Studies & NS

When project work isn’t working out

Working in groups has never been my thing, mainly because group work forces people to work together. That means a lot more reliance on one another. Time invested in communicating with fellow group...

Real Life, Real People

I kept walking right back to the love that was destroying me

I am a survivor of sexual and emotionalĀ abuse in my childhood. In my healing process, I’ve realised that while I thought I was unaffected by the repeated sexual assaults, the hurt and repeated...

Singlehood

Single and cool with it

At 24, Iā€™m not really at the age where I should be worryingĀ aboutĀ ā€œfeeling singleā€. It feels like I just graduated yesterday, and it hasnā€™t even been a year since I started working...

Friendship

Who needs friends?

Friendship. That was my most hated word growing up. I wasĀ jaded on this front veryĀ early in life. I only remember myself having three seasonsĀ of friendship. My whole life. One. Primary 4. I became...

Friendship

The lost art of friendship

People have always expected me to have it all together. I don’t blame them. I make it easy for them to believe it. SoĀ because of that, my friends always come to me with their issues and the...

Mental Health

The social butterfly that grew lonely

ā€œI think Iā€™m struggling with loneliness.ā€ The first time I admitted it out loud was three days ago. I was having dinner with a close friend, and we were on the topic of ā€œthings you donā€™t...

Family

Letter to my daughter

My dear Daughter, You are barely three years old now and already I worry about the world you will have to face in the future. Actually, I’ve been worrying since you were in the womb.Ā  I worry...

Real Life, Real People

Where are you, my babies? Two lost children later, I finally became a mum

OneĀ midnight in April 1999, I was pushed into the operation theatre for an emergency operation. I was then 6 weeks pregnant. My first child was growing in my right fallopian tube and the tube was...

Family

Draw yo’ mama!

“IĀ was 25 when I got married and I told Jerry I didn’t want children.” Samantha Chia’s eyes crinkle into her trademark smile. She has the undeniable air of a mother, loving...