Walking down a strip of sandy beach, you pick up a handful of sand. You hold it loosely at first, until you clench your fist as tightly as you can so you won't lose it. But each and every grain slips between your fingers; and the harder you grip, the quicker it falls. So learn to let go - here's how.

At every stage of life, the friends we make are different. So when do we know it is time to move on?

From Leeds to Life

When 25-year-old Tan Hui Ling started a blog with a friend nearly six years ago, she never dreamed that it would turn out to be her dream job. This petite, light-haired lass is best known as Cheesie, and her blog Cheeserland.com, receives up to 8,000  visitors in a day as they read all about her life and take in all her beauty secrets.

I recall a friend telling me about her bunch of Uni friends who were all worked up over an ignorant editor's note about today's young people's approach to Merdeka. But when my friend asked them to write to the editor to air their concerns, they just said, "aiya, what's the point lah." Why do our youths balk at speaking up for what they believe in?