Monkey God Tree Make a Monkey out of You!

Isa 44:15 Man gets wood from trees for fuel.

He uses some of it to warm himself.

He starts a fire and bakes bread.

But he also uses some of it to make a god and worship it.

He makes a statue of a god and bows down to it.

Isa 44:16 He burns half of the wood in the fire.

He prepares a meal over it.

He cooks meat over it.

He eats until he is full.

He also warms himself. He says,

"Good! I'm getting warm.

The fire is nice and hot."

Isa 44:17 From the rest of the wood he makes a statue.

It becomes his god.

He bows down and worships it.

He prays to it. He says,

"Save me. You are my god."

Isa 44:18 People like that don't even know what they are doing.

Their eyes are shut so that they can't see the truth.

Their minds are closed so that they can't understand it.

Isa 44:19 No one even stops to think about this.

No one has any sense or understanding.

If anyone did, he would say,

"I used half of the wood for fuel.

I even baked bread over the fire.

I cooked meat. Then I ate it.

Should I now make a statue of a god

out of the wood that's left over?

Should I bow down to a block of wood?

The Lord would hate that."

Isa 44:20 That's as foolish as eating ashes!

The mind of someone like that

has led him down the wrong path.

He can't save himself.

He can't bring himself to say,

"This thing I'm holding in my right hand

isn't really a god at all."

The Bumblebee Cannot Fly According To Aerodynamics

"According to the law of aerodynamics, the bumblebee cannot fly. Apparently no one bothered to tell the bee. "

This is a daily brightening wise words appeared in my calendar today. I like it.

Too many times, we have experts to tell us we are losers. We have too many negative feedbacks from the so call specialists that dismiss our ideas or aspiration as non sense or stupid.

Thomas Edison tested over 3000 filaments before he came up with a practical light bulb. If we give out so readily, we simply fulfill the prophesies of the naysayer.

Go, keep flying!

Does Singapore Ever Have a Museum Image?

I read in amusement the local headline: “S'pore Revving Up - Casinos will help it shed its 'museum' image: PM” appeared in 11^th Sept 2007 issue of Today.

During an interview with Bloomberg at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Sydney, our Casino Government head, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that SINGAPORE'S two casinos will help the island shed its "museum" image.

Since the construction boom in the 1970/80, Singapore are always in the destruction of historical buildings (actually not even qualified to be classified as historical since we do not have such long history such as Rome or China). Even some landmarks that have not been built for more than 40 years have been demolished. (Such as the Singapore National Stadium – less than 35 years in existence, the Singapore National Theatre – Less than 25 years in existence)

Under the leadership of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the Casino Government trades its morality with economic growth. It even toyed with the idea of accepting homosexuality as a personal choice and life style instead of a sin.

This Casino Government will bring destruction to itself and to Singapore.

Time to repent before destruction comes at the door step!

Fried Prawn with Mayonnaise, Satay, Chilli Fish – All Vegetarian Food ??!

I held high regards for people that choose not to eat food made from animals because of their compassion to the animals and that they could not bear to see the animals suffer during the killing process.

The same could not be said when vegetarians eat vegetarian food made to taste and look like typical non vegetarian food such as fried prawn, satay or chilli fish.

My mom used to be a strict vegetarian. During Chinese New Year celebration, I used to bring the whole extended family to a vegetarian restaurant for dinner. It is amusing to order vegetarian shark fin soup, vegetarian fried ikan bilis, vegetarian satay, vegetarian chilli fish and vegetarian fried prawn with mayonnaise. See the following photo of vegetarian Peking duck from Ling Zhi Vegetarian Restaurant, does it look like the real Peking duck?

This to me is hypocrisy. On one hand, they do not want to eat the animal but on the other hand would like to make the food taste like food made from animal. I especially despise vegetarians by religion choose to eat such vegetarian food.

This is for sure a personal choice. By I would not hold any regard for such person.