This whole church thing is an extremely volatile issue. There are a lot of walking wounded out there -- people who have been hurt at one time or another by church leaders, manipulative practices or wrong teachings. And yes, I...
The joke's on me. I read about the First Annual Evangelical Awards on Bene Diction's blog a few days ago and winced. Then for some reason I checked my blog stats later that same day (something I hardly do these...
I am in a thoroughly bad mood today but am not sure why. Certainly I've been rather easily irritated over the past few days and have let lots of things get to me -- things which I would normally just...
Chinese New Year was excruciatingly boring this year. So much so that after only four days at home, I was desperate to 'escape'! It wasn't anything my parents said or did, in fact this time they didn't even make any...
Last night I was having dinner with a friend when Adam Carruthers and Marion Caunter, co-hosts of the 8tv Quickie tv programme, walked into the restaurant. Actually, it wasn't a restaurant in the way most Westerners might define one. It...
On Saturday, the sermon was about building strong families and I was... frustrated. Likening a family to a garden, the pastor said, "Your family is the most important field you'll ever tend." I gritted my teeth and muttered in my...
Mom & Dad are planning to climb Mount Kinabalu in a few months' time. Kinabalu, for the unaware, is the highest peak not only in Malaysia but also South-East Asia at 4,101m above sea level. Dad called me last night...
It's insanely annoying that a girl can't occasionally whine about being single (and prospectless) without people thinking that she's desperate. Excuse me? Ok, it's like this. Like I told Blink, say, for example, you are in financial difficulties and you...
Right, I want to know, why is it okay for someone to say, "I would like a guy who shares my passion for gardening," and yet when I say, "I would like a guy who shares my religious beliefs," all...
I was sitting in church two weeks ago (yes, this post is delayed) and for some reason was very disturbed and unable to worship. So when everybody was singing I was sitting down having this heavy lump in my heart....
On Friday night when I went for my church cell group meeting, during the singing, one of the members spoke out that well-known Revelation 3:20 verse that goes, "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone...