Entries from June 2007

June 29, 2007

Goodness Gracious.

God’s mercy is His goodness towards those in distress.
God’s grace is His goodness towards those who deserve only punishment.
God’s patience is His goodness towards those who continue to sin over a period of time.

June 23, 2007

Technicolour-Monotones

June 21, 2007

“Substance Over Form”

When I was at university, we were made to memorise this mantra in accounting courses. One must never judge by the form of an entity, but its substance- what it really is.
Later, I attended a class on interpreting the Bible when the question on whether Malaysia was an Islamic state popped up. My Muslim lecturer [...]

June 17, 2007

The Art of Zongzi.

Culture.

Tradition.

Family.

I’d hate to forget all these.
Why we eat it

June 13, 2007

Perspectives.

Over the past week, I had some neat conversations over God’s personal ‘calling’ to His people. These conversations always conveniently started with one of us saying, “I need some perspective…”.
Not a bad liner, I supposed. We all need perspectives or to be more specific, the right perspectives about our jobs and our roles as students [...]

June 9, 2007

Making sense of Hat Yai.

Your senses- what do they tell you about a city? Everything, except the time when terrorists would strike the city with bombs again. Just a week ago, Hat Yai, Songkla Beach and Yala; three popular tourist destinations in Southern Thailand were rocked by bomb explosions. Most of the explosions were minor, but enough to drive [...]