Pastor’s comments on Buddhism/Taoism "inappropriate & unacceptable": MHA
Channel NewsAsia - Tuesday, February 9

SINGAPORE: The Internal Security Department (ISD) has called up Pastor Rony Tan of Lighthouse Evangelism in connection with his comments and insinuations about Buddhism and Taoism at his church sessions.

These sessions were video—recorded and made available on Lighthouse Evangelism’s website. Video clips of these sessions subsequently became available on YouTube and other websites.

The Ministry of Home Affairs said Pastor Tan’s comments were highly inappropriate and unacceptable as they trivialised and insulted the beliefs of Buddhists and Taoists.

They can also give rise to tension and conflict between the Buddhist/Taoist and Christian communities.

ISD told Pastor Tan that in preaching or proselytising his faith, he must not run down other religions, and must be mindful of the sensitivities of other religions.

Pastor Tan has expressed his deepest apologies and remorse. He deeply regrets that he has been insensitive and offensive towards the Buddhist and Taoist faiths, and that his comments have saddened and hurt their followers.

He has promised that it will never happen again and has also affirmed that he will tell his members to respect other beliefs and build a harmonious Singapore.

— CNA/ir

ya....HALLO!? why do these ppl always do these kinda things?! why can't they just leave other religions alone?! the next person who tries to convince me tt their religion is better than mine...u just watch it...i will call up ISD!

sick of EVERYTHING. i want to give up!

Vietnam

Say Wat??

13 days in Thailand. 7 modes of transportation. 10,000 Buddhas, Wats and Stupas. Palace ruins. 2 Waterfalls. 1 man-made hilltribe village. Exploitation of indigenous people. No-se-pie-see food. Food poisoning. Fever. Gazillion bottles of Brand's berry extract essence and Yakult. Countdown to 2010..and we're home again.

Ayuthaya

Sukhothai

Chiang Mai

Chiang Rai/Golden Triangle/Laos

Countdown to 2010 in Bangkok

lalalalalala...i vant to go home nowwwww

my family's housekeeper's contract is coming to an end, and we are currently hunting for a new housekeeper. so far we've identified someone...and her name is something something nway nway.

this is a really random mean thought...but i don't think i can get past 2 years without sniggering each time i say her name...tt's if we really do hire her in the end.

and if anybody thinks i am damn evil...well i think i have every damn right to laugh at other people's name, since my name is one of the biggest jokes of my life! hur hur =)

Christmas Greeting Cards

for christmas every year, my company will create its own christmas greeting cards, which will be sent out to our clients. Last year's was a really cool magnetic card, with Santa on the front, and there were little magnet pieces with different clothes printed on it...you know..the paper doll style? so the receivers can change santa's clothes according to how they wanted him to look.

so just yesterday, we caught a glimpse of this year's christmas card...and omg...it's the LAMEST card ever on earth!

pls see below....................

the tick is the back of the card, the logo is the front of the card, and NOEL is what ppl see when they open the card.

if you have not already noticed..our company logo is missing an "L". we're ogiLvy not ogivy.

and if you still don't get the lame joke...NOEL has a double meaning in this case......

1) NOEL = Christmas

2) NOEL also = No, "L". hence the reason why the logo reads Ogivy instead of Ogilvy

it's so lame...i'm sure everyone's gonna think we are retarded.

this is the reason why i am happy that i am out of school

Try this PSLE Maths Qn:

Jim bought some chocolates and gave half of it to Ken. Ken bought some sweets and gave half of it to Jim. Jim ate 12 sweets and Ken ate 18 chocolates. The ratio of Jim’s sweets to chocolates became 1:7 and the ratio of Ken’s sweets to chocolates became 1:4. How many sweets did Ken buy?

Ans: 68

I swear.. i am damn happy i am out of school!

my second home

while i am waiting for my colleague to send me some files...i shall post some pics of my second home @ my desk at work. check out how messy and cluttered it is. because i spend more time at my desk than in my own house...i have succssfully transferred all my mess from my home to my office...just joking. but anw...all i need is to bring my shower stuff and some clothes, and i think i can camp here already. oh wait a min..i actually have those already -_- sob ...i don't have a life =(

chewdawg

because my sisters forced me...i created a pet in pet society. my pet's name is chewdawg, and it has my favourite expression. which is the -_-" expression. look at her sian face...totally describes how i feel everyday! excuse the flies around her...she has not bathed in days. i'm like that sometimes too...but what really amuses me is....................

chewdawg sleeps all the time! and i mean all the time! which is exactly what i do too. how is it possible that a freaking e-pet can behave like its owner..aka me?! freaky...what's freakier is...she sleeps on the hard cold floor when there isn't a bed...which ...erm....is exactly what i do too...wtf.

Facebook

I didn't know that facebook had this function. hilarious but kinda cute at the same time..

anw, i am sure facebook will come up with a marriage function that is something like the image below...and some unromantic guy will use the function to propose to his girlfriend...just like how a lot of SG guys like to propose to their girlfriends by asking them to apply for HDB flat -_-

Sims 3 - Brady Millions

i bought the sims3 game about a month ago, and was super addicted to it initially because of all the cool new functions in the game, and also because the couple i created were damn good looking...haha! being the control freak that i sometimes am, of course i had to choose like the best character traits for them, and ensured that they mastered all the necessary skills and achieved their life goal. for the man, it was to be an astronaut, and for the woman, it was to be a CEO.

so anyway, i was super devastated when the couple passed away, and the game became pretty boring after that. their 2 sons were goody two shoes, but weren't major high achievers because...erm...well...i was too busy making the eldest son find a wife..but he only befriended all the maids, and finally married one who turned into an old woman one day after their wedding. wtf.

and well the youngest son...was too busy trying to start up his family. he had a girlfriend who moved into the house, and they had a baby boy, but they weren't married. hence the kid followed the gf's surname, and then of course being the somewhat old fashioned person that i am...i was mortified that they had a child out of wedlock. HOW CAN?! and for some reason...the "propose" function refused to come out until the gf was pregnant with the second son. so the moment the function came up, i made them get married...also because...if they didnt' get married, the gf gets the family fortune. no way jose!

it did not help that i had 4 Sims to control at that time, and also that sometimes, they do the things that i don't want them to do...so i was busy tracking all of them down. for instance, they will go to work and not go home. instead they will stand outside the office grumbling that they are tired.

so yes..before i digress any further..i got quite sick of the game...UNTIL...the first grandson @ 1st son of the younger son..grew up with the clumsy and insane trait. omg...how the hell did he get those traits when both his parents had super good genes right?? oh btw.. i cannot stand choosing the negative traits for my sims, because well...i can't imagine them growing up bad =( sigh....

BUT...because the son is insane, he does the funniest shit ever! last night he was standing in the kitchen staring at the fridge...in his underwear...and all of a sudden he starts strangling himself and screaming for help and choking. from that point on...i decided to let tt particular kid (his name is Brady Millions by the way) run on autopilot.

after he was done with strangling himself, he smiled and then walked to the stairs and started talking to the stairs.afterwhich he made a mad dash up the stairs to the toilet...and i was wondering why the hell does he need to pee when his bladder bar was green and full..and guess what he did? he just sat on the toiletbowl and swung his legs back and forth!! hahaha friggin hilarious!



some other weird things he does....he goes to bed wearing his formal wear i.e shirt, tie, and pants. and then in the middle of the night he will wake up to change into his PJs. after school he will go to the playground instead of going home...but he scores As in school because he also possess the genius traits.

and tonight..the funniest thing he did was...bathe with his clothes on. because his newest trait is...NEVER NUDE. hhaha...so friggin retard. can't wait to see what other weird stuff he'll be up to!

after sitting around on my fat ass for the most part of my life, i think i have finally done something worthwhile in the past 3 months to get something moving. there finally seems to be a faint light at the end of this bloody long tunnel that i've been travelling for eons in.

i hope all works out well and that i achieve something for all the effort that i've put in for the past 3 months, and for the effort that i am going to put in, in the days to come.

GREEN REVOLUTION

i've decided to start a green revolution in my team. and this involves us bringing our own tupperwares out to ta bao lunch everyday, so that we can save 20cents, and reduce the amount of plastic used everyday..thus saving the earth =D how great!

so this big idea resulted in a trip to daiso this afternoon, where we spent a good 30mins finding for the perfect tupperware amongst 1,000 other tupperwares...and voila...here's the chosen one!

am pretty excited about bringing my tupperware out to ta bao lunch tmr...hur hur........sigh...cheap thrill

so when we forget, it's our fault...
and when others forget...it's our fault for not reminding them?
wtf...do we look like calendars or babysitters?!

HELLOO??? IS ANYBODY OUT THERE????

hello confusion..

F.R.E.E.D.O.M.

after 7 weeks of spending our fridays and saturdays in 9 hour classes, we are finally done with masterclass!!! wooohoooo!!!! imagine waking up at 7am on saturdays while everyone else is busy snoozing away, and running to class because there's a $1/min fine if we are late...not fun at all. totally felt like i was in school all over again. but honestly, despite grumbling about it for 7 weeks straight, i think somehow i did manage to enjoy myself.

the most torturous part of this entire course was the last 7 days when we had to work till the wee hours to rush out the creative idea + strategy for a major campaign. our record was working till 5am...omg...totally zombified the next day. and the most shocking thing of all was...my grp won the award for the best project *shock! shock! horror! horror!*

the look on van's and my face was absolutely hilarious when our ceo announced that our grp won. my eyes were friggin huge and my mouth was twisted in this "cannot be..." manner, and van was just laughing away. and of course the rest of our grp members had the "nooo waayyyy" look on their faces too. ok the reason why we reacted this way was because..the winning grp has to present again to the whole company ...which we totally did not want to do. haha....*snort*

so anyway, we are all just damn glad that the whole thing is over, and what else do you do to celebrate your graduation?? go clubbing of course....so here are the pics of our 2hr clubbing night where we downed 8 bottles of champagne, half a bottle of chivas, and 24 shots of sex on the beach. no prizes for guessing the outcome...

emailing at it's worse...

congrats to CJC band for winning Gold again...but omg...this email is just.....*gah*

Be AWARE....

most unexpectedly...i attended the AWARE EGM. yes..me..the most bo chup person in the whole world actually joined as a member to vote out the now ex-exco. and the only reason why i joined, was because i was forced by my sister. HAHA! BUT...despite complaining NON-STOP before the start of the EGM, i have to say that now i really have no regrets attending it.

the amount of energy and fighting spirit coming from the crowd was absolutely overwhelming. i expected the EGM to be yet another boring shit meeting, but the moment the meeting started..all the members started booing the exco, demanding that the mics be turned on so that they can ask their qns, cheering for the old guards who wanted to speak, demanding that the exco step down...omg there was so much going on that it actually gave me a damn big headache.

in any case..we won the battle =) and the for the full story, please read today's straits times. haha. i only have 2 words for the now ex-exco...they suck!

"all the women, who are independent..throw your hands up at me!"

big BOOs from the associate members..sorry bad pic..you can't see the whole male crowd who were booing non-stop..haha

would love to post the videos i took from tt day, but the internet connection is not cooperating. will do so another time!!