Friends, How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory—these are a few of my favourite shows I grew up watching. I remember thinking to myself, how fun and awesome it would be to rent an apartment with a couple of close mates, and live like these characters did. We could have movie nights, game nights, and …
o my fellow loner, Do you ever imagine what it’s like, having people who care about you? Wouldn’t it just brighten up your day, knowing that there are people eagerly waiting to greet you when you get to school or work? I wish that were the case for me too. To be honest, most days …
Recently, my friend shared that he doubted if he would still be a Christian if it weren’t for the friends who were there for him in 2018. That was the year he had lost a very dear cousin to sickness. And then, barely two months later, the rest of his cousin’s family members died in …
Daniel is married to his high school sweetheart, and dad to three. He’s the author of What’s Next: Your Dream Job, God’s Call and a Life That Sets You Free, and a podcaster at Our Daily Bread. He holds a Master’s Degree from Fuller Theological Seminary, and is an ordained minister. “Wow you walk fast,” …
It had been some time since I caught up with an elderly friend of mine, so I was looking forward to have a meal with her. But what I hoped to be a fun catch-up quickly turned into an awkward one when my good intentions backfired. We were at a hawker center and had decided …
It’s 1am, and I can’t sleep. My heart is heavy and my mind is full of unpleasantness. I shouldn’t be feeling like this. I’ve spent the past few days having a great time with people I love. But still, seeing the Instagram stories from dozens of friends who are hanging out at something I wasn’t …
It’s been an eventful year, and unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve surely noticed that everyone around you has a different, often heated, opinion about ongoing events. Amidst social media unfriending, fraught family discussions, and silent judgement of coworkers’ bumper stickers, how do we maintain or build relationships when we seem to disagree so fundamentally on so many different …
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As I type this, conflict carves away at the face of my own nation. Protests over racial injustice ripple from one coast to the other. But conflict starts at the personal level. Maybe you’re dealing with a stressed relationship from the pressure of being smushed together for months. Maybe you’ve got a racist relative whose …
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I come from a family of five—there’s my father, mother, two older sisters and me. Together we’re dysfunctional, disorganised, lazy and sometimes crazy. But behind it all, we’re a very loving bunch. So “family” is a term that I hold dear to my heart. It is the very essence of love and comfort to me, …
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hy are you still looking for housing options? I’ve told you that you can come stay with us. We have a room for you,” Cheu said. This gentle rebuke has stuck with me for a while—even after I’ve wrapped up my five-month stay at her family’s apartment in New York, and now returned home to …
