God moments behind cooking my beef Omurice lunch

Today I tried to cook Beef Omurice lunch for my family. Needless to say, it was  a complete disaster. See the photos, nothing like the expected results.

To start, I was all excited. I watched the Youtube video recipe 3 times, went through the approach mentally and reiterated my thought process multiple times, prepared the ingredients and 'rolled up my sleeves'. I was ready. This was Masterchef at work!

Do you want to be made well?

John 5:5-7 NKJV

[5] Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. [6] When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” 

 [7] The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” 

 [8] Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” [9] And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath. 

Trusting God

Trusting God can be one of the easiest and hardest thing in my walk with Him.

I hear it in various forms: "Put your trust in God", "Surrender your all to Him", "God is in control and have faith in Him", etc.

In the Christian circle, it is an often-used cliché to encourage a brother or a sister who is struggling for a breakthrough or has had a major disappointment or setback in life.

Joseph Schooling - my heartiest congratulations to you!

Joseph Schooling, you did Singapore and your parents proud. Finally an Olympic gold medal!

Now readers, read this (link) ... again. And go figure where most of our hearts lie.

Now if opportunity comes a-knocking to leave Singapore and place your talent elsewhere, my advice is go for it. Seriously you have nothing to lose and all those who called you 'quitter' and 'betrayer' don't pay your salary after you are past your prime.

If you are still pondering, look no further than what Singapore nation did to our footballer son, hero and icon Fandi Ahmad.

Bet Fandi must be kicking himself now when Dutch FC Groningen wanted to extend his contract with a migration move. But he decided to return to Singapore because he listened to those labeling him 'ungrateful'.

Where are these people now that his footballing career is over and he has a family to feed?

Side note: I correctly predicted in 2012 that Lee CW of Malaysia will be the No. 1 badminton player in the world. Yay!

Spoken Straight from the Heart

This article by another blogger (Think For Me, Singapore) spoke my heart out.

I am a Singaporean and will always be proud of my country of birth. But I really dislike how the country is run currently.

The PAP policies, the yes-men, the group-think mentality, the cold-heart attitude, the elitism, the meritocracy, the aristocracy, the controlled media, rising prices, paying their own million-dollar salaries, lack of transparency and accountability, etc. The list goes on. 

I'm not finding fault - we all know there is no perfect government in the world.

New Disease called 'SHEEPLE-CITIS' discovered in Singapore

Confirmed new disease discovered and already rampant in Singapore.

See it happening here (link) during a confrontation in an MRT train.

Disease: SHEEPLE-CITIS

New disease commonly found in Singapore where people turn into sheep and refuse to think for themselves or for good of others unless the government tells them otherwise.

Symptoms:
Keeping mum about an unjust event happening before one's eyes with the sudden urge to whip out one's mobile handphone to film it.

Smearing Campaign?

I am commenting on the article in Channel NewsAsia (link or read below). There are a few gaping loopholes in this article that are so alarming.

Without clarifications, it can skew a reader's understanding of the situation. Goodness can some investigative work be done before publishing?

1. Were there handover issues from DBSS that put AHPETC into a risky situation in the first place?
   - This is akin to TOP date in Singapore where the developer has certain obligations to fulfil.
   "Temporary Occupation Permit(TOP) is a temporary permit to allow owner to occupy the building when the key regulatory requirements are met as it may take some time to obtain the Certificate of Statutory Completion(CSC). However, application may be made directly for a CSC when all the requirements have been complied with."
   - Without fulfilling the agreed handover items, how can any handover-takeover even happen?
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