Would you think of asking a neighbour if you wanted to borrow a milk frother? Or what if you wanted to order a cake that you know you couldn’t finish alone? I have to admit that as a millennial,...
I wouldn’t call myself a tomboy, but I’m admittedly a girl who has a lot of guy friends. Growing up, I found guys easier to talk to than girls. The habit stuck and close friendships with...
We often wish to present the best sides of ourselves. Who enjoys showing others our wounds and scars? After all, struggles in life are not trophies to be paraded. We prefer to keep our dark areas...
As Singapore grapples with the ballooning outbreak in migrant worker dormitories, we’ve been given a rude awakening to the kind of dilapidated conditions and inequalities our migrant workers...
When I was very young, my parents parted ways. Though my mum remarried, I still never got to experience what growing up in a stable family is like. Essentially, I’ve never had parental figures...
Throughout the circuit breaker, I’ve grown more comfortable being by myself. As I become more absorbed into my own personal space, finishing my tasks for the day and switching off with Netflix,...
When I first heard the phrase “social-distancing”, it didn’t sound too uphill a task. Staying out of crowded places, standing 2 metres from another person and not gathering in groups – that...
As we go through different stages of life — entering college, changing jobs, or just growing busy from changing responsibilities — we sometimes lose touch with old friends. Though it is normal...
Growing up, I met these two friends in Sunday school. We were just “hi bye friends” in church and were not close. But at a church retreat in 2015, the three of us reconnected as...