I used to have strong notions against women from my country marrying men from another country. I would always second-guess their motives, and I had such a bigoted notion about interracial marriage. Today, I came across this article, and I was struck about a couple of things about my culture that had been disappointing me lately, and I am struggling to overcome.
[Read more…]
Sand, Surf, Stonefish and Jellyfish?!
As children, most of us were fascinated by animals. Even girls used to like dogs, and some even liked frogs and snakes, at one point in our childhood.
Of late, I had been coming across posts about strange animals being discovered. Today, I came across this post on the most dangerous creatures on earth.
[Read more…]
The Search for Significance: Can Great Relationships Be Less Than the Best Life Has for Us?
Sometimes, we derive our significance from something good.. But not the best that God, the Author of Life, Life Himself, wants to offer us. Our sources of significance may be a relationship, family, or even career. While these are good sources of significance, they are not supposed to be THE main source of one’s significance. [Read more…]
The Search For Significance: Is Your Life Built Around Your Career?
When you think of the word “significance,” what comes into your mind? Do you equate significance with self-worth? Pleasing your figures of authority? Money? Wealth? A thriving career?
I Choose Sunshine!
I came across this blog post by Gadzooki colleague Jim and I was appalled at how our children are as wired as they are now.
Barely in their teens, children now have Friendster accounts, and a myriad of other online accounts. They brandish high-end cellular phones, and for them, the Asus eeePC, or the OLPC, is just another toy. At age 3, my best friend’s niece had beat her computer game scores… And to think my best friend has the IQ of a genius! And yes, she creams me every time at Pinball (think a score of 5M to 1M). Imagine that!
But what all this implies to me is something scary, even sinister. [Read more…]