How-tos & Handles

Help, I’m a blur sotong: How to ace a job interview

Whether you’re a student looking for an internship or a soon-to-be graduate searching for a full-time job, interviews can be nerve-racking. Unlike exams which are usually more predictable,...

COVID-19

From the hospital ward to a 28-day SHN, a nursing student shares her journey

When I heard about a possible cluster forming in the hospital I was working in, I pondered what this would mean for me. I had never expected an outbreak to occur so close to home. I was only slightly...

Work

I quit my job in the midst of the pandemic

Late last year, I left my teaching job of 15 years – a job that gave me security, despite the constant struggle of balancing work and family. I had been feeling drained and discouraged for the past...

Culture

European Super League: How much money is enough?

This week, the football world was turned upside down at the news that 12 of Europe’s biggest clubs would break away to form their own league, the European Super League (ESL).   Without...

Workplace

A look into The Glasshouse: Barista boss Josh Liew’s recipe for success

If you’re a coffee lover, then the name The Glasshouse might not be unfamiliar to you. Having started out in a pop-up cargo container in CHIJMES three years ago, the popular coffee bar has since...

Mental Health

How God’s word helps me fight my mental battles

A new colleague recently approached me, saying that she decided to ask for my opinion on a claim assessment only because the assessors who had trained her when she was first hired were unavailable....

Finding Purpose

Yu Lian: How a 10-year-old steered my life in a different course

Coming from a safe haven like Singapore, Yu Lian’s heart stirred as she met children from a shelter whose lives were tainted by drug abuse and family violence from as young as six years old. The...

Faith

“Living a life that I couldn’t have conjured up on my own”: The story behind Ponder and Bind

I am turning 32 next month, and quite honestly life did not turn out the way I imagined. I do not hold what most call a “proper job”. All the visions I had for my life throughout my teenage and...

Culture

Minari: In the fumbling search for Eden, lessons on family and failure

WARNING: SPOILERS ABOUND “Never pay for anything you can find for free.” I chuckled at that line when Jacob (played by Steven Yeun) tells that to his son David in one of the early scenes in...