Young Adults Campus Students The forum for the campus students,
10, out of which her husband Chih
held ala talk-show style, was on
Yang fulfilled 7. Chih Yang then
the “man-woman relationship”.
cheekily said, “Before marriage,
Helmed by Pastor Janice Chng,
I was 7, but after marriage, I was a
it covered relationship issues
10!” The focus then shifted to
pertinent to campus adults. A few
issues about being in a relationship,
real-life scenarios provided fodder
such as spending the night at your
for audience interaction, as the
partner’s place, or having sex if a
participants put in their votes via
couple really loved each other and
SMS, which were then tallied in
was committed to marriage.
real time. During the interlude, the audience In talking about relationships with
was shown a blog post by a
the opposite gender, it was revealed
certain “Princess Charming” in
that one of the panelists, Victor,
which she lamented her inability
had 47 criteria for a spouse!
to let go of a previous break-up.
Another panelist Grace had only
Everyone had an opportunity to post a comment, with a prize given to the one who dished out the best advice. Pastor Gerald Tan rounded off the forum with a short message, encapsulating the evening’s takeaway in a one-liner: “When you honour God, you will honour your partner.” The little-known 19th Century writer, Randolph Bourne, once said that “friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing”. “Handle with care”, then, pretty much sums up the approach needed for life’s friendships and relationships.
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