What’s the difference between a homosexual and a homosexual person?

In the second session of “A Christian Response To Same-Sex Attraction”, invited speaker Alex Au of Yawning Bread fame spoke a number of times of homophobia. I want to ask, “What is homophobia?” is it a fear of homosexual persons or is it a fear of homosexual behaviour?
I have always thought of homophobia as instances [...]

Book Review - The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Getting Rich

I have a headache. I just finished reading a 360-page book titled “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting Rich”. It’s not easy… to get rich, that is, but this book has been a good book in the sense that it gives a good overview of what it takes to build wealth.
The book starts by helping [...]

Book Review - The Last Hero

The third Terry Pratchett book I’ve read is “The Last Hero” which tells the tale of Cohen the Barbarian and his Silver Horde, the last heroes in the world. Discworld’s definition of heroes describes those who steal treasures, save princesses and defeat Dark Lords - a concept that has been rendered out from the current [...]

Calling all cat lovers!

There’s an art exhibition of photographs of cats at the Arts House until 31 May. For more information, check http://gattidelmondo.blogspot.com/
The name of the exhibition is “Cats of the World II”.

Book Review - Understanding Comics

I’ve seen this book many times in the library, but never felt compelled to borrow it until one day in the Ang Mo Kio library, I found nothing else more interesting.
In short, “Understanding Comics” is a book about comics written in comic style. With the use of the various comic techniques, author Scott McCloud is [...]

Plant Ball - please enjoy!

I was at Daiso on Saturday to pick up a cork board for Nutella. For those who have never heard of it, Daiso is a Japanese-brand departmental store that sells every item for $2. When my friend saffice, who’s currently teaching English in Japan, came back to Singapore, she shared with me that she enjoyed [...]

One man’s junk is another man’s treasure

I’ve been looking for a pair of shoes for some time now, something I can wear out for ordinary daily use. I used to wear a pair of sports sandals, but the 10-year-old pair, which cost me only $9.90, finally fell apart a few months ago. By ‘apart’, I mean the soles split in two.
So [...]

Movie Review - Chocolate

I caught the Thai movie Chocolate on Monday. It was great… if you have nothing better to do. Actually, it was quite a lousy film, despite the recommendation I was given.
Essentially Chocolate is about the autistic daughter Zen of an ex-gangster Zin, who has the special ability to mimick the fighting styles of those she [...]

Befriending Mary

I went for a Marian pilgrimage today, a practice done once a year usually during a month dedicated to Mary, that is, May or October.
During the pilgrimage to a Marian shrine or church under the patronage of Mary, the pilgrims pray fifteen decades of the rosary - five on the way to the location, five [...]

Can We Afford Family Breakdown?

This ZENIT article is quite timely as it comes hot on the heels of an observation made by a senior lawyer Thomas Aqbal, at a recent session of the forum titled “A Christian Response To Same-Sex Attraction”. In his part, Aqbal explains the Singapore government’s decision to retain Section 377A of the Penal Code which [...]