by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 26, 2008 | 2008, Articles, God, God’s Sovereignty, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose
I never had the patience to enjoy jigsaw puzzles. But I have done a few in my time. The thing about jigsaw puzzles is, the more you work on one, the more you know where the remaining pieces fit. When you start out you have all these pieces in hand but you have few...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 18, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
I had a terrible toothache. Started on Tuesday. I was still in KL. God was merciful and the toothache started only after I had finished most of what I needed to do in KL. I messaged my dentist in Singapore. A brother in Christ and a dental school class mate (yes, in...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 8, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Life Issues, Suffering
Received an email from a good friend a few days ago. He had just made a visit to his home town. A large part of the visit was spent with three people with very serious medical conditions. Two of them were not expected to last long. All three were suffering severe...
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 | Jul 10, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
I miss Roson more than I thought I would. (My cousin died on March 31, 2008 from pancreatic cancer.) In these past three months I have been ambushed often by memories of the good times we shared. I think of the trip Bernice and I made to Toronto the year before last....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 7, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Life Issues, Relationships
Tonight Bernice and I will be meeting up with some old friends for dinner. Well, they are more my old friends. They came to know Bernice only since she entered my life but we are all good friends now. I first knew this couple before they were married. We were all...
