It’s a wierd topic to talk about considering it’s now the lenten season in the church’s liturgical calendar. But having just returned from a mini-retreat (and I just realized how badly I needed one!) it got me thinking about gratitude – the things which we are so blessed with in our lives and yet we take it for granted. I believe the root cause of this issue stems from the...
So I recently started taking up the wonderful game of golf. Yes yours truly has finally decided that one of his new year resolutions for 2014 would be to take up golfing. And so far, the experience has been enriching. I have signed up for 10 classes and have already completed 2 with my 3rd one taking place this coming weekend. I gotta say I feel blessed to have good friends who have offered to...
I recently had a conversation with my older brother over dinner over the topic of whether luck plays a part in determining one’s destiny and career. The topic rose about as I started to observe and correlate my dad and my brother’s career path and their outlook on life. This is also in part based on the recent MBA exam I took (yes I am an MBA student!) in which during my...
James Martin SJ is one of those few people whom I started hearing about in the middle of 2010 when I was recommended to purchase his book, My life with the Saints. It was a marvellous book but I guess what attracted me more about him was his background. From living a corporate life to giving it up to poverty, chastity and obedience – now that would make an interesting story! What I did...
Throughout the years I have often written at great lengths about my mother and even occasionally about my siblings. But rarely did I ever write about my dad. Maybe that’s because we were never THAT close to begin with and most memories of my dad have often been mixed with unpleasantness most of of the time. It’s not to say that my dad was/is a bad person – in fact compared to...