Burmese boat people left to die by Thai authorities

A co-sojourner emailed this news story to me, feeling really angry about it. It’s a really sad story.
It’s so obvious that the Thai government have floated these people out to the big sea to whither and die. And newly elected fresh-faced Thai Prime Minister Abhisit refered the investigation of this case back to the very [...]

Faith on the highway of life

I just got back from a couple of days in Mumbai. I guess this trip made me more reflective than ever following the recent 26/11 terror attacks.
Security was tight, reminded me just like Indonesia when I was there after the Bali bombings.
Even as myself and billions of Chinese all over the world celebrate the lunar [...]

“I prefer to be a passenger”

Are you in the driver’s seat or a passenger on your journey on the highway of life?

In memory of a brave woman

Husband of Singaporean victim in Mumbai terror attacks speaks to the media

I haven’t been blogging here for a while

So sorry guys, everything just moved up 1 gear since mid Sept I’ve been on the road and been home only less than 20% of the time and did at least 100 hours in the air. Add to that I have to maintain my tech blogs here and here – you can find some updates [...]

Two teenagers stabbed in clash outside Plaza Singapura

Came across this sad story… 10 boys clashed against 6, resulted in 2 horrible injuries :
A friend of the two victims said that the group of about six teenagers had been in Plaza Singapura when they noticed another group of about ten teenagers looking at them with contempt.
He said that a face-to-face confrontation between the [...]

Meeting up with co-sojourners again.. bloggers at Samsung event!

Do more than 50 hours flights in the past 1-2 weeks. Going to be doing even more in the next few weeks.
I have so much I wanna write, but so little time.
But boy am I glad I managed to make it back 2 days again for the Slingers’ record-breaking game and catch up with old [...]

The journey of musicians..

Many of you might not know that before I enslaved myself to the tech industry for the past 10 years, I was actually a musician. A full-time ‘professional’ musician who had to play a few instruments including the piano, keyboards, drums, percussions, bass, and guitars to make ends meet
A musician’s life is hard, especially here in [...]

My Father’s Hands

A son asked his father, ‘Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?’.
The father who, despite having a heart condition, says ‘Yes’.
They went on to complete the marathon together.
Father and son went on to join other marathons, the father always saying
‘Yes’ to his son’s request of going through the race together. One day, [...]

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT: BODIES BEING THROWN INTO RIVER

Please pray for Myanmar:
EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT: BODIES BEING THROWN INTO RIVER
Dan Rivers
in Bogalay, Myanmar
CNN
Homeless children watched on Tuesday as solemn men unceremoniously dropped dead bodies into the river of this southern Myanmar township.
The funeral-like procession to the river was one of many disturbing images of the destruction left by Myanmar’s deadly cyclone, which could be seen [...]