The day after Christmas, the strainsĀ of Joy to the World were immediately replaced with qi ge long tong qiang tong qiang in the shopping malls. And if like me, you went to the mall today, you...
Looking at the man, Jesus felt genuine love for him. āThere is still one thing you havenāt done,ā he told him. āGo and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will...
From Primary 1 to Primary 6, I failed everything. I failed my PSLE, so I dropped out of school. I started smoking cigarettes, sniffing glue and got involved in a secret society. In 1988, I got...
Ahh, appraisal season. Doesn’t matter which end you’re on ā whether you’re appraiser or appraisee ā there’s one thing we can all agree on: We’re all happy when...
āRun in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last...
Thereās nothing quite like being a journalist: The thrills of being the first to know, the adrenaline rush of getting an insider scoop, and the best part of all, hearing stories and re-telling them...
This story runs backwards. Stay with me. APRIL 19, 2016.Ā In the middle of Changi Airport, where I was bound for Boracay on my ad agencyās annual holiday,Ā I stared at a WhatsappĀ message on my...
My friend Desiree (not her real name) is a been-there, done-that kind of person. Fearless. Confident. A go-getter. She loves to tell me stories about her life and I love hearing them; itās like...
I saw myself on stage, standing in front of hundreds, maybe thousands of people. I never told anyone, but I wanted to do big things for Jesus and I thought I knew what that looked like. I could see...