Monthly Archives: January 2022

Thoughts about God (Notes from Facebook)

Posted on January 28, 2022 by G

Some notes “rescued” from Facebook, written about 10 years or so ago. Blasphemous thoughts on God on a lazy Sunday afternoon (Originally written 8 Mar 2009. Maybe.) If God were all powerful, couldn’t he have created the world in one … Continue reading →

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Financial Security

Posted on January 24, 2022 by G

No, not that kind. Recently, some OCBC customers were scammed and lost $8.5 million in total. The key to the scam was the customers got an SMS informing them that they need to log in to their bank account online … Continue reading →

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Very Tao.

Posted on January 23, 2022 by G

“He who stands on his tiptoes does not stand firm; he who stretches his legs does not walk (easily). (So), he who displays himself does not shine; he who asserts his own views is not distinguished; he who vaunts himself … Continue reading →

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This is what we teach our children

Posted on January 23, 2022 by G

If you have kids or hang around people who have kids, this is a scene you will have seen from one side or the other. Child runs to one parent, “Mommy, can I have an ice cream?” Well, this is … Continue reading →

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Half empty. Half full. Half past six.

Posted on January 17, 2022 by G

It is better to leave a vessel unfilled, than to attempt to carry it when it is full. From the Tao Teh Ching, one way to interpret this is [through the Western exemplar of] the half-empty-half-full glass. But that is … Continue reading →

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Turtlenecks and Subway wraps

Posted on January 7, 2022 by G

I had a tuna wrap from Subway the other day (this was from April 2020, when I was working at Bt Merah SSO). I ordered my usual – the roast beef wrap. But the “sandwich artist” misheard me and prepared … Continue reading →

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Socially distant… but we’ll meet again

Posted on January 3, 2022 by G

We’ve been through almost two years of social distancing and restrictions on social activities… So how’s everybody? Most of 2020 was a panic. 2021 was more hopeful, but each time as hope swelled in our hearts, and our heads made … Continue reading →

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