The secret of the mucus

Did you know that at least three African tribal groups (the Taita, Kamba and Luo) have used the cervical04 mucus as a marker of fertility for generations? And according to an elder of an Australian Aboriginal tribe, Niranji, young girls of his tribe are taken away to a sacred place by the older women and [...]

Say ‘Yes’ To Sex

Assamite let me listen to a song today. It’s a rap song, written by a priest Father Stan Fortuna, CPF. It’s a song about sex. That was enough for me to raise my eyebrows at. I burst out into spontaneous laughter especially when I heard the words “Humanae Vitae” and “Gaudium et Spes” in the [...]

Leaders assail New York’s same-sex ‘marriage’ decision

I think the fourth and fifth paragraphs are the most important.

Albany, May 31 (CNA) - The New York governor office’s decision to recognize same-sex marriages contracted outside of New York State has prompted critical reaction from many leaders, some of whom have called the decision “unilateral” and “anti-democratic.”
A Thursday memo from [...]

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 [...]

The Stranger

Got this in the email today:
A few years after I was born, my Dad met a stranger who was new to our small Texas town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around from then on.
As [...]

The joys of having a low pay

One of the joys I experience with working in the Church is the low pay. Now, hold on a moment, you say, how can low pay ever equal to joy? Doesn’t more money mean more freedom?
Not necessarily. Having a higher salary often means having higher expenses, more bills to pay, and often a greater degree [...]

Calling all women who have gone through abortions, miscarriages, or still births

Healing of Silent Memories is a memorial service that takes place at Mount Alvernia Hospital. It is an opportunity to journey back in time, to grieve and to begin the letting go of painful memories of the losses in life, either through miscarriages, abortions, or still births.
It will be a [...]

Is Singapore committing suicide?

When I was in school, I distinctly remember learning that if Singapore were to survive, it has to depend on its only natural resource - people. How is it then that we have been spending the past 20-30 years committing suicide using population control?
We are now feeling the effects of the aggressive [...]

If you don’t play by the rules, you will end up playing by yourself

There’s an article in today’s ST, Home section page 1, titled “Refuse to send your kids to school? Govt may step in” that caught my attention. The sub-header reads “MOE may consider taking parents of six children to court if they do not respond to counselling”.
It caught my attention because I think I know the [...]

It’s safer to download porn than to download anime?

Page 1 of the Home section of today’s Straits Times has an article titled “Anti-porn drive: 19 netted at Aussie airports”. (Click the picture for the full article.)
In the article, it writes that an 41-year-old SIA pilot Capt Ng (you can check his full name on the article) [...]