Workplace

What toxic workplaces and bad bosses taught me

11am used to be my most dreaded time of the day. 11am was the time I was scheduled to report daily to my supervisor for a briefing on my tasks. Only that this briefing was always loud and expressive...

Workplace

3 things God taught me about my motives at work

It’s been a year and a half since my last burnout. I remember the tightness in my chest, the shortness of breath and lots of tears from feeling so overwhelmed by work. After leaving that job for a...

Workplace

How I fought temptations at work with godly truths

I have been working in the banking industry for slightly more than four years, and I spent 14 months in manufacturing before that.  I’m thankful for God’s provision, grace and love thus...

COVID-19

From the first outbreaks to today’s surge in cases, a frontliner shares her story

Beatrice Phoon has worked as a nurse for the last 5 years, but she has experienced some of the most trying times over the last 2 years due to her role on the frontline. Reflecting on how she finds...

Finding Purpose

After my A-Levels, my dreams were dashed and I couldn’t see the road ahead

Coming from a single-parent family and struggling with insecurity, I always felt alone and had many anxieties. I often sought for safety in the wrong places. I also often felt lost because I relied a...

Finding Purpose

What I learnt from trying to leave my first job (during the pandemic)

Barely 1.5 years into my first job out of university, I started having a nagging sense that I had to question my career path and rethink my job. It wasn’t until a year later, in the midst of a...

Money Matters

Save or invest? 3 young adults take on financial management

Managing money as a student and managing finances as a young working adult can be two completely different ball games. But it is something we all have to contend with as we go through #adulting....

Workplace

Why we chose to teach in faith-based preschools

In recent years, church-based preschools have been facing an uphill challenge to survive. Changes in the early childhood education industry in recent years already heralded an end-of-the-road...

Workplace

3 lessons that God revealed to me through teaching

I recently completed a relief teaching stint, and although I’ve been giving tuition for most of my life, this experience was totally different.  Not only was I teaching and preparing lessons...