by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 15, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Life Issues, Suffering
It’s been a long time since I sold a car. I no longer remember what I have to do to transfer ownership. I had to ask. I sold a car last Monday, WGR 820, my Nissan AD Resort station wagon. I have had it since 1998 though I hadn’t been using it much since my...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 30, 2010 | 2010, Aging, Articles, Life Issues
I am safe in the arms of Jesus. When my time comes I am not afraid. Went to visit an aunt last Thursday (Aug 26). She is 96 and living in a nursing home in Toronto. The first thing she told us (in Cantonese) was that she was safe in the arms of Jesus and that when the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 16, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Life Issues, Relationships
How many good conversations have you had this week? Apparently “happier people have more meaningful conversations (Melinda Wenner Moyer, “Skip the Small Talk,” Scientific American Mind, July/August 2010,12).” In a study conducted at the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 19, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Christian Living, Faith, Life Issues, Suffering
Last Sunday (July 11th) I had the privilege of being asked to say a few words at the memorial service of my friend Alvin Tan. He died from a heart attack, age 41, on 27 April 2010. I started my saying: “It’s such a waste that he died so young. If he had...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 7, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Family, Life Issues, Suffering, Widowhood
When Bernice and I visit a newly widowed friend, we will invariably be asked, “how long will it take?” No explanations needed. We know precisely what is being asked. How long before one gets over the crippling, agonising pain of loss? How long before life...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 31, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Life Issues, Relationships
Just came back from a three week trip to the Pacific North West — Vancouver and Seattle, with a side trip to Calgary. We made a similar trip last year. I can summarise this trip in two words — work, and friends. Work, well, the volume of work this time was...
