The reflecting theologian

How to create misundearstanding? Wow, a question no one would be crazy enough to ever go in depth with. But today, since I have already established myself as a mad person, I think it's an interesting question that rose out of a casual discussion with one of my friends. But I would like to touch on misunderstandings of the affairs of the heart. A lot of you all should have experienced something like this before: a person suddenly appears into your life and this person treats you so nice. In animal sense, there is two interpretations. Interpretation A: This person treats me so nice, so I must be a god/godess. Interpretation B: This person treats me so nice, so he/she must be a god/godess. In normal human sense, and I mean really normal human sense, there are two interpretations. Interpretation 1: This person treats me so nice, so he/she must like me. Interpretation 2: This person treats me so nice, but he/she is a friend. There can be a lot more interpretations but to outsiders, it m...

Study and study and study... any point? You say, to study and get a degree and you can become successful. But then, think again. Today I attended my philosophy module and it does sort of suggest this, at least by Socrates. According to the dialogues I'm studying, it suggested that success is something which cannot really be taught, let alone achieved by anyone. It does however, go along with the point that if you wanna be successful, say in the field of dentistry, you have to be good in dentistry. I have no problem with that, since specialised professions nowadays have specialised knowledge which common layman would not comprehend without training from the experts. But this is relatively easy to achieve as long as you mug... yeah... mug mug mug. But given the current situation, it's difficult to be a successful dentist (just as an example) just by specialising on the stuffs you are supposed to be specialising in. They may argue that those so-called success books and talks held ...

'As you get closer to the light, your shadow will get bigger' When the light shines towards you, do you shun it, or do you embrace it? Perhaps the reason why people choose to shun it is because when light is shined directly towards you, you are unable to open your eyes to really see what's in it for you. As the light gets closer, your shadow gets bigger. The darkness gets darker. In other words? The more you dream of, the more you hope for, the more it seems unlikely to be achieved. You starts to ask yourself, if this is really the road you really should embark on. You starts to ask yourself what if the destination is not where you wanna be. For people who believes in any religion, do you really think that your God/gods/deities/whatever will let you take the path you should not be taking in the first place meh? That is of course assuming that you trust in your religion a lot lah. For the free thinkers out there, what you become arises from what you believe. Open thy eyes an...

L ife I nvestment F aith E xperience Hmm...., to have a life.... what does it mean to have a life? Let's look at one scenario: (Ne is sitting at the table by the Engine Bridge at NUS, reading his books and doing his tutorial. Hp passed by...) Hp: Get a life, Ne. Dun keep mugging and mugging. Let's go for a hip hop party sia. Ne: Life? What seems like no life to you right now is my LIFE, Hp. Hp: What? You actually call mugging your life? Ne: Just like you call partying your life. I'm just being lame but not everyone defines life the same way. Does going out for party and hanging out with friends mean having a life? Does 'mugging' all day round mean no life? For me, having a life means living my life to the fullest, with what I have translated above. L stands for love, and I'm not going to talk too much about it. I stands for investment. Time is short and always against us. We hav to invest our time well, to make sure that whatever time we invest in will bring us ...

The guy: I see her... my heart stopped beating.... I can't feel my heartbeat... or is it just beating too fast???? I sweat... feel like dehydrating. I'm speechless, I dun know what to say to her, I dun know what to do... I... I... dun know what to do... The girl: Well, he's there... what is he waiting for? You mean he asked me out just to stare blankly into the sky? If you like me, just spell it out!! I'm waiting... I'm waiting... I'm waiting... _________________________________________________________ I have no experience of confession to the girl I like before, so I don't know exactly what's the feeling like. I hope that I have emulated the thoughts well (at least for the guy part). But today, a friend asked me, how should someone hint to another person that he likes her (or him, depending on your own sexuality, but I'm assuing heterosexual readership) or that she likes him? I have no clear answer for it, since I have no experience. But standing fr...

I just came across this case in my math lecture, which I wanna share with my fans: During one of my ICTs, my platoon commander, who is a man of absolute integrity (ie, a man who can be trusted), inform us on Sunday that there will be a surprise night training that will take place in the coming week, ie Monday to Sunday and we will be informed on the noon of the day itself. He assured us that the operation will come unexpected. But then, based on logic, the operation will not happen at all. This is because: i) if the operation doesn't happen from Monday to Saturday, then it will mean that it will happen on Sunday. But assuming this situation, it will mean that the operation will be expected after Saturday afternoon, before the announcement on Sunday afternoon, since there is no announcement from Monday to Saturday regarding the operation. Therefore, the operation can only happen from Monday to Saturday. ii) but if the operation then again doesn't happen fom Monday to Friday, the...

L-O-V-E, this is perhaps the most complicated word in the entire dictionary. People have spent their entire life trying to figure the meaning, people live their lifes without experiencing it, people have the tendency to take it for granted. To me, it's a third of what people need to obtain ‘幸福’， or what is called 'happiness', 'bliss', whatever. There are three types of love, in my viewpoint, that exists in this world of ours, and most of us would need all three. 1) Religious love I'm sure this is not stranger to a lot of my fans and readers. But to be a bit more clear, it can be rephrased as spiritual love, love from whoever you believe. This I think I dun need to explain too much about it, since I'm not an expert and the last thing I want is my friends coming to me and start all those debates again. 2) BGR Okay..., I know this is lame, but it's true for most people, unless you tonsured and become a monk or hermit. Of course it can be BBR or GGR, but I...