Quote of the day

Reconciliation is a process which moves in God’s time and not at our command nor in our way of reckoning time.
- Father Jeroom Heyndrickx, CICM
From March 31 - April 12, Father Jeroom will be leading a group of some 10 high-profile persons, among whom are Cardinal Daneels and three other other Belgian bishops, on a [...]

Book Review: Wolverine - Origin

He is the best at what he does. He is one of Marvel’s greatest heroes, though not necessarily the best example for kids… He has been called many names, and has lived many lifetimes.
You know him as Wolverine. His friends call him Logan. And his enemy calls him James Howlett. [...]

How I almost got conned at Sim Lim

I brought my comp in for a second round. The first round, I brought it on Good Friday, but when I got there, it was working. >.<
Anyway, the same shop was closed today, so I went to the main shop. The one I went on Friday was a branch. There were two guys there, one [...]

Book Review: Crisis On Infinite Earths

After hearing so much about it, and after hearing a friend rave about it, I finally mustered enough courage to overcome my dislike of old comic art and read Crisis On Infinite Earths (COIE). Okay, I admit, the reason I really borrowed this collection of comics nicely wrapped together in [...]

Why would Jesus help a Muslim?

I got this in the email last night. It’s the testimony of a Muslim who joined Hezbollah and was taught by his grandfather to “share Islam with the poor Christians who had gone astray”. Hear him share the powerful life-changing experience of his conversion:
http://www.muslimjourneytohope.com/testimonies/testimony_afshin.wmv
 

I don’t like Mr Brown anymore

I used to like reading Mr Brown’s blog, but lately, his posts seem to be full of sarcasm. I’m not a big fan of sarcasm, because it implies hidden anger or arrogance. Take this post for example, about a ChannelNewsAsia report on the search effort for Mas Selamat. Either Mr Brown is an angry person, [...]

How can I afford it?

I’ve been reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad, and Cashflow Quadrant, both by Robert Kiyosaki. Will give a proper book review later when I get the former book back from Nutella.
One of the things that I’ve learnt from these books is that it is not at all helpful to say, “I can’t afford it”, because saying [...]

Visita Iglesia and Resurrection

I have been getting literally hundreds of hits views on this blog in recent days because when people Google for “Visita Iglesia“, which is the custom of visiting churches on Maundy Thursday, Catholic Writings shows up as first rank. This blog got 243 hits from this term alone, not counting other variations like “visita iglesia [...]

Boy-boy’s first day at the beach

Nutella and I took John Paw (Boy-boy) to the beach for the first time on Sunday. Why do we call him ‘Boy-Boy’? Well, that’s what Nutella’s grandma calls the dog. Dialect-speaking, she can’t pronounce his English name, so she calls him ‘Boy-boy’. But even if she can pronounce his English name, she’ll probably call him [...]

Can you make money by teaching other people how to make money?

Would you give me $5,000 to attend a course of mine that I guarantee that if you follow the steps I give, you will be making $100,000 a year? It’s a good investment - you give me $5,000 and I give you the ability to make $100,000 a year.
I’m not the one offering the course. [...]