Our brains and minds have an incredible ability to conceptualise, categorise and arrange all sorts of things in our lives in order to make a bit more sense of the infinitely complex world we have found ourselves in. It's one of the most practical aspects of the mind, and most of the time we don't …
One of the things I love (which to my knowledge I've never talked about on this blog) is video games. I don't know if it's the escapism of them or what, but I've loved them ever since I first saw my dad play Doom when I was about four years old. Since then I've always …
Continue reading The Game Master God (GMG): Does the Moral Law of the Universe Apply to Video Games?
My fiancée and I met in China and that’s where our love story sprouted and blossomed. International love in a historical land seems too romantic to ever go wrong. But cultural differences and stereotypical Chinese morality have seriously given us a piece of their mind. China is such a proud country that there are nationalists …
In the vast world of the internet, most of us tend to have one thing in common when we present ourselves to the world. We cultivate an image of ourselves that is almost entirely positive. We present to the world a caricature of a more truthful perception of ourselves, leaving only stuff that tell others …
Continue reading A Few Confessions: My Failings on the Mystical Journey
This is probably one of the least spiritually-centered topics I've written about so far (though I'm still going to drop some in towards the end!). Perhaps it may also be one of the more controversial ones, since it is tied to immigration and traditional culture, some of the most heavily debated and contentious issues in …
Continue reading Are Borders Arbitrary? Nationally, Bodily, Spiritually
My fiancée (David) proposed to me in his parents’ house. Silly me, who couldn’t wake up in the morning to the fabulous sunrise by the beach, missed out on the most romantic/cliche arranged proposal in the world. Instead, Mr. Grumpy, who failed to shake up his drooling “Sleeping Beauty”, drove himself to the beach at …
Hi all! I'm happy to announce that soon my fiance will be writing posts for my blog here and there. Because she wants to practice her English writing abilities, I thought it would be a good idea for her to use my blog to develop her skills. It'll be good for her to have others …
Continue reading Announcement of an Additional Author, My Fiance!
The other day, I had an awesome trip to the Harbin Snow and Ice Festival in the frozen northeastern province of Heilongjiang in China. It is certainly the tourist highlight of the city and a truly incredible sight to behold if you're willing to brave negative twenty-five degrees celsius. So because I'm incredibly busy at …
Continue reading Photos from My Visit to the Harbin Snow and Ice Festival (Something Different)
For most people who haven't spent much time reading into the subject, there has always seemed to be a perpetual clash between the rigid, closed-minded and oppressive institution of religion, and the open-minded, enlightened, rational figures in the pursuit of science. Particularly in the West, the Church always got in the way of "truth" when …
A Perennial Follower 