Workplace

Finding Purpose

Meet the couple behind local labels The Commandment Co. and wheniwasfour

When I was given the opportunity to interview Edwin and Li Ling, founders of local labels The Commandment Co. and wheniwasfour  respectively, I couldn’t wait. I’ve always been a fan of their...

Work

Overcoming my quarter-life crisis when my career crumbled under COVID-19

I graduated in 2019 with a hospitality business degree and was grateful to secure a full-time job in a travel agency. However, when COVID-19 hit Singapore and the circuit breaker was implemented, I...

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...

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...

Workplace

5 types of workers returning to office (and things to look out for!)

Most of us have begun returning to office in the past few weeks after what seems like an eternity of working from home (I know of friends who’ve actually been working from home since April of...