Dear God, yesterday I had a thought. It dawned on me that sleeping pills and/or aids are a lot more reliable than you! Now I know that they say God sometimes says wait or not now, but look, there are times you know what you need. I have more faith in my melatonin pills than you! At least they work most of the time, and don't ask the world of me and ( Read more... )

Tired.

I stared at the yoga instructor course at the gym for the second time in a week. Maybe not necessarily an instructor course, although I do want to take it one level higher. 

I nearly fainted while watching the NDP yesterday. At the climax of the NDP, 'Dr Jia Jia' - the somewhat infamous internet sensation appeared to say that he wanted to be minister and to make Singlish official because that's what makes us Singaporean. I suppose most of us at a personal level know that anyway, but I think as a sociolinguist, that ( Read more... )

I skipped yoga today and headed straight home for a snooze. I was supposed to start marking common test scripts after dinner but ended up surfing random websites and youtube videos instead of marking, even though I'm really hard pressed for time. Initially I was very angry with myself because I think it's simply a sign of procrastination. I guess I ( Read more... )

I'm actually very curious that I may well start an informal survey of my own. How many people actually felt that your late adolescent years (17-19) were actually memorable? When I look at my kids, and all that they have to go through - adjusting to school life, the pace of their studies, physical/emotional changes, relationships and friendships, ( Read more... )

Surprisingly, even though I could only sleep around 3 am for some inexplicable reason, I woke up feeling ok. The mysterious of the internal bio clock. With 2 cups of coffee, and a 15 minutes power nap interspersed throughout the day, I somehow survived.

Thank you Lord. Please help me to rest well from now on though. Help me to find some peace.

I've been raised to have a strong aversion towards Charismatic Christianity. At the mere mention of 'Charismatic', my mind would be filled with images of worldly, satanic prayer and worship, and the obsession with money and wealth. Lately, having read an article on the socio-economic dimensions of this issue, I found out that I actually belong to ( Read more... )

Never in a million years would I have ever imagined my cell group choosing to do a book study on Rick Warren's purpose driven life. But maybe if that's where the spirit is leading, then that is where I must go. Maybe it's a way for me to open up my heart again, and be spiritual, but in a different way. I really hope it would be meaningful, if not ( Read more... )

I completely realise that whatever I'm saying is nothing new or fresh: it's no longer popular to share your private thoughts, trials and tribulations on the internet. Sure, people do share their thoughts on twitter and face quite openly, perhaps more so than ever. But much of it is incredibly trivial and inconsequential. And with the danger of ( Read more... )