Friendship

Culture

We need to rethink how we talk about sex

What if I told you that you would have to wait longer than any other generation to get married? Thatā€™s not the only news. What if I said your generation would need to wait longer than any other...

Relationships

Will you be my #BFF?

I was scrolling through Instagram when picturesĀ of best friends began toĀ flood my feed. You’ve seen those pictures. They’re mostly fun snapshots of girls laughing and having fun,...

Relationships

Anything wrong with being passive aggressive? Nope. Nothing at all. Of course not

ā€œWah, I really cannot stand her leh, sheā€™s damn pagro!ā€ My colleague slumped back into her chair and sighed. ā€œPagro? You coin new term ah?ā€ I asked. ā€œNo lah. She wants me to finish this...

Friendship

The melting pot that is Singapore

ā€œIs it Masterchef today?ā€ Nadzirahā€™s eyes sparkled with excitement. It’s a quiet Saturday morning but there’s a buzz of excitement in the air. Everyone’s comeĀ armed with pots...

Church Life

Where have all my church friends gone?

Iā€™d woken up with a nagging image of my formerĀ cell group member in my head. I wondered why. I hadnā€™t heard from her or seen her around for quite a long time, come to think of it; I decided to...

Relationships

Have we lost the art of proper conversation?

“Okay everyone, we have a new person with us today. Let’s introduce ourselves:Ā Name, age, what we’re currently doing, and one fun fact.” Eventually, it was the new...

Life & Death

What really matters when you’re gone?

I was 27 when my life changed forever. I lost one of my best friends. He was the most generous person I knew and a real source of strength and support to many of us. He was a Christian ā€“ “one...

Friendship

My “holiness” turned everyone off

I have been a ā€œChristianā€ since my water baptism in 2009Ā ā€“ quotation marks intended. The early years of my faith revolved around being holy, such as by not staying out late, not drinking, not...

Friendship

A letter to my gay best friend

Dear You, Iā€™m writing this with trepidation and excitement at the same time. I donā€™t know how youā€™ll feel upon reading it, and some of this has been brimming over for a while. I just didnā€™t...