“One man built his house on the sand … It crashed! It crashed!” What followed this bizarre outcry were more words I could not understand, not even as a special needs teacher. My student drew...
I remember my first. It didn’t resemble a brick. Instead, it was yellow and black, like a bumblebee; the first mobile phone I remember ever seeing was an Ericsson. This was in 1997. My...
Today’s millennials have been labelled “The Strawberry Generation” – one that cannot withstand excessive pressure or hard work and, like strawberries, “bruise” easily. Compared to the...
Friends tell me they’re in a certain field of work in obedience to God’s calling. In secular vocations, this was commonly heard for careers that required specific skills or fields of...
Go to work. Get frustrated. Feel like quitting. Receive monthly salary. Don’t quit. Repeat. As a young professional barely out of university, my existence seemed to be quickly confined to this...
What would it be like if our world was always day, with no night? I asked myself this question while on a plane from San Francisco to Singapore – a 16-hour flight, with nearly all of it in...
When I began my NS journey in 2014, all I cared about was making it into OCS. Officer Cadet School (OCS) is a path only some soldiers will get to take. It’s a route reserved for soldiers of...
I grew up in a loving and pampered environment. That’s great while you’re a kid – but bad when you’re an adult. I had to grow up, become a more mature me. But to do that, I needed...
We’ve all wanted to hit the restart button before. We want a reset when life’s all topsy-turvy – when everything’s turned upside down. We want another shot when it seems nothing can...