by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 25, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
I gave her full marks for her honesty. When the CEO of a Multi National Company was interviewed, this is what she said about work-life balance. (She is a mother of two.) The fact is there are certain times in your career when your family will have to take the back...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 18, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Life Issues, Media, Movies & Television, Suffering
The boys and I watched Star Wars Episodes 4 and 5 over the Lunar New Year holidays. The special effects definitely looked dated this time round. (What were the Stormtroopers wearing, white coloured paint cans??) However, I noticed that my two boys, though raised in an...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 14, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Church, Community
Most of us have probably heard of Gore-Tex fabrics, fabrics which have a transparent plastic coating that makes them waterproof and wind proof but keeps them breathable. What you may not know is that the company that produces them, W. L. Gore & Associates, was...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 4, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others
Jakob the Liar was on cable. And CNN was broadcasting live, the 60th Anniversary Commemoration of the liberation of Auswitch, a place where: More than one million Jews were killed but Gypsies, Poles, Russians also died in the camp. Hundreds were subjected to medical...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 28, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Family, Singleness
Not married yet-ah?? These are the dreaded words confronting many a single. Often well meaning, they reinforce the belief that one is somewhat deficient until one is married. Singles know full well the occasions when the pressure will be on: weddings, wedding dinners,...