How much can one signature help? How much is one vote worth? Is there a place for for petitions? Would it make a difference? Read what Haris Ibrahim has to say below and then decide your next course of action as Malaysians. The Petition is here * * * Moderator’s note : If you need…
Month: August 2008
Preventing child sexual abuse by empowering communities
Dear friends, We are organizing a special awareness talk to highlight a much neglected topic. We would like to invite you to this event for sharing of knowledge, mutual encouragement and building new networks to provide solutions to an issue to big for any one of us to handle on our own. Please feel free…
I will follow you …
I will follow you from Sivin Kit on Vimeo. Here is Ewan relaxing one Sunday afternoon. He’s really alert, notice how he follows the camera. He’s quite energetic … after taking care of him solo today. I’m zonked out! 🙂
Look who’s talking to the other side?
We met on Friday March 7, 2008 at the polling and counting agent briefing for Lembah Pantai. It was an unexpected friendship which was birthed from unplanned circumstances. Both of us were thrown into a mini-crisis to sort out volunteer arrangements for the school we were assigned to. By 3AM on Saturday, March 8, 2008,…
The Micah Mandate: Back to the Current
Making sure the Micah Mandate is on the move weekly is quite a discipline 🙂 Reflection LOOK WHO’S TALKING WITH THE OTHER SIDE? by Sivin Kit Read the article… After the euphoria of the results of the last election, the elated feelings of hope now have come back down to cautious scepticism about what is…
The Micah Mandate: One Week Later
The most current posts coming soon, but first goodies from last week. 🙂 Reflection Are our Governments “Governing” Well? How Can We Tell? by Tricia Yeoh Read the article… A second prominent component of good governance is engaging in a participatory process. This means viewing the whole of society as equally important and holding a…
How To Tell People They Sound Racist
Some good advice here … in terms of tactics in dealing with racism 🙂 as well as some insights on "what they are" and "what they did" conversations.
The Global Luther: Reconsidering the Contributions of Martin Luther
Here’s a feast of all things Luther in relation to all things Global 🙂 It’s pretty glaring that the African and Asian voices in the speakers are minimal or even missing! Thus, making the conference less international than it could have been. But in the age of the internet, unplanned possibilities can emerge …
Small Talk
Small Talk from Sivin Kit on Vimeo. What a delightful surprise to have friends from China visit our little church home on 27 July 2008 at our Sunday Worship Gathering last week. After my message I thought it was good to allow for some small talk between the Malaysians and those from overseas (which included…
Streamyx Mega-Slow…
Thus, the mood to blog or link is dampened! 🙁 I Couldn’t even access my gmail account properly the whole day … aiyo … "Yau Mo Gao Cho!" (in Cantonese!)