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Bersih 3.0: My Beloved Home

Sivin Kit — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:57:09 +0000

How can one not be moved by this?

428 – Say a Prayer for Malaysia

Sivin Kit — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:06:09 +0000

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On Saturday, April 28, many Malaysians will converge at the historic Dataran Merdeka in support of BERSIH’s call for a free and fair electoral system in Malaysia.

Even as I write, the authorities are preparing to lockdown the Dataran in their effort to thwart the plans of the BERSIH 3.0 supporters.

If this standoff continues until 12 pm tomorrow, there will only be one outcome, i.e. a repeat of the violent crackdown on the protestors by the police which happened in July 2011.

Many have asked whether I will participate in the BERSIH sit-in at Dataran Merdeka. Well, many are also aware of my personal conviction as far as BERSIH is concerned.

This message is neither to encourage our pastors and members to join the sit-in nor to discourage their participation. Rather, this is a humble call to you, as members and friends of the Lutheran Church, to say a prayer for our nation comes April 28. Malaysia is in dire need of your prayer support as she faces many uncertainties in the near future.

So, whether you are sitting on the manicured lawn of Dataran Merdeka, or stretched out comfortably in your sofa at home watching the events of the day unfold, I hope you will intercede for our country. Pray that goodness, justice, and peace will always prevail over extremism, racism, discrimination and other forms of evil. Pray for a better Malaysia.

Finally, I urge those who plan to be part of the human wave washing towards Dataran Merdeka tomorrow, please keep safe at all times. Also take care of the wellbeing of those around you.

May the risen Lord grant us the faith to face the challenges and the grace to love others.

Bishop Philip Lok

April 27, 2012

Imagining My PhD Journey

Sivin Kit — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:36:50 +0000

Inspired by Chris Tilling’s Marking a pile of biblical studies essays, here’s my adaptation for my potential journey. Since it’s not finished yet, I’ll use the word ‘potential’ to signify that.

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When I started it feels like this, and on and off I wake up in horror feeling like this too!

Sometimes when I read my own ‘production’ I do this, hopefully my supervisors won’t have to do too much of it.

By the time I get into ‘editing’ mode, and perhaps the 50th revision, I enter this ‘zone’:

and this

When all this is over, I want to do this!

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Philosophy & Theology Soccer combo

Sivin Kit — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:00:37 +0000

I’ve watched this so many times and still enjoy it. Perhaps with greater appreciation now!

042: The Kit Kids United

Sivin Kit — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:06:50 +0000

041: Little Anja & Fast Growing Ewan

Sivin Kit — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:06:16 +0000

040: The ‘Girls’ at Home

Sivin Kit — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:05:38 +0000

039: Another Winter Sunset

Sivin Kit — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:04:52 +0000

038: A View Behind

Sivin Kit — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:03:51 +0000

Revisiting ‘Dance’

Sivin Kit — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:47:22 +0000

After reading this, I realize perhaps this is why I love this video so much (even if I can’t dance properly at all)

"The dance of culture, the enthusiasm, the banquet, the community . . . because by dancing, I am telling everyone that I live, but differently from the stone in the road, which miserably exists. I do not exist, I live, and I live in this [ideal] manner of a [dancing] culture." ~ Enrique Dussel (via Ethics Is the Original Philosophy; or, The Barbarian Words. Coming from the Third World)