So I am now a father of an 8-month old infant. I suppose in some ways Noah has taught me more than I have taught him about this next phase in my life. He has taught me what it truly means to be a father. Modeling after my own dad, I always thought that being a father meant to make sure you provide a roof for your family and to ensure u have food on the table. I never did look at the father figure...
9th May 2018. I never thought this day would come. Not that I didn’t think Malaysia will undergo its 14th General elections and its people would have an opportunity to exercise their rights as citizens of the country. Rather, it was the outcome of it. The outcome which shook the nation’s arrogant and brash leaders who have brought the country to the drains and emptied its wealth at the expense of...
5 years ago I started out on a journey. I had just finished my stint as Regional Training Lead in Manila for work and the experience had taught me a number of things in life – chief among them was that I needed to further my education. Yes yes, I have written many times in the past about pursuing my academic endeavours, but due to timing, funding and availability I could just never bring...
Once upon a time, I remember attending a talk in my church which focused on prayer, specifically when and how God answers prayers. It was given by one of the community members of the Charismatic group which my mom and I used to attend and I was probably in high school at the time. The speaker was focused on how we want everything instant – this was in the mid 90s and he was sharing how we...
This week was a very momentous week for me. I would be commissioned as an extraordinary communication minister at the new Novena church. It is truly a humbling yet magnanimous task which I have learnt to appreciate over the years having served as a EMOHC in my previous parish in Malaysia. However, as my mom used to say – “when you draw closer to God, somebody else isn’t...