Real Life, Real People

#SpillTheTeh: Ex-offenders on life after prison

In the latest episode of #SpillTheTeh, we interviewed 3 ex-offenders to hear them share about their lives before and after prison.  Graceson Ang (38) Tian Boon Keng (35) Johnny Chin (49) How we got...

Dating

Situationships: More than friendship, less than love?

Friendships with the opposite gender can be pretty tricky to navigate. It’s not at all the same as friendships with the same gender, so our approach towards them has to differ. Male-female...

Dating

Does it matter who makes the first move?

I was the one who made the first move by asking my then-boyfriend (now husband) out. We first met online and after an encouraging conversation, I initiated a coffee date. I don’t have any...

Dating

Dating: Am I gonna be forever alone?

Reading this Thir.st article, I was struck by how much it resonated with my dating journey: the situation doesn’t look good and I’m often in low spirits. To keep things brief, I have been...

Dating

Should I date a guy who is less qualified than me?

Trending in Singapore, is an article with the headline “How would you respond if your graduate daughter dated a plumber?”. Another similar article earlier in 2022 stated more Singapore women were...

Personalities

Eleven’s engaged at 19: How early is too early to get married?

Millie Bobby Brown, who stars as Eleven in Stranger Things, is now engaged at 19 to Jon Bon Jovi’s 20-year-old son, Jacob Bongiovi. Brown uploaded a picture of herself being embraced by...

Family

What will it take to see reconciliation in our families?

On a night (one of the monthly #ThirstYouthNights we’re doing through 2023) that was all about reconciliation in families, I was surprised to find I was struck most by what happened before the...

Family

When your Christian family is always fighting

I once heard this view about how in Christian families: the first generation is the most faithful, and with each passing generation, a natural decline in the family’s faith sets in. As someone who...

Family

What parents want you to know

Last week, the Youth Nights Team sat down with TYN’s upcoming speakers Dr Frankie Tan and his wife Tina, a couple who love and care deeply for Gen Z.  Frankie and Tina are parents of three...