Hey. Glad you came by. ✨
take a breath, then tap to read a kind message
What is CheerUp?
CheerUp is a small corner of the internet for hard days. When you open the site, you read a kind message — written by Kao, or by a stranger who wanted to leave something good behind. You can write your own message for someone else to find. That's it. No signup, no ads, no algorithm.
Some people use it on a bad day. Some people use it as a small daily ritual. Some people open it just to write a message for someone they'll never meet. All of those are fine.
What this is for 🇸🇬
This is a place for the in-between moments. The ones that don't quite need a hotline, but feel heavy enough that you wanted to look at something kind. The 11pm scroll, the rough morning, the small Tuesday where nothing's wrong but nothing's right either. The bus ride home from a hard day.
You don't have to be in crisis to deserve a kind word. You're allowed to want one for no reason at all.
About Runner Kao
Hi, I'm Kao. I'm a content creator in Singapore, but before that I was a social worker — which is just a fancy way of saying I sat with a lot of people on their hard days. CheerUp is the small thing I wish existed back then. Somewhere to send people when a crisis hotline felt too heavy, but a meme felt too light. A small middle place.
You might know me as Runner Kao on TikTok, where I make videos about life in Singapore, running around our reservoirs, and the small things that get us through the week. CheerUp is built on the same idea: that the ordinary kindness of strangers matters more than we admit.
How it works
- Tap Read a message on the home screen.
- Read it slowly. If it cheered you up, tap Cheered me up. If not, that's okay too.
- Save it as an image, send it to someone who needs it, or write your own message for a stranger to find.
You can write a message too
If something kind has helped you in the past — something a friend said, something you wish someone had told you on your hardest day — you can write it here for someone else. Tap Write a message for someone, leave up to 280 characters, and send it. Submissions are reviewed by Kao before they appear, so the messages stay gentle and grounded.
Use it as an app on your phone
CheerUp works in any browser, but you can also add it to your phone's home screen like a regular app. On iPhone, open it in Safari, tap the Share button, and choose Add to Home Screen. On Android, tap the browser menu and choose Install App. It works offline once installed.
If you're really not okay
CheerUp is a small kindness, not a substitute for real support. If today feels heavier than what a kind message can hold, please reach out to someone. In Singapore, you can call the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) at 1-767, 24 hours a day. The IMH Mobile Crisis Service is 6389-2222. The National Care Hotline is 1800-202-6868. Reaching out is its own kind of strength.