by Soo-Inn Tan | May 29, 2026 | 2026, Communication, Relationships
I showed them pictures from the Avengers movies. No response. I tried a joke. No response. I knew I was in trouble. Yesterday I delivered the keynote speech to a Teens leadership conference organised by The Holy Innocents’ High School (HIHS). There were two...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 10, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Communication, Life Issues, Spiritual Friendship
Recently someone asked me if I was going to be less busy this year. I smiled, not sure how I should answer. Where our ministry, Graceworks, is concerned, we should be more focused this year. But the year has begun with Bernice and I doing a lot of listening....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 21, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Communication, Life Issues
Are you a good listener? I am not. I interrupt people before they finish their sentences. And after hearing one or two sentences I assume I know the rest of what a person wants to say. I then stop listening and am already marshalling my responses. (Yes, I am an ENTJ.)...
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 | Jan 31, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Communication, Life Issues, Relationships
“The government only takes care of the Malays. No one really bothers about the Indian poor.” “Or the Chinese,” he added diplomatically. I was on the way to the airport and did what I normally do to get a feel of the pulse of the nation. I was talking to my cab driver....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 25, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Communication, Life Issues
A long time ago I learnt from C. S. Lewis never to judge a man as he is without knowing how far he has come. Lewis wrote in Mere Christianity: “Human beings judge one another by their external actions. God judges them by their moral choices. When a neurotic who...
