I remember sometime last year feeling envious of Ivy because she was so busy. Well, not because she was just busy – but because I felt she was busy with so much purpose. She is of course not the only one I know who is busy with work – but she stood out in that […]
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Surpassing expectations
Today I had a lunch appointment with Assoc. Prof Ng Pak Tee (NIE), another one of my thesis committee members. The purpose was to tell him that I have decided to take a leave of absence from my PhD studies. I was not apprehensive at all as I knew that as a Christian himself, he […]
The Paul Team
Last night was the first general meeting of the Paul the Musical committee that I attended. It went on from 8p.m. to practically 11p.m. and when I left, the creative team and publicity team were still there. But I had a blast! I haven’t realized how much I missed working in a team. And such […]
DC Talk's "My Will"
It’s a little embarrassing to think back on the time when I was so infatuated with Zibin (early courtship days) that I’d be game to try whatever he liked, even against my own tastes. Chilli, coffee, raw fish, Stephen Chow, C-pop, and… Christian Rock. I have always generally preferred worship music of the more soothing […]
The need to withdraw
In the morning, long before dawn, he got up and left the house and went off to a lonely place and prayed there. – Mk. 1:35 Understanding the need for solitude and prayer is important if we are to live centered lives. In order to find ourselves, we will almost always experience the need to […]
Best Valentine's Day EVER!
Zibin and I agree – yesterday was the best Valentine’s Day we ever had, bar none. And we’re the kind of people who never celebrate V-Day cos, well… why wait for Feb 14 to do something special together? But yesterday, we spent our V-Day evening at our first Parish Assembly ever, at our parish of […]
Living with purpose
“For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which to choose. But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that […]
God provides
It’s amazing how beautiful the world becomes when I open myself to God’s grace. In so many little things, in little ways, my days are brightened when I let Him lead me. Unexpected encounters, a chance to spend time with a friend’s hospitalized mother and hear about her life story, a lovely new hand-bag from […]
"I am just here to be beautiful"
…I suspect that too often we have lost contact with the source of our own existence and have become strangers in our own house. We tend to run around trying to solve the problems of our world while anxiously avoiding confrontation with that reality wherein our problems find their deepest roots: our own selves. In […]
My philosophy of housework
It is my own conviction that doing housework is good for my soul. There is something very down-to-earth and grounded about making the home a clean, tidy and comfortable place to live for my family. Each little act – be it making the bed, cleaning the bathroom, vacuuming and mopping the floor or washing dirty […]
Journey of the Heart 