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one step forward.. this warm fog, it must have been spring. one goodbye smile.. this warm heart, could it be divine? the thing with road map is.. my north needle is a lost soul. wrong turn filling the chapters, maybe it is right to be wrong all along. how else could i have found you? here and now, ten years less one.. we gasp, we laugh, we pause, we walk along. the title of this chapter is 'courage'.

A dose of CS Lewis today : at the heart of sin

I just can't get enough of this guy's mind and insight. Again.. not necessarily correct all the time. A wonderful one nonetheless. Again.. probably we are just the same kind of soul. "Traditional doctrine points to a sin against God, an act of disobedience, not a sin against the neighbour. And certainly, if we are to hold the doctrine of the Fall in any real sense, we must look for the great sin on a deeper and more timeless level than that of social morality. This sin has been described by Saint Augustine as the result of Pride , of the movement whereby a creature (that is, an essentially dependent being whose principle of existence lies not in itself but in another) tries to set up on its own, to exist for itself. Such a sin requires no complex social conditions, no extended experience, no great intellectual development. From the moment a creature becomes aware of God as God and of itself as self, the terrible alternative of choosing God or self for th...

Business, Entreprenurship and Failure

Came across this guy accidentally at Quora. He happens to have a blog that I think is very good for you to follow if you are into entrepreneurship. http://www.evanasano.com/ I make mistake often. and repeatedly. It has to do with the fact that I happen to be a risk taker even though I never intend to be one. I think one of my biggest flaws is that I do not learn enough from mistakes. or not fast enough it seems. That.. partly is because I did not really write it down even if I would ponder on it again and again. And partly it is down to my stubborn nature. It's a Taurean thing. Looking back, I have tried or got myself involved in various 'business venture' 1) Cleaning service company. Everything looked sound to me. The client and revenue record. The demand. The business owner who asked me to join this company was my own landlord. A Christian too. His name? David. So I thought.. surely he won't run away right? Well.. he  #$#@$% run away with my mone...

Our God Returns

This song is one of the few songs that resonated strongly with my spirit lately. Always love songs that declares the greatness of our God. this God we know.. this God who saves. But we did not really sing this song in the usual service that I attended at 11am. Instead the song was sung in another church that I visited few months ago. This weekend will be the first time I am returning to worship ministry after couple of years. So it was a pleasant surprise to me when the worship leader was changed last minute and so were the songs. Suddenly this song appeared on the list. Ah.. the lovely little surprises that God is always so fond of. you know.. this year still feels like a mystery to me. while our greatest worry in Singapore are mainly haze, dengue, and er.. MRT breakdown, many other places are dealing with routine bombing and all kind of terror. so I tell myself.. be happy sufficiently, be sad as and when it is needed, (coz hey, joy needs sadness too right? ) and b...

the pursuit

have you read the book 'captivating'? have you read a dozen of other similar books? yes.. we get it. women want to be pursued. trust me.. we freaking get it. sure.. japanese coined the terms 'herbivore' males. it refers to men who are passive about their romantic/sexual relationship. naturally there are carnivore type too.. even the female carnivore. yes.. we get your frustration with herbivore guys. and being a meat lover, i can certainly feel you. so back to the topic.. you are the prey, and we are the hunter. that's basically what this whole game rules imply. while you take every opportunity to remind the guys that you need to be pursued, i humbly encourage you to reconsider the nature of being a prey. you are not the only prey in the forest. you do not dictate how the hunter hunt. there is no right or wrong way of hunting. only one thing matters.. result. whether you are caught or not. so.. are you embracing your role now? the hunter has...