Friendship

I tried to save my best friend’s life; but everything fell apart

It was the third week of January, 2015 – my first year of university. I received a phone call. The voice said my best friend was in hospital. He’d met with a road accident and was fighting...

Friendship

Ever tried to sell off your friends on Carousell?

I’m a musician. I grew up in a musical family. As musicians, we often buy and sell our instruments. Sometimes we’ll buy an instrument with good resell value because we know we’ll...

Real Life, Real People

I am a Pastor’s Kid: The work that took my dad away

My father pastored a family church for many years before he was made the chairman of the Singapore Centre for Global Missions (SCGM) to lead the local conversation on mission work. His ministry was...

Family

To the first man who ever loved me

I’ve got a funny relationship with my father. I mean, I inherited his great looks (ahem ahem) and his passion for music, so from the outside, many would assume that I’m very much like...

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 emotional 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, I’m not really at the age where I should be worrying about “feeling single”. It feels like I just graduated yesterday, and it hasn’t even been a year since I started working...

Friendship

Who needs friends?

Friendship. That was my most hated word growing up. I was jaded on this front very early in life. I only remember myself having three seasons 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. So because of that, my friends always come to me with their issues and the...