It shouldn’t take a genius to figure out that I would love this movie. Just one look at the poster — and a little bit of knowledge of who I am and what things I like. I love teddy bears, Ernest is a bear. I was born in the year of the rat and have …
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Review: More Than a Bucket List
I can’t remember when it was that I first came across the term “bucket list” — a list of things you’d like to do before you die (i.e. “kick the bucket”). I do know that I’ve gone through periods of mild obsession over creating my own bucket list ever since. I would spend hours and …
Review: Postcards from the Zoo
I knew I had to watch at least one movie from the array of movies being offered as part of the Black Movie movie festival here in Geneva, if only to finally experience what it’s like to go to a movie festival. Coincidentally, one of the movies they are screening is a movie from an …
Review: Stained Glass Hearts
Here’s a little not-so-secret fact about me. I love stained glass windows. I think they are extremely pretty. The awesome part about them, though, is that they are made of pieces of glass put together. Pieces. Broken pieces. Made into beautiful art. This is the premise of this book: Isn’t that how we are? Broken? …
Review: Amour, Jagten and Beasts of the Southern Wild
What do these three movies have in common? I saw them all at independent cinemas over the weekend, and they all make you think and reflect on life, love, and social justice issues. I started Saturday afternoon with Amour. My main reason was its nomination for the Academy Awards’ Best Motion Picture of the Year …
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Thank you God, for… (October 2012)
Here’s something I’m planning to do regularly… every end of the month/beginning of a new month, I look back at the past month and list down the things I am grateful about. And here’s my list for October 2012: My trip to Paris (16-20 October) — and all the elements that it comprised of, the …
for God all things are possible!
One line in today’s lectionary echoes loudly to me: “For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible.” (Mark 10:27b) — The reason being that I have just witness (again!) how God made things possible in my own life. The story goes… my contract for the apartment I was …
not all those who wander are lost…
they might just be stuck in a city they didn’t plan on visiting! Well, in my case for today, anyway. Here’s what happened. I had my heart set on doing what one of my friends called “crazy” and another “badass” — I wanted (despite being only half-healthy) to take a 6 hour train ride to …
Meditating on Silence
Take some time to be silent… Quite often it is hard for us to keep silent as the world around us keeps busy and noisy We try, but after a short while we become restless we wonder what will happen next when will the silence end? We feel uncomfortable with the silence During the day, …
not I, but God
We were having dinner last night and got to talking about teaching the kids at Church School and the various experiences I’ve encountered. At some point, a friend who was sitting next to me said: “wow, it must be really hard… I mean, you need to be able to think on your feet!” and I …