I've been out of town and away from an Internet connection for days. Yesterday as I was driving back from out of state, I had car trouble. Blink (my bro) was with me, having decided to hitch a ride with...
Dad looked and me and said, "You have a lot of weight to lose." Mom said I have a triple chin. I know, my family are sooooo supportive, aren't they? The last time, Dad said my face is now bigger...
I was walking in a shopping mall when a stall's array of jewellery boxes caught my eye. Unable to stop myself, I paused to look, to touch, to dream. I've always wanted a musical jewellery box, or one of those...
Is this an auspicious year for weddings, or is it just something in the air? Seven of my friends & acquaintances are getting married within the first six months of this year. I've already attended two of those weddings and...
I remember telling Mom I wanted a guy who'd be sensitive to my feelings and needs, and she said I would wait forever coz guys are not like that. I insisted that there are a few guys like that out...
I like to bounce ideas off people. Yesterday I was driving Emmy (my housemate) and I to a nearby shopping mall when I asked her if it was ok to get married for companionship or because we're lonely. After all,...
The truth is, I want to marry because I think it will make me happy. Or happier. Oh, it's not something I readily admit. A few months ago, one of my uncles mentioned in conversation that marriage is a blessing,...
I think my "church search" is over. Those are scary words. They signal decision time, and I've always hated making decisions. I'm scared I'll regret my decisions later and have to retract my words. But, as one of my housemates...
When I told a friend I'll be going to DUMC for the time being, he started ranting. "Why is everyone gravitating towards the megachurches?" he said. Hey, I'm not so wild about megachurches either! But what's a "megachurch"? The Hartford...
One of the reasons I'm scared to say that I'll settle down in DUMC is because I don't know if I really will. I think it's too early to tell. I want to be happy and excited and to thank...
Ok ok ok. Don't panic. Don't panic. *takes deep breath* So, I was pretty disturbed yesterday by DUMC's goals for 2004, especially all the numbers. Numbers and numbers and numbers. I'm still not sure if I was making a mountain...
I'm seeing a lot of people get very... exercised about the church issue. I'm half sorry I wrote about DUMC because it's been getting some brickbats from other bloggers who aren't much acquainted with the church or the church's leadership....
I want to give the whole church thing a rest, but if I don't write about church I'll be writing about relationships and y'all are gonna think I have a two-track mind. One-track is better more focused :P On...
While Americans are reeling from the reports of Iraqi POWs abused by US military personnel, Malaysians are reeling from a lady's horrific abuse of her 19-year-old Indonesian maid. The case made news headlines on Thursday. Found by a condominum guard...
With all the outcry over Nirmala Bonat's case (the case of the abused 19-year-old Indonesian maid), I wonder... I wonder whether there is a place for forgiveness. Everybody is saying that what the employer's wife did to Nirmala is unforgivable....
I've never really been one to have pets. I had two rabbits when I was in primary school, but they died an untimely death due to the neighbour's dogs who burrowed under the fence separating our gardens and tore apart...
"This morning's worship leader was good, but the lady scheduled to lead worship next week is better," said a lady to me recently, one morning after Sunday service. (Yes, I know the charismatics call 'em 'celebrations', not 'services', but 'service'...
Sometimes I read blogs and the ensuing comments, and wonder about Christian behaviour. Or sometimes something sparks me off and I realise just how un-Christlike I am. We can be very unkind, can we not? So when Bene Diction emailed...
I'm so angry. I was reading the Jan-Feb issue of Floodgates, DUMC's church newsletter, when I had a sense of déjà vu. Wait a minute, this sounds very familiar... Bloody hell! My work's been plagiarised!! You know, I've sometimes wondered...
So, I am an idiot, but I knew that already. I just don't like having witnesses. *wince* Note to self: Don't blog when feeling angry. It wasn't till I saw the comments on my last post that I realised exactly...