Some photos to share

Nutella thinks that I look like I’ve been beaten up… sure, by a sinseh! Torture session again tomorrow…
The view from the 16th floor of National Library. I entered the lift, looked for the button for the 16th floor, couldn’t find it, and stepped out again. Went to the security desk, [...]

No exemption for British Catholic adoption agencies

London, Jan. 29, 2007 (CWNews.com) - Turning down an appeal from the country’s Catholic hierarchy, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced that Church-run agencies will not be exempt from a new policy requiring equal treatment for same-sex couples.
Saying that “there is no place in our society for discrimination,” Blair [...]

Thoughts on SSPX

For the past few days, I’ve been troubled by a certain local Catholic blogger who has publicly announced his affiliation to the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX). It troubles me because many Catholics are going to the SSPX as it is where Catholics can celebrate Mass in the Tridentine Rite.
Now [...]

Tuesday, January 30 - Jesus the Sinseh

Hebrews 12:1-4
With so many witnesses in a great cloud on every side of us, we too, then, should throw off everything that hinders us, especially the sin that clings so easily, and keep running steadily in the race we have started. Let us not lose sight of Jesus, who leads us [...]

Recommended read

Chanced across this post in a WordPress blog:
How to Win Any Debate… Even if You’re Less Intelligent, Less Prepared, and Less Attractive than Your Opponent.
It’s a good read. Here’s how it begins:
As a freshman in high school (about ten years ago), I participated in the only formal debate of my life. It [...]

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Since late last year, I’ve had a shoulder injury from a gym incident, and as a result, I had steered clear of the gym while waiting for the shoulder to recover. It hasn’t. Instead, it has worsened. I decided to go to the doctor.
After having gone through Western physiotherapy for my [...]

Monday, January 29 - Deliver Us From Evil

Hebrews 11:32-40
Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel and the prophets - these were men who through faith conquered kingdoms, did what is right and earned the promises. They could keep a lion’s mouth shut, put out blazing fires and emerge unscathed from battle. They were weak people who were given [...]

Question: Do homosexuals really comprise 10 percent of the male population?

We have all heard the claim repeated, based on Kinsey’s data, that at least 10 percent of the male population is homosexual. Too few are aware of the interesting methods he used to arrive at that figure. To begin with, in order to ensure that homosexuality would be overrepresented (and hence [...]

What is Roe v. Wade?

On January 22 earlier this week, American and pro-life Catholic blogs commented on the 34th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. What is Roe v. Wade actually, and what does it have to do with us in Singapore?
In summary, Roe v. Wade was a case argued in the U.S. Supreme Court which [...]

Sunday, January 28 - With Love

Judge Not
Adapted by David Woon
I was shocked, confused, bewildered
as I entered Heaven’s door,
Not by the beauty of it all,
nor the lights or its decor.
But it was the people in Heaven
who made me cannot tahan but complain -
the pirated CD vendors, the rude drivers, the illegal MP3 downloaders,
the shopaholics, the vain.
There stood [...]