I attended the PACA training today at the Pakatan Rakyat office at Tmn Tun Dr. Ismail (TTDI) and I got to admit it was really insightful to actually be part of this. The training actually consisted of 2 parts – polling agent and counting agent (hence PACA!). What surprised me also was the fact that there were quite a number of young people who were also in the training session. That kinda...
The the struggle of the butterfly is a remarkable story of the importance of struggle and perseverance. I remember reading this story many years ago when I was in my teens and then again in my young adulthood. It tells us how the struggles in our lives help shape our wings and gives us the courage and strength to eventually fly. I have seen so often in life, many young adults giving up...
CS Lewis wrote a marvelous anology on the problem of lust. But I think it can be applied to all sin. The excerpt below was taken from his book, The Great Divorce. I will blog my thoughts about the story below a little later. I saw coming towards us a Ghost who carried something on his shoulder. Like all the Ghosts, he was unsubstantial, but they differed from one another as smokes differ. Some...
As you know, wordpress blogs around the world had recently experienced brute-force attacks. As such, my hosting company site proactively suspended temporary access to all wordpress blogs – gotta admire the tech support team at Webhostingpad for doing this. Anyway site is back up and it will be undergoing some changes shortly – i.e. I am changing the layout of UncannyPhilosophy –...
There has been intense focus on the coming 13th General Elections. Never before has this nation seen such raised awareness on the importance of voting as well as the coverage of the elections. From educational web videos designed to raise the public awareness (Michelle Hoo has done a superb job with mydurian tv on Youtube!) on their voting rights to talks being held across the country to raise...