Studies & NS

Don’t let the Bell Curve rule you

The Bell Curve can be a good thing. Its God-like features include graciously dispensing grades to undeserving students, just on the basis on their being a bit less worse than others. But the monster...

Work

Just started work at your first job? How to transition from student to salaried worker

I’d been a student for 16 years, so when it was (finally) time to graduate, I threw my mortarboard into the air with glee. It was freedom at last, no more assignments, presentations, late...

University

“Work, for I am with you”: Celebrating God’s faithfulness in my university years

16 May, 2016. FYP has ended. For real. The end. Today I went back to school, perhaps for the last time ever, to pack my graduation show booth up for tear-down. Time has really flown by. And yet at...

Studies & NS

What’s the point of school?

In the past month I feel like God has been taking me on a journey of discovering what it truly means to honour Him as a student. Do I need to study harder, for longer hours? Do I need to give more...

Discipleship

I could do things my way – but there’s a better way

Throughout the years, my heart has been yearning for things that God has not been giving to me. I yearned for a reputable career in the creative industry, but I’m now a full-time ministry...

Workplace

The Plate Spinner: Advice for busy young adults

Have you ever seen a plate spinner? A guy sets up a stick, puts a ridiculously fragile plate on top of it and spins the stick, such that the plate on top spins in tandem and stays upright in an...

University

What college life taught me about faith

You start university with your timetable empty. But slowly, with every fair you go to – faculty events fairs, CCA fairs, sports fairs, et cetera – your schedule starts filling up, first the...

Work

Honestly, how do you feel about work?

In the mundane day-to-day overload of work and school, busyness has established itself as a badge of honour. It is a carefully crafted connotation of “success” in a culture which...

Post-secondary

No matter how you fared for your A Levels, remember: You are not your results

This rainy afternoon, multitudes of students went back to their Junior Colleges to receive their A level results. Some, however, went home with more than one results slip. The More Than One...