" …We worry, fret, and sweat!" So much of our energy is used on the above when we are facing "perceived" locked doors. Then we feel drained and tired. The cycle is repeated again and again. But maybe just maybe, too of of this energy drainage is due to our own "prisons" we’ve constructed in…
Month: August 2008
Micah Monday: Low Key Merdeka?
I’m sure I’m not the only one observing this, but the build up towards Merdeka Day August 31 and Malaysia Day on September 16 seems rather subdued. Looks like the whole nation is focused on a by-election right now. :-) I believe for many concerned citizens of Malaysia of all race and religions (or non-religion),…
Read While Waiting Project … This Saturday, August 23, 2008
One of the things I love to see in Gareth (and which I think a habit he got from me! 🙂 ) is his natural tendency to just bring along some reading material whether with some words or lots of pictures anywhere and anytime. When we visited his Grandpa at Hospital Kuala Lumpur, while other…
Random Links 278 ("It’s show time" Malaysia Edition)
The Permatang Pauh By-Election is surely going to dominate our minds the next few weeks, so I’ll do my part today with extra links and then move on to other stuff 🙂 Titbits on P44 BE It’s great to have friends up north to tell us juicy details on the ground … I felt the…
RWP: Read while Waiting Project
This is so cool! For more go to and we also read or randomalphabets.com. I’m interested to join this … I do it all the time.
Random Links 277 ("Let the games begin" Malaysia Edition)
Roles reversed, BN the David against Anwar the Goliath The media loves to use Biblical imagery when it fits them. We need to get a copyright on the David and Goliath story, then we’ll save some energy from needing to work so hard for fundraising. Anyway, whatever they say, who’s really the David, and who’s…
U2 – Staring At The Sun
I was looking for a song to post up tonight … I decided, and it’s U2!
Remember the Children
Nice to see our little event on Malaysiakini’s Events Classifieds … together with other important events 🙂 Civil Society "Protect and Save the Children" Aw… Civil Society Suaram Human Rights Roadshow Civil Society Freedom Academy: Free individuals. … Two free publicity blog posts for tomorrow’s awareness talk at 4.30pm on preventing child sexual abuse by…
Random Links 276
Christian politicians There are those who got "thrown" into being a Christian politician by the waves of history (or the nudge of God, depending on perspective). But some clarity on vocation would help. Unless one takes a truly separatist view of the Christian life and wants to preclude anybody with political influence from being a…
"Protect and Save the Children" Awareness Talk. August 16, 2008
I just came back from one round of giving flyers in the Bangsar area. I was deeply encouraged when I passed the flyers to two men at their car, and one of them said, "Hey, what you are doing is really good." I replied, "People tend to forget easily what has happened to the children…