http://www.blogpastor.net o j a m a - s h i m a s u Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:38:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en He is a pilot with SIA. He is a well read man: novels, literature, history in English and Mandarin. Which is rare for a pilot. And of course he is well travelled and particularly loves doing it as much immersed with the locals as possible. His travelogues are an interesting ... http://www.blogpastor.net/2008/12/01/nikolaisohvinski/ After watching a Sunday channel news asia program titled "Pursuits" about an entrepreneur who sold his business and became an adventurer, I felt it was time to go back Nepal on a mini photo vacation. This was the result! (Photo credits: Rachel Roque, Celine Koh.) Jewels of Nepal from Blogpastor on ... http://www.blogpastor.net/2008/11/27/the-jewels-of-nepal/ Since we are at it, I may as well let you know all my other tak bolehs in the occultic and disputable realm. Of course it is not exhaustive, but enough to give you a good idea where I am, but it need not be where you should be in ... http://www.blogpastor.net/2008/11/25/tah-boleh-and-tah-tau/ The National Fatwah Council of Malaysia has banned Muslims from practising yoga because they feel that religious elements of Hinduism are too deeply embedded and cannot be extricated from the exercise. The chants, meditation and physical movements are expressions of oneness with the God of a different religion and as ... http://www.blogpastor.net/2008/11/23/yoga-tah-boleh/ My wife Jenny was a system analyst with Yeo's for many years while I was on pastoral staff. Then she left her job to care for the kids as a homemaker. When they were in secondary school, she signed on to study the Bible systematically. Last Tuesday, she completed her ... http://www.blogpastor.net/2008/11/19/jen-completes-the-bsf-course/ If you are wondering from where I got that cryptic but beautiful Japanese phrase "ojama shimasu" in my post on ACS spirit, and what I meant by it, go to Perichorus HERE. http://www.blogpastor.net/2008/11/18/ojama-shimasu/ I have started a blogshop. I was not inspired, or was I? Don't know. Just know that a few weeks back there was a report about blogshops in the Straits Times and it simply captured my attention. Not as a business opportunity. But as a learning opportunity to understand a ... http://www.blogpastor.net/2008/11/17/blogshop/ "Was that the ACS spirit? Or perhaps the MGS spirit?" I provocatively asked a young adult in my cell group. I was referring to a news report about a video of a birthday celebration that looked more like birthday ragging. It was done at ACJC. A group of 10 laughing ... http://www.blogpastor.net/2008/11/14/the-acs-spirit/ The young adults did a cool video to publicise the "Le Papillon" experience. I think all young men need a male version of Le Papillon, as much if not more. For more details go HERE. http://www.blogpastor.net/2008/11/12/le-papillon/ It's very rare for someone to send me a book through the mail, but it happened. Back at work last Tuesday, after my recent mourning, I saw a parcel at the end of the day, and lo and behold, inside was Joseph Prince's devotional version of his book, Destined to ... http://www.blogpastor.net/2008/11/11/day-by-day-with-joseph-prince/