A close friend of mine got married this September, and my first university bunkmate’s child turned one. I saw all this, and I was suddenly overcome by a wave of nostalgia. How did we get here? I still remember cooking Indomie from a kettle with these girls, laughing about the boys we liked, studying deep […]
We Were Girls Once Read More »
I know there is more; I just can’t seem to find my way to it. Part I I came to a jarring realisation recently: I’m the problem sometimes. I think we all know this theoretically, but the truth is, we are usually the heroes of our stories and our point of view is always the
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On Disappointment: The way a dream usually works is that you imagine a future with the particular outcome you desire. What happens when that dream doesn’t come true? Suddenly, you are living in a present that you never imagined. It’s a little bit jarring; you didn’t plan for this, and so you find yourself in
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I have one primary lens that I use to see the world, and it’s rose-tinted. There’s a pattern I’m noticing, however: if you only see the world as good, it means you are not able to improve it. Because it’s a lie to assume that all is right in the world. It’s good to be
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I had a pretty great year! This year, I had a million reasons to judge God faithful. I looked back at my journey, and I saw Him fulfil every promise He had made. It wasn’t without its fair share of difficulties, but they all paled in comparison to the goodness of God. How was your
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“I want a divorce.” Not this again, Michael groaned internally. He spoke softly, almost whispering, so his frustration wouldn’t show. “Baby, we have been over this. We’re not getting a divorce.” Sarah burst into tears, and Michael groaned again. He dropped the copy of The Economist he had been trying to read. Trying because the
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It is a Saturday, and I’m sitting in a home fellowship. We just wrapped up prayers, and we were in the sharing session when my phone dinged with an incoming email. I’ve been expecting the email for weeks, so I quickly navigate to my inbox, but I do not open it up just yet. A
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Are you a good friend? You know that thing where you only learn about someone after a major public news event? That’s how I met Sam Bankman-Fried. He was once the 41st-richest American, but today he is serving a 25-year term in prison for financial fraud. I’ll leave you to do your own research if
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I do not recognise myself from ten years ago. It’s the craziest thing, I am staring at myself in my secondary school’s yearbook and I do not know who the girl with the wide smile and chubby cheeks is. I begin to wonder if I ever knew her, she writes in her profile about loving
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How to survive as a rule follower. Let me begin by confessing. The subtitle isn’t completely true because I haven’t figured out how to survive as a rule follower. It would have been more appropriate if I had phrased it as a question. If this world belongs to the disruptors, how can you survive as
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