October 2017 - You Write

An Empty Chair

October 29, 2017 FLAI40 Leave a comment

Thanks to my dear personal friend Edmund from Singapore who email this article to me. Please read this article first and we shall talk about the implications of the contents later. A man’s daughter had asked the parish priest to come and pray with her father. When the priest arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on two pillows. An empty chair sat beside his bed. The priest assumed that the old fellow had been informed of his visit. “I guess you were expecting me,” he said. “No, who are you?” said the father. […]

Build your Lego Dreams

October 24, 2017 FLAI40 Leave a comment

Labour Weekend, Monday 23rd October 2017. What a day for me! Just wished that young James (11) was with me. He would have thoroughly enjoyed this event. Reuben (12) and Ahryn (14) would probably have enjoyed this event too but they are not as keen on Lego as James. Rebecca (12) would prefer her books. Daniel (23) and Olivia (21), as young adults, would have preferred to spend their time on the social circuit. Blake is simply just too young - only a month old. Instead of my grandchildren, I went with my wife and therefore I […]

Managing Failures in Life

October 22, 2017 FLAI40 Leave a comment

Failures, Disappointments, Sufferings - they are all one and the same thing and they are all parts and parcels of life’s experiences. Someone in the past had said, “We are born to suffer and that is why we cried when we first met earth’s atmosphere from the comfort of our mothers’ stomachs.” Another wise man had said, “A young bird learns to fly by experiencing the sufferings and the dangers of a free fall to death. Instinctively he spreads out his wings to fly.” Yes, sooner or later we have to learn how we can manage our failures, our disappointments, […]

Have Faith in Jesus

October 16, 2017 FLAI40 Leave a comment

When we reflect on those events in our lives, those ‘ups’ and those ‘downs’, we begin to understand that (a) we are sinners on earth; and that (b) we need to have faith in Jesus - that Only Jesus can forgive our sins. Let me explain by asking and then answering just several major events in my own life. Question # 1: Why was it that a poor street kid from Singapore’s Chinatown who survived a car accident (at the age of five) and a drowning incident in Singapore’s drains during a rainstorm (at the age of eight) could become […]