Relationships

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

AlthoughĀ people are increasingly getting married later in Singapore, I’ve always wanted to get hitchedĀ before I hit 30. Iā€™m turning 29 in a few months … ButĀ he’sĀ 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.Ā 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 theĀ first time I metĀ 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 inĀ a string of bad relationships. I entered these relationshipsĀ with absolutely no standards whatsoever. I had no walls ā€“ anybody could walk in and out my...

Relationships

Iā€™m an introvert, but I won’t let that be my excuse

Iā€™m a claustrophobic introvert and itā€™s pretty obvious. Me-time is my favourite time of the day. Itā€™s when I just lie on my bed and read, or watch some YouTube videos. Just me and myself....

Relationships

Ghosting, zombieing and the rise of irresponsible dating

Everything happens online nowadays ā€” even dating.Ā You don’t even need to be physically present to break up and make up. The illusion of safety that online interactions offer hasĀ perpetuated...

Relationships

Are you favourite child material?

ā€œMadam Lim doesnā€™t hate anyone in our class. She loves everyone. But she doesnā€™t have to like everyone.ā€ That was my reply to a classmate when we were in Primary 3. We were walking in twos up...

Culture

Are you fazed by praise?

Have you seen this video? As I watched it, I thought the video concept was novel, but didn’t otherwise think about it until I chanced upon this article on MindChamps...