Remembrance

Famous leaders would always inspire people by starting with: "Remember..." and follow this up with a litany of glorious events that might have brought them from an impending disaster to a victorious event.

We like to remember. It makes us review the successes of the past... what we left behind, the joys we foresee ahead, the reasons for changing.

Just remembering my childhood and my teenage years boost up my morale and sets me back into track with my goals and ideals.

You bring me into remembrance. You never fail to give me reminders along the way.
They say that "our birth" is a sleep and forgetting. That is why You come to "re-mind" me of my glorious heritage and of my responsibilities too - "Do this in remembrance of me."
See, every morning You do remind me!

The Magi

They say that: In Asia, many non-Christians see theologians, priests and religious as "knowing everything" about God (imagine we even try to define the Trinity).
But it seems what people want to see and hear from us is how we experience God.

Why were the Magi wise men? They used experiential learning.
"To learn by experience, one has to experience first. Then reflect on that experience to extract the learning." (quite basic, isn't it?)
By following the star, they experienced both the Herod and the Jesus... after which
they were never the same again.

Traffic At Monivong

As I pass through Monivong Blvd (Phnom Penh) I see a paved road yet potholed and congested. the notion of traffic lanes is more or less meaningful in this city. Although the traffic generally does travel on the right side of the road, going against it does not seem to be lawbreaking. In fact for others it's perfectly normal.

I think it's because people here grew up driving bicycles, then shifted to motorcycles, then to cars and then to trucks but still retaining their bicycle habits.

Ah! how we have to change our ways as we grow older and carry heavier responsibilities. If not our lives become another Monivong.