Characteristics of Substitutes

28.08.09 1 Comment

Assume that you are aware of, own, experience, or appreciate something which you know is inherently good. Now think of getting something else to take its place. The reason why it’s being replaced, for the sake of this discourse, is because you can’t…  

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As long as we see the substitute as just that - a substitute - we'd never be able to appreciate…

Post-Penang Recovery Phase

24.08.09 No Comments

Before August arrived, I was viewing the month with the same kind of wariness that one has while teetering at the edge of a cliff, looking down at the ravine below that you know won’t have anything to break your fall once…  

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Lionel, It’s Your Big Day!

15.08.09 No Comments

You are in Malacca right now. It’s 7:30am—you may already be in the thick of playing heng tai-chee mui games, you and your manly men battling your way through obstacles to get to your bride-to-be. Lots of fun, peels of laughter. Photos…  

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We Aren’t Immortal.

05.08.09 1 Comment

How far should we go to protect our children from the world’s ‘dangers’?  

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Somehow 3 thoughts come to mind. 1. A Koranic quote, "On no soul does God place a burden greater…

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