My personal take and insights on
life, love and Spirit.
It is 4.14 in the morning of March 5, and i am sitting in my living room upstairs, grieving the loss of my 20-year-old cat Casey. She passed away at exactly 1.23am (perhaps there is a significance in the numbers, but I am unable to work it out right now). All I know is, we’re only in the first week of the third month of the year, and already I have had to say goodbye to three
It’s the middle of the afternoon on Christmas Eve. I am sitting in my living room, with my Christmas tree lights on, and my scented Christmas candles burning. Music plays softly in the background, and the air is cool after a rainstorm that is typical here in Singapore this time of year. It’s one of the rare moments when I have some quiet time to myself, and the house is as quiet as it will
So tomorrow, all Singaporeans over the age of 21 go to the polls. For the first time in 50 years, every constituency is being contested, which means everyone who is old enough to vote gets the opportunity to do so. This may not seem like a big deal to others around the world, but for us Singaporeans, it is. Because in all our general elections in the 50 years since we became a nation, no opposition
I was on my way home after running errands all afternoon one day last week. As usual, I looked straight ahead as I walked, mentally going through my list of still-to-do’s. I stopped at the traffic lights, waiting for the green man to appear so I could cross over to the neighbourhood supermarket to grab some things before rushing home to complete a few more tasks before dinner. I grimaced slightly as aching muscles and
Once, there were four siblings who lived in three different cities. The sister who lived in the first city was well known and loved by many. She lived in a lovely house painted in bright, happy colours, and she could always be found outdoors, singing as she tended her beautiful, beloved garden. She grew fruit and vegetables, and everything bloomed and blossomed under her green thumb. Everyone admired her garden; it brought colour, beauty and joy
When the angels first nudged me onto my path over a decade ago, I spent more than a year struggling with the idea of even exploring anything outside the boundaries of my religion. But when I finally accepted that I wasn’t hallucinating or going mad, and chose to take my first baby step forward into the Great Big Unknown, the universe brought me the teachers and lessons that I needed (yes, when the student is