Meaning of Life

This “stubborn ox” escaped the gallows for drug involvement – twice

TRIGGER WARNING: This story mentions a suicide attempt that some may find distressing. Before my good friend was executed in Malaysia for manufacturing ecstasy...
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Violent and fearless, this “angmoh gangster” almost ended up in prison many times. Could anyone stop him?
The day Leon Stewart first met his gang leader was the day he was taken to his first gang fight. “Killer Mike” grabbed his...
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At age 3, she fell and lost her hearing – but later found healing for the “wounds of her soul”
“It wasn’t my fault that you fell. It’s your balance that was no good.” Wearing her brand new hearing aid, 12-year-old Edelyne Lau, heard...
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Scammed of a million dollars, her father almost lost his mind. But he found an even greater treasure
It started with the Rubik’s Cube. The year was 1990 and the twistable 3-D puzzle was the toy of its time. It challenged children,...
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“My soul was shattered”: A widower’s journey of grief, strength and hope
Serene Lowe was his “soulmate, lover, partner in marriage, in parenting and in ministry”. She was his whole world.  “When Serene died, my soul...
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After a machete attack, a drug overdose and a car accident, a gangster turned his life over to a new “Dai Lou”
Choby Siau planned to fly to Penang to kill a rival triad member who was sleeping with his girlfriend. As the teen gangster left...

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