by Soo-Inn Tan | May 28, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
I was a singer in a rock and roll band. We were called the Keviians and we were the resident band of the King Edward 7th Residential College, University of Singapore. We played at the College hops but I suspect we were all in the band because we liked what we were...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 10, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
There is still the hint of a headache. Appetite not quite back to normal. Nor energy levels. But clearly the worst of the dengue attack is over. No more high fever. No more body aches. And platelet levels back to normal. Still, almost two weeks have gone by, most of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 28, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
This week I received an email from a friend I had not heard from for almost twenty years. I first met him when I was at seminary. He wrote: “I cracked open my Regent mail today and saw your picture. You’d be surprised how often I think about you. I still...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 20, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
“Should I take this job?” Once in a while I am privileged to be privy to the struggles of my friends as they wonder if they should take a new job offer. Of course in the uncertainties of the New Economy some of us are relieved just to be able to put food...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 5, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
I had breakfast with one of my mentors this morning. He doesn’t live in Malaysia and we meet up in person at most once a year. He didn’t know that my dad had passed away. He listened as I shared. He recounted his own experience of the death of his father...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 27, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Christian Living, Life Issues, Loving Others, Work & Vocation
The boys and I went to see ‘Finding Nemo’ last Sunday. Cool dad-son bonding film. I had only one beef about the movie. I hated the way the dentist was portrayed. (Let me declare up front that I was trained as a dentist and practised that noble profession...