Have A Little Faith

Pick this up from the net, found it interesting:-

An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, the Almighty.

He asks one of his new students to stand and…..

Prof: So you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.

Prof: Is God good?
Student: Sure.

Prof: Is God all-powerful?
Student: Yes.

Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn’t. How is this God good then?

(Student is silent)

Prof: You can’t answer, can you? Let’s start again, young fellow. Is God good?
Student: Yes.

Prof: Is Satan good?
Student: No.

Prof: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From…God…

Prof: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student: Yes.

Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student: Yes.

Prof: So who created evil?

(Student does not answer)

Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student: Yes, sir.

Prof: So, who created them?

(Student has no answer.)

Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son…Have you ever seen God?
Student: No, sir.

Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?
Student: No, sir.

Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?
Student: No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.

Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student: Yes.

Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.

Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.

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Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Prof: Yes.

Student: And is there such a thing as cold?
Prof: Yes.

Student: No, sir. There isn’t.

(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of event)

Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.

(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre)

Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?

Student: You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light….But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it’s called darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?

Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?

Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from monkeys?

Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.

Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is going)

Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?

(The class is in uproar)

Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?

(The class breaks out into laughter)

Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?

(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable)

Prof: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.

Student: That is it sir… The link between man & God is FAITH. That is all that keeps things moving & alive.

The student was …

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, the 11th President of India or so the email says… and it’s a true story.

Vito Corleone

Vito Corleone is 1 of the characters in the Godfather trilogy. He is kind hearted, patient, loyal, righteous, all good characteristic of a nice man. But he is the head of a Mafia family. So he is bad/good (strike off at your own choice). Anyways nice movie, anyone wants the DVD can let me know.

This week is Chinese new year. So every new year I have the same ritual (ritual is use like this right? If i’m wrong someone A1 english person please correct me).  On nian chu yi I will pay a visit to my grandma. Everyone will be there. The six families of my mum side + some other auntie uncle whom you see them only during 3 events, wedding, cny and funeral. Blood is thicker than water so they say, i beg to differ. How the hell could it be you are closer to your uncle whom you don’t even know his birthday comparing to your best best friends? Maybe it’s a chinese culture thingy. Anyways back to main topic.. Every year when i go to my grandma house, i tend to be quiet. I mean i crack a joke or 2. But normally they don’t really get the joke. Maybe its the background thing. You see, out of 6 families 5 families are millionaires. Yes youread it right. And of course lucky or unlucky we are the one family who is staying hdb, study in neighbourhood school and struggling to hold a conversation with the rest.

Not that i’m complaining. Believe it or not, though i dream to be rich but i am proud of who i am, who i mix with (minus the unsteadiness wahaha), how i act, what i eat, where i study. I am a heartlander at heart. Yes! The people’s champion if you want to put a name to it. Or at least i hope to be the people’s champion.

As i have mention, normally im not too interactive with the rest of the families. But this year was a tad different. Due to the economy being so bad, and me being all of 25 with only white hair to show off for achievement. I had to act. So i made myself the PR guru. Going around with talking to important people. It was not very fruitful i would say (not offered a better job), BUT this is a good start and i got to build on it. I mean im not saying i want to use them to do something, i just need a stepping stone. If the stone aint going to appear i wont cry, of course i’ll still try to make i work by myself.

So anyways i had a good chat with a couple of relatives, made some so call intelligent comments which i hope makes them think of me in a different light.

Just to had, tomorrow the brothers with the answers will be at my place for a renuion of sorts. No matter how busy everyone is, i really hope everyone makes time for this. Just a get together, don’t have to do much and i’ll be quite glad.

Last but not least I wanna thank 1 colleague. Today she sort of made my day, give me 1 Manchester United calender for 2009. Though she say is her husband don’t want, wah but i quite touch, cause she know i Man U supporter. And its a very nice calender man. Yeah! United till i die~~~

From the people’s champion quoting ”My Chemical Romance” :-

When I was a young boy,
My father took me into the city
To see a marching band.

He said,”Son when you grow up,
would you be the saviour of
the broken, the beaten and
the damned?”
He said “Will you defeat them,
your demons, and all the non
believers, the plans that they
have made?”
Because one day I’ll leave you,
A phantom to lead you in the summer,
To join the black parade.”

From the Manchester United 2009 AIA Calender :-

”Victory belongs to the most persevering.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

Last but not least, 2009 question to my brothers with the answers :-

”Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity
to seize everything you ever wanted. One moment.
Would you capture it or just let it slip?”

Happy Lunar New Year! Huat x10000000000000000000000000000000000

Picture Of You

Been browsing through the internet and realise that website stomp.sg have been quite popular in recent times. This triggered some thoughts in my mind. The question was : ”What exactly are the laws regarding strangers taking pictures/ videos of you?” If i didnt remember wrongly, our local papers wrote that this was a grey area and then nothing much was confirm.

Currently websites that are more popular or famous are things that have a human touch. For example youtube, myspace, stpmp blah blah. These websites lets you upload pictures or videos to discuss. If it is pure fun or some personal stuff i think its fine. But we all know (we as in guys), that there are some sites (Singapore) that take pictures of girls(without their knowledge), in of course, positions that would make the blood flow downwards. Even in video sharing sites, some funny Singaporeans are taking videos of people without their consent and uploading it. Can’t you make an effort to help the situation rather than wasting your time uploading those videos and hiding behind the computer – you nerd!

Read on another incident. This time it was regarding a man who threathen another guy in a shopping mall. He got caught in the act, no not by the police, but by some amatuer John Woo. Amatuer John Woo then decided to upload the video on a video sharing site. Many people commented, complaining that the guy was a hooligan blah blah – another trait of Singapreans, complaining and complaining without making clear the situation.

The guy which threathen the other guy came out and told his side of story. Roughly it went like this, he caught some pervert guy taking pictures of his gf without their consent. Pervert guy runs. Guy chases. Guy caughts up with pervert. Strangles and ask pervert not to delete photo. Urges the surrounding crowd to cal lthe police. Video Sharing nerd whips up phone to press the buttons. Video sharing nerd did not press 999, instead clicks the video function and films the incident down.Video is uploaded.

I guess different ”click” happy peopple can be catergorise differently.

1) Films incidents they think which are funny and uploads it.

2) Films or take pictures of girls.

3) Films themselves with their gf/bf in the act HAHAHA.

Jokes aside, anyone caught filming my gf, mother, sister, trust me, i will smash your phone first and then smash your farking head.

”When they know they’re your heart and you know you are their armour, And you will destroy anyone who would try and harm her.”

Caught!

Quoting  MediaCorp News :

SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 26-year-old man believed to be behind a spate of car break-ins in Sengkang this year.

Between January 3 and 12, the suspect allegedly broke into 40 cars and made off with the cashcards in the in-vehicle units.

Police officers eventually tracked him down at a rented unit in Sengkang. A stakeout was mounted and the suspected was apprehended on Tuesday.

Among the items recovered were S$1,889 in cash, 18 cashcards and an assortment of drug paraphernalia.

The man, who is being investigated for drug abuse, will be charged on Wednesday with theft.

- CNA/so

(c) 2009 MediaCorp News Pte Ltd. All Rights Reserved

Chilling Pain

Chilling pain down the spine. No, not a figure of speech. Its how im exactly feeling right now. I had to blog this, and complain a little, cause the pain is giving me a headache. I tried doing various test which is taught through the internet and i have self diagnose that i have a spinal disc herniation. Its what we call a slipped disc.

Initially i just had some back ache Like back ache after walk for too much etc. Not anything serious, it was more of back ache than back pain. But for this past weeks when the pain comes, its sick.

Normally it starts in the morning, once when  i wake up, i feel my back stiff, i know the whole day the back will pain. When morning not bad, the whole day most likely will be ok. I can’t really describe the discomfort or pain to you. But let me give you a picture of how i feel and react.

Normally after bathing i suppose you need to wear your shorts (unless due to the Nonya craze you decided to become a Baba). So everyone wear their shorts in the same motion.

1) Bend down to take your shorts – I feel 70% pain.

2) Lifting my legs while bending and putting my legs into the shorts – I feel 80% pain

3) Lifting the other leg into the other part of the shorts – Im not joking on this, whenever i reach this part, im already panting because of the pain and of cause with my character i grit my teeth and just do it. Its damn sickeningly painful, why, cause i shiver when i control my pain and wear my shorts.

From what i read from the internet, it will take about 6 weeks to heal. Some more serious cases might need surgery which i am obviously not going to do it. We’ll see 6 weeks from now how it goes.

Keep you people updated.

The Best There Is, The Best There Was, And The Best That Ever Will Be.

Who am i talking about ? Guess.

This guy stayed at a club for 20 odds years. Brought them countless titles. Known for his fiery temper he have tone down in recent years. In fact, he doesnt seem to get angry. Nowadays he seems to prefer fatherly love than scolding his players. Yes, he is Alex Ferguson. I wouldnt say he is the best manager ever, cause that would be an insult, he is the greatest whether you like it or not. Many ”great” managers inherited already good squad, made some small changes and won titles. AF made Man united what they are today. AF = Man United, Man United = AF, period.

I have always made known my high respect for this guy, and yes he ranks above in my respect list.

But today’s post is not about saying how great this already great guy is. Its about Mr Benitez. I’m really taken aback that he launch the media salvo on Alex Ferguson. Saying that he gets all the major decision and whenever get talks the FA doesnt control him blah blah. Ok fine, it’s a fact that big clubs always get the decision. I mean it irons out through out the season doesnt it? And i dont even wish to write about specific incidents (read: Garcia goal).

What Mr Benitez is trying to do here is to make refrees give decisions against Man U. But if i were Mr Benitez now, i would lie low. You know, being in an unfamiliar position( top of the table for now), i would hope that the spotlight would be less on my team. Maybe he wanted to take the spotlight off Gerrard? But he could have use another method. Like maybe say that Torres is a better striker than Rooney. At least this is quite true. I hope he doesnt start the mind games so early, cause i got a gut feeling its going to back-fire on him. If you want to win the epl title which spans 38 gruelling games, i say concentrate on the epl title. You might have a chance, in fact a big chance.

As we know by now that Man U have won against the mighty Chelsea. And Liverpool have drawn against Stoke. What have taken me aback was the tactics employed my liverpool. They had Torres and Keane on the bench. Could Mr Benitez tell me what is in his tactical brian? And why is Alonso not playing (is he injured? im not sure). The creativity was lacking and it was obvious. Kuyt was like a headless chicken running around. And honestly Gerrard was not in the game. In the game i kept looking out for him, and most of the time he was strolling. I’m not sure what’s bothering him in the game, but he kept strolling around. Not his usual self. Thinking about his court case?

Anyway nothing much, just wanted to remember this day as Mr Benitez having a go at AF. We’ll see what happens in the end.

Smashed!

I got rob.  Luckily not at gun point.

Anyways let me keep the story short. Yesterday morning, as usual going to work. When i reach my carpark, realise that there was a group of people and a number of policemen. I thought there was a fight or something. But upon looking closer realise that a lot of cars windescreen got smash and their cash card was missing. Obviously i prayed that my car wasn’t 1 of the ”lucky” few. But nowadays my prayers are seldom answered.

The area the robbers smashed was a small hole where the IU is situated. Of course they didnt have to smash the whole wind screen as all they wanted was the cash card. My cash card had a value of $6, to me it was bad business for the robbers. From what i know from Calvin and ”wan bao”, about 30 cars was robbed in Sengkang. I doubt people who had cash card value for $50 and above would leave their cash card in their IU. So $50 x 29 = 1450 + $6 (my car = $1456 was the max the robbers got away with. And of course they wouldn’t do this alone, as they need someone to keep a lookout. So if there was 2 in a team, 1 person will only get about $700.

Seriously smashing wind screen isnt really great fun. You have to ensure that there is no noise and hopefully there is a cashcard somewhere. I think they had a cloth over the area they wanted to smash and then use a hammer or a thong to break the glass.

Funny thing was, i didnt lock my car that day. I mean i forgot to lock. Bloody hell, they could have just open my door, take my cash card and leave my wind screen alone.

Unthinkable what some people might do for a couple of hundreds. God bless.

Crab Dribble

The crab dribble ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkwKGm8eqwc ) made famous 2 days ago by the ”powder clapper” Lebron James.  Great player that he is, seems to be getting too big for his shoes.

From the video you can see the crab dribble which was obviously travelling. From what i remember the coach telling me when i was young, a travel is when you take 2 or more steps when not bouncing the ball. That was 3 steps, and i don’t need a calculator for that math.

But Lebron ”I am better than Kobe” James says its not travelling. Read about what he said here – http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3814635

What he’s trying to say is – ” I’m too good for everyone, you take away this, I’m still better”. My God what audacity! Yes you’re good but i hear the black community always talking about ”respect”, so i guess you need to keep your foot firmly on the ground.

In fact i hav seen a lot of his videos. And honestly i felt he keep taking 3 steps to the basket. But most of them are not called. I tried googling some of these concerns of mine. And guess what, i was not the only 1 that felt that way. you guys can try googling on travelling of NBA players. They have been arguing that actually Lebron James always travels, but because of his reputation as a player who can take 2 big steps to the basket, refs always fail to call if he really does travels. Same goes for Garnett. Just before Garnett takes a jumper, he will shuffle his feet (to position his legs and hands), which by right is a travel.

Of course im not some basketball Guru, i just say what i have read or seen.

Anyway as of today, Cavaliers have a slightly better record than Celtics. So I hope you guys don’t miss the game this saturday morning 9am game between them. Of course im rooting for KG.

1 last joke to end this boring post. Zhiwei can’t really pronounce some of NBA’s stars name, 1 of his classic is saying ”Leepom James”. So he will go,

Zw : Wah Leepom very good ah

Randy : Who is Leepom?

Zw: Leepom James you don’t know, you still say NBA fan?!

Randy: You mean Le BRON James???

Zw: Han na! Leepom James lor

Randy: Ok interesting, few questions, who is Heat star player?

Zw: Wah lau, this you don’t know, Dwayne Wayne lah!

Randy: hmmm i think he’s called Dwayne Wade…..

Zw: You know can already, ok i ask you, who is the Indian player in Celtics?

Randy: Huh??! NBA got indian??

Zw: Hahaha, RAJA Rondo!

Randy: ……………………………

P.S Not meant to make a mickey of him. Just for laughs, we need it for 2009.

When I’m Gone

Another 1 for the fans.

Spoken:

Yeah…
It’s my life…
My own words I guess…

Verse 1:

Have you ever loved someone so much, you’d give an arm for?
Not the expression, no, literally give an arm for!
When they know they’re your heart
And you know you are their armour
And you will destroy anyone who would try to harm her
But what happens when karma, turns right around and bites you???
And everything you stand for, turns on you, despite you?
What happens when you become the main source of her pain?
“Daddy look what I made”, Dad’s gotta go catch a plane
“Daddy where’s Mommy? I can’t find Mommy where is she?”
I don’t know go play Hailie, baby, your Daddy’s busy
Daddy’s writing a song, this song ain’t gonna write itself
I’ll give you one underdog then you gotta swing by yourself
Then turn right around in that song and tell her you love her
And put hands on her mother, who’s a spitting image of her
That’s Slim Shady, yeah baby, Slim Shady’s crazy
Shady made me, but tonight Shady’s rocka-by-baby…

And when I’m gone, just carry on, don’t mourn
Rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that I’m looking down on you smiling
And I didn’t feel a thing, So baby don’t feel no pain
Just smile back …

Verse 2:
I keep having this dream, I’m pushin’ Hailie on the swing
She keeps screaming, she don’t want me to sing
“You’re making Mommy cry, why? Why is Mommy crying?”
Baby, Daddy ain’t leaving no more, “Daddy you’re lying
“You always say that, you always say this is the last time”
“But you ain’t leaving no more, Daddy you’re mine”
She’s piling boxes in front of the door trying to block it
“Daddy please, Daddy don’t leave, Daddy – no stop it!”
Goes in her pocket, pulls out a tiny necklace locket
It’s got a picture, “this’ll keep you safe Daddy, take it with ya’”
I look up, it’s just me standing in the mirror
These fucking walls must be talking, cause man I can hear  them
They’re saying “You’ve got one more chance to do right” – and it’s tonight
Now go out there and show that you love  them before it’s too late
And just as I go to walk out of my bedroom door
It’s turns to a stage, they’re gone, and this spotlight is on
And I’m singing…

And when I’m gone, just carry on, don’t mourn
Rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that I’m looking down on you smiling
And I didn’t feel a thing, So baby don’t feel no pain
Just smile back
And when I’m gone, just carry on, don’t mourn
Rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that I’m looking down on you smiling
And I didn’t feel a thing, So baby don’t feel no pain
Just smile back…

Verse 3:

Sixty thousand people, all jumping out their seat
The curtain closes, they’re throwing roses at my feet
I take a bow and thank you all for coming out
They’re screaming so loud, I take one last look at the crowd
I glance down, I don’t believe what I’m seeing
“Daddy it’s me, help Mommy, her wrists are bleeding,”
But baby we’re in Sweden, how did you get to Sweden?
“I followed you Daddy, you told me that you weren’t leaving”
“You lied to me Dad, and now you make Mommy sad”
“And I bought you this coin, it says ‘Number One Dad”
“That’s all I wanted, I just want to give you this coin
“I get the point – fine, me and Mommy are going”
But baby wait, “it’s too late Dad, you made the choice”
“Now go out there and show them that you love them more than us”
That’s what they want, they want you Marshall, they keep.. screaming your name
It’s no wonder you can’t go to sleep, just take another pill
Yeah, I bet you you will. You rap about it, yeah, word, keep it real
I hear applause, all this time I couldn’t see
How could it be, that the curtain is closing on me
I turn around, find a gun on the ground, cock it
Put it to my brain and scream “DIE SHADY” and pop it
The sky darkens, my life flashes,
the plane that I was supposed to be on crashes and burns to ashes
That’s when I wake up, alarm clock’s ringin’, there’s birds singin’
It’s Spring and Hailie’s outside swinging,
I walk right up to Kim and kiss her, tell her I miss her
Hailie just smiles and winks at her little sister
Almost as if to say..

When I’m gone, just carry on, don’t mourn
Rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that I’m looking down on you smiling
And I didn’t feel a thing, So baby don’t feel no pain
Just smile back
And when I’m gone, just carry on, don’t mourn
Rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that I’m looking down on you smiling
And I didn’t feel a thing, So baby don’t feel no pain
Just smile back…