Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Congratulations and Some Ramblings
A few congratulations due here :)
To a good fren who has just gotten a nice galfren... おめでとう!
To my aunt and cousin who by the marvellous hands of God delivered healthy baby boys. Can you believe that these two, actually of different generations, were born on the same day and almost same time too! Haha. And that means that I am a 表姨 to a Eurasian boy now :) Will pray that the mothers and children stay healthy.
Ok, on to my little ramblings as usual. Was quite enlightened by Robert's blog entry about us humans being complex creatures, just like our Creator, who is so profound it takes more than a lifetime to understand Him. In this time of solitude, I discover new and sometimes long-forgotten aspects of my character. Some of these disturb me, some I find rather pleasant. Overall, it can get (what else?) pretty confusing. But a good lesson to take home is that God reveal a lot to us in our times of solitude. And oso that we who have chosen Jesus as our Lord and Saviour ought to base our confidence on Him alone and not what ppl purpose us to be.
Carrying on from the thread of a previous post, while academics irritate me sometimes with their overtly theoretical thinking, I discover that talking to some non-academics can be a bit difficult as well. Because they just dun speak the same language somehow. Esp when you decide to get a bit POSMO and try to present another way of thinking to them when they are dead-set in a certain way of thinking. Guess perhaps deep inside most human beings are really stubborn beings with their own notions of things and again, I should learn not to take these too personally and get overly sensitive about what they think. And so, I guess that, judging from the above, spending 4 years in FASS really ruined me hohoho :) Made me too much of an academic. Maybe I should have studied harder and become a lawyer instead. At least I would have learn the skill of making black into white and so earn cash from it :p
Living here makes you realise that life is a struggle. Businesses struggle to snatch portions of that consumer pie. The poor and the marginalised struggle for daily living. Priviliged ppl like me struggle to protect their lives and their possessions, not to mention clawing for more. And many are not ashamed to use underhanded means to reach what they want. And yes, this includes Christians. Very sad reality indeed.
Most Singaporeans dun realise that they never had to struggle against a certain feeling of exposure, almost nakedness, to the bare elements of life. Ok, if anything, at least they dun struggle against the realities of racial tension or social hierarchy. You feel it much, much more here. I never thought much about something as simple as serving drinks to someone of another social standing or race, but I was reminded of it and have to bear it in mind. Patron-client relationships also exists, repackaged in modern clothing. We are late entrants into this age-old SEAn game, which stinks when judged by the cultural yardsticks we are used to.
To a good fren who has just gotten a nice galfren... おめでとう!
To my aunt and cousin who by the marvellous hands of God delivered healthy baby boys. Can you believe that these two, actually of different generations, were born on the same day and almost same time too! Haha. And that means that I am a 表姨 to a Eurasian boy now :) Will pray that the mothers and children stay healthy.
Ok, on to my little ramblings as usual. Was quite enlightened by Robert's blog entry about us humans being complex creatures, just like our Creator, who is so profound it takes more than a lifetime to understand Him. In this time of solitude, I discover new and sometimes long-forgotten aspects of my character. Some of these disturb me, some I find rather pleasant. Overall, it can get (what else?) pretty confusing. But a good lesson to take home is that God reveal a lot to us in our times of solitude. And oso that we who have chosen Jesus as our Lord and Saviour ought to base our confidence on Him alone and not what ppl purpose us to be.
Carrying on from the thread of a previous post, while academics irritate me sometimes with their overtly theoretical thinking, I discover that talking to some non-academics can be a bit difficult as well. Because they just dun speak the same language somehow. Esp when you decide to get a bit POSMO and try to present another way of thinking to them when they are dead-set in a certain way of thinking. Guess perhaps deep inside most human beings are really stubborn beings with their own notions of things and again, I should learn not to take these too personally and get overly sensitive about what they think. And so, I guess that, judging from the above, spending 4 years in FASS really ruined me hohoho :) Made me too much of an academic. Maybe I should have studied harder and become a lawyer instead. At least I would have learn the skill of making black into white and so earn cash from it :p
Living here makes you realise that life is a struggle. Businesses struggle to snatch portions of that consumer pie. The poor and the marginalised struggle for daily living. Priviliged ppl like me struggle to protect their lives and their possessions, not to mention clawing for more. And many are not ashamed to use underhanded means to reach what they want. And yes, this includes Christians. Very sad reality indeed.
Most Singaporeans dun realise that they never had to struggle against a certain feeling of exposure, almost nakedness, to the bare elements of life. Ok, if anything, at least they dun struggle against the realities of racial tension or social hierarchy. You feel it much, much more here. I never thought much about something as simple as serving drinks to someone of another social standing or race, but I was reminded of it and have to bear it in mind. Patron-client relationships also exists, repackaged in modern clothing. We are late entrants into this age-old SEAn game, which stinks when judged by the cultural yardsticks we are used to.
// posted by Jenn @ 5:59 PM 
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