University

My humbling hall life: Seeing God’s goodness in a ministry that I almost didn’t start

On three separate occasions, I was approached by three different people with the challenge to serve in a hostel ministry that I had never heard of. I declined all three times, reasoning that it was a...

Finding Purpose

After a bad breakup with touch rugby, I challenged God to show me that He was real

I am a second-generation Christian who grew up in church, attending children camps, youth camps and youth meetings. But as I grew older, my spiritual walk with God could be best described as...

University

How I trained to become a lawyer without losing my mind

My calling to become a lawyer wasn’t about money, GCE A-Level grades or scholarship programmes. Having been verbally and emotionally abused for five years in school, and having suffered much...

National Service

It’s not easy being Christian in NS

All I wanted was to cruise through my two years of National Service (NS). No hiccups, no frills. Blend in, be done, then wipe the dust off my boots as my pink IC and I ride into the ORD sunset. That...

National Service

How God opened doors for me in NS

My national service (NS) days were really memorable because it was a period where God’s favour filled my life. Unlike most Singaporean sons, I was PES C9L9 – a designation which meant I...

Studies & NS

My time in BMT revealed how proud and uncaring I was

I was recruited to the army in April. I’ve learnt so much during my Basic Military Training (BMT) that I’ve found His sustaining grace shines most clearly in times of trial. In the...

Studies & NS

Help! I keep compromising in National Service

I’m currently 6 months into my National Service (NS), and it definitely hasn’t been an easy one. Before enlisting, I had a lot of thoughts about how NS would be a toxic environment for me...

Studies & NS

To the graduating class of 2019: Be driven by purpose

I’m no valedictorian but I’ve got something to say anyway. I only graduated with a decent GPA, and I’m not even going to pursue as a career what I’ve studied for the last 3 years....

University

My FYP endgame: 21 days before our submission, my project was doomed to fail

“If I had to set an ambitious goal to work towards, success to me would be having our project featured in the newspaper,” I told my Final Year Project (FYP) partner as we sat across each other 10...