I felt like I was the oyster to the world. Anyone can relate? Instead of being the master,...

Culture

Noah Yap: Drugs and detention almost ended my career

In 2012, I was invited to be a part of Ah Boys to Men. It was a huge blessing to me because all my life, I’ve wanted to become an actor. I even declared it to my parents when I was young. So...

Personalities

Former Taiwanese TV host Kou Shao-en: I wanted to be anyone else but me

If you’re between the ages 18 and 35, that’s a wonderful stage in life to be at! But for me, I wasn’t very happy when I was younger. The first reason was because I didn’t do...

Personalities

Olivia Ong: I hated how I looked

Most of you know me through 如燕, the theme song of The Little Nyonya, which I’m utterly grateful for. And just like the song which speaks about broken dreams and finding hope in times of...

Real Life, Real People

Saved from superstition and swearing: Rayson Tan’s story

I started following my parents’ religion at the age of 10. I followed them to many places, praying for peace, good health and good results in my studies. I was following a principle of doing...

University

My FYP endgame: 21 days before our submission, my project was doomed to fail

“If I had to set an ambitious goal to work towards, success to me would be having our project featured in the newspaper,” I told my Final Year Project (FYP) partner as we sat across each other 10...

Dating

Where our love story went wrong

“What do you find the greatest joy in?” I paused, thinking about what puts a smile on my face, what keeps me going every day, and what gives me the most happiness. “I suppose I find the...

Family

Seeing God as a loving Father

I came from a family with a silent father. He was never really pleased or displeased with me, but mainly disinterested. After enough disappointments and unmet promises in my childhood, he became a...