by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 7, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
This year our two older sons, Mark and Stephen, graduated from university. One is with us in Singapore, the other in Melbourne. As parents, we rejoice that the two of them have successfully completed a key part of their development and growth. There is just one thing....
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 | Apr 22, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
They could have had a comfortable house in the suburbs. But his office was in the city. If he had a house in the suburbs, the after-work commute would mean that by the time he got home, his children would already be in bed. So he opted to have a home in the city. The...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 5, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Christian Living, Life Issues, Rest & Busyness, Work & Vocation
The meeting had to be rescheduled because I had to make an urgent trip back to Kuala Lumpur. But the four members of my mentoring cohort and I managed to agree on a new date to meet. As usual the meeting would begin with dinner at 7.30 pm. A day before the meeting...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 18, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
Once in awhile you read something that sounds really right. It makes you want to put it in a piece but you are not quite sure how. I caught the following passage from Will Hutton’s The World We’re In some time ago: [A good business is much more than a...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 14, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
He was 29. He worked for one of the Big Four accounting firms. He was successful. And he was leaving work past midnight most nights. With limited time for his wife and his church community he knew that something was wrong. But he was too tired to reflect as to what he...