I’m a big fan of the TV remote control fights, and it brings me pleasure to watch people banter over the AC remotes as well.

I met her during my university days. We were roommates, later we became good friends, besties as some may call us today. Every week, we would walk to the uni...

It’s about remembering that your time is up, only when you put your hands up in the air and say the words.

Detaching well is as important as a healthy goodbye. As adults, we are always on the run, detaching from people, places and positions.

Of course, we will continue to encounter pain at every level. Life will throw at us many situations.

By now, I should have found the answer. My friends and family are worried that I am struggling with words, unlikely for an author, they say. Everyone’s going...

Interestingly, the dictionary has a word for this emotion that we are now feeling, but failing to express. It’s called anecdoche.

Today (November 1), I have planned it well, or at least I think so. As you read this, I am hopefully typing away at the speed of an aircraft propeller. I wou...

If everything around is temporary should we be investing our time and energies in friendships? Goodbyes do many things to us.

I was in the middle of a workday when I received a call from a friend. “I just realised that in last few months, I’ve lost three of my ex-schoolmates to canc...

On International Women’s Day, I received a message from a friend asking me to select a language I’d like to hear something in — from Korean, Arabic, English,...

Rarely do we get a chance to rewind. So, each time I spot a possibility that is a laced with a promise to take me back to the times gone by, I embrace it; no...

A couple of months ago, a friend who’d met up with an accident and was bedridden for six months shared with me how he got back his life. As part of a spiritu...

Blessings lie in waking moments spent chasing a dream, and in dream that visits us at night.

It’s okay to put one’s feet up and say, ‘I am taking off for a bit.’

Growing up, I made note of how my mum-aunts made appointments at salons, whilst dad-uncles just walked to the barbershops, sans appointments

I’m blindfolded and walking on a rope towards a ‘cliff’. When I reach the edge, someone pats me on the shoulder. I hold the hand extended to me. When I open ...

Music transcends all boundaries. Not only have we heard these words often, but we’ve also experienced it. I was introduced to traditional Chinese music by a ...

I have a super special girl in my life. She is 10 and possesses unicorn-like powers, or so I am made to believe. Just like all other aunts out there, I love ...

Mothers — they're the same world over, right? I thought so too until I met the 'other mothers'. During my university days, I shared a hostel room with a girl...