#244 change

To exist is to change,
to change is to mature,
to mature is to go on
creating oneself endlessly.
French Philosopher Henri Bergson (1859-1941)

#243

It is  NOT
the strongest of the species that survives,
nor the most intelligent;
 
it  IS 
the one
that is most adaptable to
change.
Scientist Charles Darwin

#239 oldest person in the world

Can you imagine living to 130 years old?
From the news on the BBC, I read and viewed this — Sohan Dosovah from Kazakhstan, the oldest person in the world — her eyes still bright and alert:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7992696.stm.

Kazakhstan’s famous ‘130-year-old’

By Rayhan Demytrie
BBC News, Karaganda, Kazakhstan

“Do you remember Tsar Nikolai’s era? When the Red Army [...]

#234 thot-provoking

I read this piece on blog ‘a baseline scenario’ written by Sanjiv Gupta for Huffington Post (?) dated on 10 March 2009 under the title — The Change We Need I: A Bank for America — :
 …Rather, I want to use the crisis in our financial system to pose a fundamental question about our political system.
Consider: [...]

#182 prayer

Prayer
is
a way of life
which allows you to find
stillness in the midst of the world
where you open your hands
to God’s promises
and
find hope for
yourself, your neighbor, and your world.”
Henri Nouwen

#153 money, money, money

These days, I wonder where my hard-earned money went?  There is marked increase in the prices of food! With the fuel price hike, I wonder when announcements will be made for another transport fare increase?
Why is money so important? No money no talk. Without money one cannot survive.
Wonder how our founding governing leaders manage to bring [...]

#142 tomorrow

We are made wise
NOT by the recollection of our past,
but by the responsibility of our future.
George Bernard Shaw

Changes…changes…changes going on all the time…man is always changing…and…rearranging – soaring food prices (no more cheap food), fuel crises, subprime, credit crunch, natural disasters, water shortage, going green, global warming, save extinct species…
How is man to live? These are certainly challenging times [...]

#119 one prays for China

I’m praying that my Lord Jesus Christ will give the Chinese the courage to face tomorrow and at some unkind and callous words of discouragements to the victims and people of China. 
I pray for all aftershocks to cease and allow those in authority to concentrate on reconstruction and serving her people.
I pray for salvation and healing [...]

#96 farewell poem

This is a farewell poem of Dr Jose Rizal, medical doctor and a national hero of the Philippines, before execution. His friend Mariano Ponce gave MI ULTIMO ADIOS as its title.
Farewell, my adored Land, region of the sun caressed, 
Pearl of the Orient Sea, our Eden lost,
With gladness I give you my Life, sad and repressed;
And were [...]

#88

I learnt this rhyme in primary one (as I never went to kindergarten):

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Could not put Humpty Dumpty together again.

 
Whenever Singapore economy sneezes, it’s the average class of people suffer. It’s not the minority — the very poor [...]