http://www.musings.per.sg Figuring how faith fits in this world, and other stuff Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:23:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been sometime since I've blogged.  Partly because I was preoccupied with a major work project which saw me travelling in and out of Vietnam and India, and which finally (sort of) ended in December.  The other reason is the PC which died and which was only recently replaced in late December, ... http://www.musings.per.sg/2010/01/865 Report to colleagues and the boss on all the fun I had on my recent trip in New Delhi :Having braved imnumerable tribulations, including a case of massive food poisoning and an extremely foul-tempered government official, I am happy to report that I have returned from my Journey to the West (ie. India) ... http://www.musings.per.sg/2009/11/864 I had travelled to India last week to attend a public hearing in which my company was involved.  On the day of the public hearing, I received an urgent call from our lawyers."The director's father has been fired.  The hearing is cancelled."Stunned silence from me at the other end of ... http://www.musings.per.sg/2009/11/863 On my most recent and fourth Journey to the West (ie. New Delhi, India), I finally succumbed to the infamous "Delhi Belly" (the term fondly given to diarrhea contracted from consuming food or water from India).Which was quite a disappointment (and also very painful).  I had expected myself to be impervious ... http://www.musings.per.sg/2009/11/862 Does God condemn a person for rejecting Him ?  Or does an already damned person remain condemned when he rejects God ?I believe it is the latter.  Unfortunately, the partly inaccurate and truncated message that people often hear is that they will go to hell for rejecting God.This is what John ... http://www.musings.per.sg/2009/10/861 Josh has reached an age where he can play with his older brother, Jed.  Unfortunately, boys are hardly gentle at play and they still require quite a bit of supervision to make sure they don't inadvertantly maul each other. http://www.musings.per.sg/2009/10/860 http://www.musings.per.sg/2009/10/859 I haven't been writing lately because (i) the PC is out of order and we're waiting for PCs to start shipping with Windows 7 before buying a new one (but we're getting tired of waiting) and (ii) I've been awfully, awfully busy trying to seal a deal which I'm negotiating on ... http://www.musings.per.sg/2009/09/857 On the same day that the media reports that Iran intends to Islamise the humanities in Iran, because it is too "Western", also comes news that an Iranian couple was fined by the Thai police for having sex on a beach in Pattaya. http://www.musings.per.sg/2009/09/856 In all of India and I've noticed in particular Mumbai, there is a tremendous gap between the rich and poor.  The latter live in the most squalid conditions imaginable.  Or to put it another way, it is quite unimaginable that anyone could live like this.  But it is there, in ... http://www.musings.per.sg/2009/08/854