On the anniversary of my Mother’s death this year, I spent the day walking the grounds and acquainting myself with my new role as a Residential Student Life Manager at the university. Coincidentally, it was also the first week of first-year orientation activities for the new academic year. Morning workshops…

Published On: 8 Jan 2023 Updated On: 8 Jan 2023 Cutting to the Chase: Background of this list. Ok, while Mandarin Chinese is essentially my mother tongue and I am fluent in the language, living in arguably multilingual Singapore with English as our de facto lingua franca meant that I still had to find avenues to productively improve…

Published On: 8 Jan 2023 Updated On: 8 Jan 2023 Cutting to the Chase: Background of this list. One way I wish to productively improve my German and understanding of present-day German culture and affairs is by immersing myself in the world of storytelling through cinema. …

Mother’s death anniversary is today. Cancer in the early thirties, and passed in the late thirties. I am 28 this year. Once shared in Yale-NUS Christian Fellowship how my relationship with time, ever since my early-20s — how I spent my time, understood time, danced with time, was defined by…

I began this project with the hope of exploring novel and meaningful ways to spiritually and intimately connect with my Christian community and serve them as a brother in Christ (James 2:14–17). Beatitude Étude also helps me regularly engage with Jesus’ beatitudes (Matthew 5:3–12) through prayer and devotion. One Christmas…

“It was a big f*cking mistake la… now my GPA is 2.6/5.0 and I am already in Year 2 Sem 2. How to quit now when I’ve already loaned all this money? How do I go on either when my score is already so shitty? Honestly it’s very hard to…

The 2022 Private Candidate Registration Exercise recently began on 28 March 2022 and will close several days later on 8 April. It is understandable if the thought of resitting your A-Levels sounds repulsive. Still, it might be wise not to avoid the idea reflexively of emotion altogether. Take a deep…

On the 6th of March 2022, a collaborative effort between the Joo Chiat Ministry of Charis Methodist Church, SG Accident Care, and East Asia School of Theology (EAST) saw an evening’s sail along the tranquil Singapore River with our migrant workers hailing from across the Asian region. I was invited…

Welcome to ‘Practical Finance for Young Adults’, a series under the financial publication, ‘Root of All Evil’. Below is a recommended reading sequence if you wish to navigate the series in a structured manner. Happy reading! 1. The Root 2. Young Adult Personal Finance 101: Overview Coming soon in late Jan 2022. 3. Young Adult Personal Finance 101: Brass Tacks Coming soon in late Jan 2022.