And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us. (1 John 3:23-24)
We always forget that as human, we are not only weak, but incomplete.
A friend of mine, in her 40s, single, quite well-to-do, the kind who seemed to have little worries in life told me that she is longing for a companion. Not really a marriage, she said. Read as, companion, not commitment.
The thing is, it [...]
When we talk about “celebrating cultural diversity”, are we being too selfish or too ignorant?
Preserving cultural diversity is considered a supreme virtue today, but the members of the diverse cultures don’t always see it that way. People have wants and needs, and when cultures rub shoulders, people in one culture are bound to notice when [...]
I think there are place and time for sermons like this.
But often enough, Christians forgot that in the bible, judgement may not mean the ugly scene of destructions and annihilation.
Here is an example of a judgement day scene from the bible-
10Say among the nations, ”The LORD reigns!
Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;
he [...]
I was at Chief Minister’s launching of the Penang Career Assistance and Training Centre (C.A.T. Centre) yesterday afternoon.
This is part of the State Government’s initiative to help Penangites weather the economic challenges this year (and the next?). The Centre’s primary focus is to coordinate job matching and re-training opportunities for jobs in Penang, ranging from [...]
When I have kids in the future, I’ll teach them this:
In full robes and pageantry
He held the state assembly,
in a car park, under a tree.
To commenmorate the brave 28 state assemblymen and women of Perak who together with their Speaker braved the powerful machineries of the corrupted Barisan Nasional and carried out their duties to [...]
In my MA thesis, I proposed that the question about meaning of life is actually one about the coherence of the story we tell about life. Recall I wrote once, that,
“Naturally however, human beings are drawn to experience coherence and unity. For e.g. we see shapes rather than mere dots and lines, our brain with [...]
I had a short discussion over lunch with a friend of JR about spiritualism vs. religion.
It all began with him saying he is a vegan due to spiritual and health concerns when I asked him whether he is a vegan because of health or religion?
My accidental lunch mate went on to say that there is [...]
I just finished reading a very lengthy article from the Atlantic Magazine titled The End of Men.
The apocalyptic title does not do justice to the chill one felt at the end of the article.
I for one felt dreadful, not because women are being empowered but because the quest for gender equality should not end up at [...]
I know I have been missing from this blogging business. My blog was down, again, for a while and the discontinuity took a toll on my writing here. I am actually looking for a new server to host this site. Any good service to recommend, one with a reasonable price?
The reason I am writing this is [...]
My friend ET, who is a real top notch pastry chef, offered to teach me how to make cupcakes today afternoon. I was trying to decide between two conference papers I had to write of which the abstract is due this weekends and spending the afternoon learning from a master (trust me on this one!).
It [...]
JR has been quite fascinated with Oscar Wilde ever since she watched Dorian Gray. Not only did she write two blog posts about the movie (here and here), but she is now able to give a Wilde-quote for any situation we are in.
The movie was based on Wilde’s only published novel The Picture of Dorian [...]
After about 3 weeks, the first phase of no.12 is finally completed. To recap, JR and I have a to-do list which I published some time back:
1. enlarging the living room2. re-tiling certain portion of the house3. building a new fence and gate4. fixing a new automated gate and a new glass door5. putting up [...]
Source: The Micah Mandate
HOW DID WE END UP IN THIS MESS?- a personal view of the country’s financial state
by Dr. Tan Kee Kwong (former 3-term MP Segambut)
As a private citizen now, I am just going through the main headlines in the papers this morning (June 11). I see all sorts of figures and fantastic projections. [...]
Looks like the Perak saga continues, with another legislator from Pakatan Rakyat (DAP), Keshvinder Singh (Malim Nawar) quited the party to become “BN friendly Independent”. He claimed that he was attracted by PM Najib’s style of administration and believed that only BN can offer development to his constituency. It is interesting for someone to profile [...]
What’s keeping me busy lately? I think it’s safe to say that I meant to say, “on top of my regular work”. I always have difficulty answering when asked by folks about my current occupation. Maybe I will dedicate the next post to talk about my job/s.
But for now, allow me to introduce one of [...]
I am a true-blood Penang "kia" (son of Penang) who love everything about my beautiful home-state, well, almost everything. :)
Formerly I served as the Special Assistant to the Penang State Executive Councillor (State-level ministerial post) in charge of Youth and Sports. I am now pursuing an MA in Philosophy at a local university.
I am also the Executive Secretary of the Network of Social Democracy in Asia (www.socdem.asia) and sit on the committee of the State-sponsored Good Governance and Gender Equality Society (3Gs). Since 2007, I also served in various capacities in the office of the Hon' Madam Chong Eng, a leading Malaysian woman Parliamentarian.
Politically, I had the privilege to help manage four successful political campaigns since 2007 and was involved in planning, campaigning and monitoring of eight state and federal level elections in Malaysia.
I am engaged with the love of my life, Jorin. Both of us worship at the Bukit Mertajam Gospel Centre.
