by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 16, 2016 | 2016, Articles, Life Issues, Suicide
I can’t imagine what it is like to lose someone to suicide. I was therefore very sad when someone we knew took her life recently. We pray for her family though I suspect the grief and the questions will haunt them, and indeed all of us, for a long time. When a suicide...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 23, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues, Suicide
I wanted to be Rick Warren. In another life I may have been. A long time ago some thought I would end up as the Rick Warren of Malaysia, a “successful” pastor of a large church, making a major impact for the gospel. And then Hee Ling, my first wife, died from cancer...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 22, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Life Issues, Suicide
pragmatic: concerned with what is practical, expedient and convenient, rather than with theories and ideals. (Chambers Compact Dictionary) I was rushing through breakfast, reading the papers, when the following article caught my eye. “Law don and DPP argue for...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 4, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Life Issues, Suicide
Life is full of ironies. On one hand there are thousands of people who value life. Hence they take whatever precautions they can against diseases like SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). On the other hand there are people who choose to end their life. Like...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 15, 2000 | 2000, Articles, Life Issues, Suicide
RM20,000 (USD 5,263.02) doesn’t seem like much money these days. Surely one doesn’t take ones’ life because of a debt of that amount. Yet it was reported on the front page of the Malaysian STAR yesterday that two women jumped to their deaths from the...