I am no fan of the Melbourne Cup Race; gambling, horse-racing and frippery do not appeal to me. However, Ride Like a Girl captivated me, drawing me into the story with its well-written dialogue peppered with wry humour, beautiful camera work and superb acting. It ...read more
How do you run cross-country, let alone win a daunting race with the top high school athletes in your state, if you are afflicted with asthma and have a reluctant ex-basketball coach as your trainer? That's all I thought this movie was about: a young ...read more
The Internet has borne much good fruit – it enables us to connect with family and friends around the world, allows us to access more information, goods and services than ever before, and provides a mighty tool for evangelisation. However, two incidents have been extremely ...read more
Thanks to Cherish Life, I was recently given the opportunity to watch Unplanned (2019), the movie making waves in America for its depiction of the abortion industry. It is based on Abby Johnson's book Unplanned: The Dramatic True Story of a Former Planned Parenthood Leader's ...read more
Having grown up in a religious minority in Singapore (Catholics form 5.7 percent of the population; Christians in total, 18 percent) and then lived in Australia for a decade, sometimes I wish that irreligious Australians could learn a thing or two about tolerance in a ...read more
As I was growing up in Singapore, I did not really get to know other people in church. My parish was rather large, with 6000-8000 parishioners, and I was quite introverted during Sunday School classes, making only one friend there in my early teens, who ...read more