Posted by Steven Sim on November 27th, 2008 | Categorized as Community, Malaysia, Misc Reflections, Penang, Youth and Sports
I was at the Kelab Menembak Pulau Pinang (Penang Shooting Club) beside the Botanical Garden today. It was a new experience to witness “flying target” shooting live. The closest I got to this was playing it on video games years ago, the one where you shoot flying ducks.
Anyway, Dato’ Freddie Choong, president of the club [...]
Posted by Steven Sim on November 25th, 2008 | Categorized as Christianity, Government, Jesus, Malaysia, Misc Reflections, Politik, Religion | Tagged as collared ones, priest, protest, theologian
“‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams;
even on my male servants and female servants
in those days I will pour out my Spirit, [...]
Posted by Steven Sim on November 24th, 2008 | Categorized as Mind, Misc Reflections | Tagged as Myers-Briggs
I was re-taking the online Myers-Briggs test this morning and was surprised by the results. The last time I took the test was about a year ago. Last year I was ENTJ, this time around, ENTP.
Compared to the test last year, where I am high on “Judging” (53%), I had a 180 degree turn and [...]
Posted by Steven Sim on November 21st, 2008 | Categorized as Community, Government, Malaysia, Penang, Youth and Sports | Tagged as Penang X-Flow 2009
What
30 youth and community activities and sports, including paintball, wall climbing, futsal, streetbasketball, scuba diving, skimboarding, body building, cycling, IT Gaming and …chess (!!)
When
the whole of 2009…
Who
Jawatankuasa Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang Belia dan Sukan in collaboration with over 10 government agencies, organizations, clubs and associations in Penang…
Coming soon…
Posted by Steven Sim on November 20th, 2008 | Categorized as Books, Jesus, Religion | Tagged as Hans Kung, My Struggle for Freedom
I saw this book years ago, when I was in University, in SUFES bookstore. But I was too poor to buy it then, I mean, the little money that I had, I saved them for days when I had even lesser. Since then, I never saw the book again. I was captured by the cover [...]
Posted by Steven Sim on November 19th, 2008 | Categorized as Bukit Mertajam, Community, DAP, Malaysia | Tagged as gotong royong, Taman Permata
Sometimes, most of the time, heroes don’t come in capes and red undies.
For almost 10 years, or maybe more - the Indian auntie I met said it was already “sepuluh tahun”, it doesn’t matter, the point is, the people of Taman Permata flat had been living in a very run-down neighbourhood for a long time.
The [...]
Posted by Steven Sim on November 18th, 2008 | Categorized as DAP, Government, Malaysia, Penang, Politik | Tagged as disparity, Penang State Assembly, Prof. Ramasamy, public service
The action of Bayan Baru UMNO Youth to lodge a report against Penang State Deputy Chief Minister II Prof. P. Ramasamy is both unnecessary and malicious.
Prof. Ramasamy speech did not criticize the affirmative action concerning the Malay community, but merely critized, substantiated with statistics, how UMNO has maneuvered a communal monopoly of the public sector [...]