Relationships

My complete, imperfect family

My Kindergarten teacher often encouraged us to draw portraits of our families. With squiggly lines and less-than-perfect circles, I produced masterpiece after masterpiece to the best of my 6-year-old...

Faith

Prayer channel or gossip channel?

“We need to pray for her,” my friend declared as she pulled a chair to sit next to me. It was almost time for cell group and we were waiting for the rest to arrive. Concerned, I asked what...

Thor: Ragnarok – Asgard as it gets?

I’m sure this is going to impact my reputation in some way, but who cares: I’m a comic book geek and proud of it. I have always been a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (“MCU”). From...

Relationships

Do you have friends who will wound you for your holiness?

Do you have friends who will wound your pride for your holiness? Recently I was regaling two of my closest friends with my quarter-life crisis woes. This has been happening fairly often in this...

Relationships

Almost 30 and still single: Is there something wrong with me?

Although people are increasingly getting married later in Singapore, I’ve always wanted to get hitched before I hit 30. I’m turning 29 in a few months … But he’s still nowhere...

Relationships

The girl without the husband

My GrabShare pulled up in front of an old terrace house in the same neighbourhood. There was a girl waiting outside the gate in a black razor-back dress, hair barely dried off and stringy. It was...

Health

The night my mother was murdered

When I first found the knife, I thought nothing of it. But I did wonder why it wasn’t in its usual place. It had been wiped clean and was lying beside a bottle of vodka and some lighter fluid...

Relationships

Lessons learnt from losing a friend: How to maintain a lifelong relationship

2003. I still remember the first time I met her. We were both 11-years-old when she transferred to my class. Her hair was tied into a tight ponytail. With her fringe pinned up, every single...

Relationships

Why I kept having bad relationships

All through my growing up years, I was in a string of bad relationships. I entered these relationships with absolutely no standards whatsoever. I had no walls – anybody could walk in and out my...