Culture

What if my family makes for an unhappy CNY?

Happy Chinese New Year! ā€¦ Or is it? Speaking to a number of people recently, Iā€™ve realised that the festivities can be a difficult time for some. Not allā€™s well at family reunions,...

Culture

For the lonely ones this Chinese New Year

Dear you, I know how it feels to have your heart twist when youā€™re bombarded with all these pictures of everyone around you having fun during the Chinese New Year festivities. All these pictures of...

Faith

A letter to my past brokenhearted self

I know it feels like itā€™s the worst night of your life. Your boyfriend of two years just broke up with you. Youā€™re crying and youā€™re lonely. You never expected such a thing to happen. The both...

Relationships

The relationship I never wanted

VALENTINEā€™S DAY, 2014. ā€œHowā€™s everything between you two?ā€ It was Valentineā€™s Day and I was having breakfast with my mentor. The conversation had inevitably drifted towards me and my...

Relationships

I canā€™t change my boyfriend, but I can love him

I felt God gently ask me at the beginning of the year: How can you steward your relationships better in 2018?  How can you be a more present daughter, sibling, friend and partner? How can you learn...

Work

My life sucks. How?

I wonder if you can relate to some of the sentences below. Youā€™re struggling with school and no matter how hard you study, youā€™re just not doing well enough. Youā€™re stressed out at...

Faith

6 steps to stop bitterness

In November, Pastor Bobby Chaw of City Harvest Church preached a message on how to resolve bitterness caused by unfaithfulness. He gave the example of Anna, who was betrayed by her first boyfriend....

Relationships

Are you dreading Valentineā€™s Day?

Valentineā€™s Day is coming up this week. Social media is going to be flooded with sweet-nothings and public declarations of love and appreciation. Itā€™s easy, if youā€™re single, to...

Culture

Greater Love: Worship night with Thir.st

Come Wednesday, February 14, the world will celebrate one of its favourite things: Love. Flowers will be bought. Gifts exchanged. Songs sung. Confessions made. For those of us with significant...