Sunday, May 24, 2009
say hi to a series of rather random photos (:
"Hi"
city hall - artsy walkway to esplanade
thought it would be fun
attracted lots of weird stares
haha
something i thought was a cat
along thompson road
i teach tuition in a FOREST
joel's beautiful concert
at this really dodgy backalley of Little India
but a really quaint old shophouse-turned-home
his teacher's house
that had random things like viking helmet and triptika portrait
yes that is all for a eventful weekend.. love, jing (:
8:36 AM
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
from a really interesting magazine called Broader Perspectives - that aims to help JC students with GP... this is from The Gender Issue.
Submission (an extract)
"... Up to today, nuclear war still remains unprecedented. We can only pray that leaders and people will always continue to choose life over death. Yet, is it so inconceivable that someone should choose life over death?
The extremists on both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict seem to think so. Rather than compromise and settle for a two state resolution to their four-decade long war, both sides claim that their identity, their dignity, the dignity of their dead loved ones, the injustice of forgiving what they have lost...all that is more important than life itself.
... Backing down from confrontation is embarrassing, is weak, is based on a fallacious underestimation of the enemy, is an overextension of grace, is....reasons abound and everything seems to matter.
... For four decades, leaders have taken unconvinvincing steps for peace and much bolder steps towards catastrophe. A choice of death over life. So when countries are head to head, eyeball to eyeball, who should back down? Who should submit?
Interestingly enough, beyond nuclear bombs, it seems that there are other ways that we are eyeball to eyeball. People have been called to submit to their govenments, to submit to authority. Wives are often asked to submit to their parents. But look at our world now. Citizens are empowered by knowledge and choice. People are empowered by lobby groups and advocacy work. Wives are empowered by education and personal chequebooks. Kids are empowered by all of the above.
Back at a time when people cannot even remember, people submitted because authority was indeed more powerful. But today, nobody is more powerful. We are eyeball to eyeball. Head to head. So who should submit? Or more importantly, why?
Submission, it seems, involves a lot more than just backing down. And submission is certainly not about being weak. Submission becomes more meaningul today than ever before simply because fewer and fewer people today actually need to submit. It is an act of grace, a deliberate act of humility which says that "I pefer to look stupid than to go on fighting."
It is the wiser person who submits first, a commitment and sacrifice done with the hope that the other will reciprocate. And it is an even greater sacrifice to stay true to that commitment until the other party does. It is an act of love and investment in the relationship, whether it be to a spouse, a child, a police officer or a government.
... Today as equals, we no longer need to submit to each other. But we do so because greater than 'being right' is love for our fellow man. "
it's a secular magazine. fantastic right! i have the hardcopy if anyone wants to borrow :D
love, jing.
8:46 AM
Monday, May 11, 2009
hihi i realised nobody ever sees the titles cos our blogskin doesnt allow it. anyway im so free now, maybe one day i'll find a new blogskin for us! haha.
so the title of my msg today is 'Jing on the Rebound'. everybody say wow! *wow*
HEHE. cos i am finally blogging again. PRIOR to this, i was suffering from some terrible disease known as blogger's procrastination. takes hardwork and discipline!
hi dinosaurs need to take MRT too.
some jokers decided it would be funny to leave the figurines there.
i saw with my own 2 eyes the guilty culprits!
singaporeans are STRANGE.
me trying in vain to fit into tengster's size 4 heels.
kids' shoes!!
yay everyone is loved by jing. (:
1:40 PM
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
hi buddies,
i posted something in my cg blog. hope it encorages you all...!! haha! =)
Great leaders arise in time of crisis. Every crisis is an opportunity to lead.
Tengster
11:24 AM
Monday, May 4, 2009
hi hi hi.
pictures from our weekly sat escapades to AH CHEW. desserts. (i just did a keewei! hahaha)
cute pics of sarah lim and cindy teng.
no jing seah.
i demand next escapade to change photographer!
k thanks bai. enjoy the peektures.
spirit of lady gaga
our creepy window HANTU
CUTE BUDDY.
jing: can you pout for me?? pls pls plsss
cindy: cannot la!!!
*pouts*
hee.love, jing.
10:49 PM