The day had finally come when all Secondary 4 students eagerly awaited the outcome of their O-Level results. When my friends were called upon to get their result slips one-by-one, they were either...
Dear Sam, Congrats, I guess! All those months of hard work have unfortunately not given you what you wanted but hey, at least it’s time to close this chapter. As people were cheering and comparing...
I came to Singapore way back when I was just 11 or 12 years old. I stepped into this country as a shy, timid and fearful girl. I was terrified to speak to anyone because of the fear that I would be...
It never made sense to me why many stories in the Bible always revolved around battles. Surely, God wasn’t advocating war? Furthermore, how would stories of combat, rocks and slings find its...
As I prepared for my O-Levels last year, I went through an extremely difficult time. There were many problems and misunderstandings that arose within my friendships due to the state of my mental...
I don’t remember what I was doing at the age of 18, but I was definitely not praying for my school. Not that I didn’t want to – it just never even crossed my mind to do so. That’s why, as I...
“We do not remember days, we remember moments.” – Cesare Pavese I remember this boy in one of the classes I was teaching, I read suspicion and uneasiness in his eyes. I was giving a...
It’s a Saturday evening and you’re trying to cram about 500 pages worth of lecture material in your mind. Exhausted from studying the whole day, you suddenly remember there is church in...
When I was 6 years old, I was the bubbly, outgoing class monitor – the top student in class. But one day, my best friend stabbed me in the back with my secret that I told her. In that instant, my...