I was reading C.S. Lewis’ “Mere Christianity”, about how humans can never be perfect… perfect car drivers, perfect tennis players, or draw perfectly straight lines. Then came this random thought. Just how do we draw perfectly straight lines? Well, we do use a ruler, but how d...

A good number of Singaporeans still find it hard to believe that we are in a recession. The news we read and hear tells us that we are in a recession. From the viewpoint of the average layman, there are actually quite few signs of this recession that the news keeps talking about. It’s true, fo...

A few days ago, a baptized Catholic, let’s call him Jim, was telling me some things. Jim was saying that the Church does not belong to priests or bishops or the pope, so we do not have to listen to them about the so-called laws that the Church has, such as the necessity of attending Mass, or g...

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak with the music director of the upcoming production - Paul The Musical. He was a real fun guy to interview, and fun is the name of his game when it comes to the musical. He wants everyone - the cast, the crew, and the audience - to have fun at this musical. R...

Ecclesiasticus 1:1-10 Mark 9:14-29 Today’s gospel reading got me thinking about the recently concluded alleged exorcism case. For those who don’t know about it, this news article gives a quick summary to the case. I’ve been following the case quite closely in the news and even atte...

Genesis 11:1-9 Mark 8:34 - 9:1 Today’s readings have a certain theme about them. It is essentially the theme of choice. From the beginning of time, we have been given a choice - a choice to serve God or to serve ourselves. There are not so many people in the world who turn against God and choo...

Genesis 1:1-19 Mark 6:53-56 I like writing. I like it because it allows me to be creative. Not creative in the sense of artistic and novel, but creative in the sense that I get to create stuff. Using the tools at my disposal - a keyboard, a computer, and all the words of the English language, I get ...

I’ve been reading an interesting book titled “Molecular Gastronomy” by Herve This, which is about the science of cooking. There are many interesting tidbits in this book, such as why bread becomes hard when stale (and at what temperature bread needs to be refrigerated to keep it fr...

Hebrews 12:4-7. 11-15 Mark 6:1-6 Whenever you hear of someone receiving miraculous healing or life-changing conversion experience, isn’t it always the case that the person healed never seemed to have much faith? It could be perhaps someone who has never gone to church and have always refused p...

Hebrews 12:1-4 Mark 5:21-43 A lot has happened to me in the past few days. I’ve been undergoing an internal transformation, which is part of the reason why I didn’t do my reflections the past few days - I’ve been afraid. My BMT platoon commander once said to me, “Man is resis...