Injustice poisons its practitioners.
~~Taken from http://peacetheology.net/restorative-justice/5-old-testament-justice-amos/

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Great people are ordinary people who commit themselves to extraordinary goals.
~~Anonymous

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Sin among God's people is even more serious than sin among those who do not know Him.

~~John Phillips (in his book entitled Exploring the Minor Prophets)

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I am learning to love my enemy. It is not something easy for me but I am beginning to realise that as long as I am prepared to let go of any pain, etc inflicted by my enemy, I can still love him/her. Praise God! :)

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Insecurity can drive a person to do things against his/her conscience. It troubles me when I think of how Christians can be so insecure that they do things against their conscience. How can Christianity be attractive to people of other faiths when Christians behave like they do not know God?

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The Weight is on My Shoulders

I composed the melody for this song this afternoon. :) I will probably do some fine-tuning some other time.

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Manila Trip

The pic above and the pics below are some of the other pics I took in Manila. The pic above shows a motorised trishaw (I don't know what the locals call it though.) with the name of the owner.

The pic below was taken in or near Divosoria, which is the Chinatown in Manila.

The pic below shows the entrance to Intramuros, which is one of the tourist attractions in Manila. My visit was untimely as I was not allowed to enter apparently because there were some construction works going on during the time of my visit.

This pic below was taken as the place reminded me of Hong Kong.

The pic on the right shows the way to Intramuros.



The pic below shows a jeepney, which was one of the few that fascinated me.

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I bought an iPod as my own birthday present recently. :) I am still trying to figure out how to use it. :P

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Manila Trip

I stayed in this budget hotel during my Manila trip. I want to thank God for answering my prayers with regard to the hotel's location, the lighting in the hotel room, etc.

The pic on the left shows another jeepney.

 

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The above is a pic of a jeepney in Manila.

 

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Manila Trip

My trip to Manila was quite an eye-opening experience for me. I had expected Manila to be a modern city since it is the capital of the Philippines. So I was pretty shocked by what I saw.

I did not expect to have to queue up to purchase a ticket whenever I wanted to travel on the LRT or MRT. I did not expect the LRT and MRT to be overcrowded during off-peak hours. I did not expect to see pushing by commuters without due regard to the safety of other commuters. I did not expect the traffic in Manila to be such an eyesore. I did not expect Filipinos living in Manila to be unable to speak or comprehend English. (A lot of the trishaw riders, jeepney drivers & roadside stall owners did not seem to be able to speak or comprehend English.)

Something praiseworthy about Manila is that there are security officers stationed at the entrances of all shopping centres and LRT/MRT stations, to make sure that shoppers and commuters do not bring in anything deemed as dangerous.

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