Chua Mui Hoong

Chua Mui Hoong is a pastoral care counsellor based in Perth and a former Opinion Editor of The Straits Times.

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Good friends should build you up; they make you who you are

Friendships are important in our development as individuals. To have good friends, we first have to learn to be one.

Confessions of a serial mover who is trying to put down roots

The writer enjoys the verdant green land and a beautiful rainbow in her new neighbourhood.

I don’t hide my ‘old’ age, but I refuse to be defined by it

Living through a fuel crisis in one of the world’s most isolated cities

Diesel prices have been rising sharply in Australia.

The joys of being an accidental mentor

Mentors derive a great deal of satisfaction from seeing their charges succeed.

How swimming in the ocean in Australia taught me to live with risks

It didn’t take me long to realise that my swimming skills, honed in safe swimming pools in Singapore, were inadequate for swimming in the ocean in Western Australia.

What if that litter on the road isn’t someone else’s job?

People taking part in SG Clean Day in the Marina Bay area in 2023. Overall, as a society, Singaporeans have become people used to paying others to clean up their mess.

Releasing my inner domestic goddess – discovering the joy of homemade food

One new activity taking up the writer's time these days is cooking, and she is discovering, to her delight, that she enjoys mucking about in the kitchen.

From a super-saver to embracing ‘die with zero’

The idea is to spend money, time and energy in a balanced way so that over your lifetime, as your time and energy run out, so does your money.

Ageing without worry: Some lessons from Australia

Australia recently passed a new Aged Care Act, which will come into effect in November 2025.

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