by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 31, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Communication, Life Issues
By now the whole world knows of Hilary Clinton’s mistaken claims about her visit to Bosnia. Here is the BBC’s summary of what happened. Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has said she made a mistake in claiming that she came under sniper fire...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 21, 2008 | 2008, Articles, God, God’s Sovereignty
The first seminary I applied to rejected me. I really wanted to go to that school. It was a top school in the US for the training of pastors. I had made the traumatic decision to leave a career in dentistry to pursue a church-related vocation. The next step was to get...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 14, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Racism, World Issues
Could you eat a cockroach? No? How about a worm? Or a cricket? Contestants on the reality show Fear Factor, are expected to ingest creatures that would normally gross us out. I am not a fan of the show but the few times I have seen the contestants squirm, have helped...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 10, 2008 | 2008, Afterlife, Articles, Life Issues
As a child I always thought heaven was extremely boring. You had wings, sure, and that was cool. But you had to wear what looked to me like white hospital gowns, and float on the clouds playing harps. Nothing much happened. It was like some kind of retirement home...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 29, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose, Media, Movies & Television
Bernice and I caught a sneak preview of the movie, No Country for Old Men, last week. I had not read the book and therefore was all set up for the sucker punch ending. When the final credits rolled, my immediate reaction was, “Hey, who stole the last reel?...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 22, 2008 | 2008, Aging, Articles, Life Issues
Dad passed away in 2003. I miss him. I especially miss him during Lunar New Year eve family reunion dinners. That was when he would regale us with the stories of his life. And he was a consummate story teller. A particular favourite of his was the story of the time he...
