Mums Are Stars....

English: jkklglh (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

It has been a little over a month since my last entry....

Since today is Mother's Day, perhaps this is a good time as any to restart some writing and to wish all mothers, especially mine, A Happy Mother's Day!

Meantime, life here in the Seminary is slowly winding down towards our coming semester break where we close for two months, as the seminarians go for their 1-month pastoral followed by their other month for holiday.

Afternoon Delight!

If you are free today afternoon and have a knack for taking pictures of the skies and other heavenly bodies (I mean astronomical objects!), do go on outside and have a ball with an event happening today between 3.00 p.m. and 5.00. p.m.!

Go here to find out what...

Related articles by Zemanta

• Astronomy 1 Ppt (slideshare.net)
• NASA Launches New Sky-mapping Telescope (space.com)
• Picture of the Day - The Cone Nebula (spacefellowship.com)

Trying Hard Enough

A little astronomy news item caught my little eye. The story can be checked in my other blog but what caught attention is the video presentation behind this incredible project. It's what this astronomer said: "If I try hard enough, I can do anything".

I figured that this video has enough gems that show up and tell us how quick we sometimes like to give up at the first signs of any trouble or discomfort, and also how providence always works in unexpected ways and using person or persons who may not necessary be famous or prominent. All it takes is what this person said: "I don't how to do it, but I'll figure it out".

I know of a person who was beatified recently who said something along this similar lines and changed the world with her outlook and care for the poor which many had earlier said was fool hardy...

Another incredible piece of news item is a little closer up my alley. Somewhere in Rome at the La Sapienza University, the Pope's scheduled speech has been cancelled. The full story is here. I find this whole incident utterly bizarre (especially about those protesting) and I wonder if it had to do with an earlier effect reported here (which is equally mind-numbing!) . Since this IS Rome, I'm suspending all disbelieve, for now, as some Romans in the intellectual field or in the civil service are possibly good candidates for brain surgery!

Interim Time: Stars!

The stars! The stars! Oh my, that's what I have been missing all this while! ;-)

I Am Writing With A Bowel Problem...

I've got bowel problem!

My tummy was rather uncomfortable and tight the past two days that I feel as though my intestines are all knotted up inside! :-P

No, that's not the reason why I haven't been blogging the past weeks either. Work and other distractions kept me busy that I couldn't find the opportunity to put in some decent entries concerning the goings-on in Katong Church.

Meanwhile, the entry about the 'communion miracle' has been taken a life of its own as its news worthiness seem to have spread like wildfire over the emails and Internet among the Catholics in, around and outside of the Katong area. A flurry of emails have been circulating giving note to this particular story which seem to excite and further promote the understanding of the Eucharist. How this will eventually play out remains to be seen. For now, it is comforting to note that God is with us... ;-)

I made a trip to the Science Center last week with some friends and visited the Observatory. Pity that night the cloud over over Jurong was rather heavy so much of the excitement and fun were taken out form the star-gazing that night. But we did gain some insights concerning the topic on solar and lunar eclipse. There was a session on that earlier at their lecture hall conducted by the president of TASOS (The Astronomical Society of Singapore). If you are interested, you can drop by their website and have a look for current activities to participate. :-) The observatory's Pentax 16"telescope can be seen here and is, currently, the largest in the SEA region.

I am now within the time frame where it is the period of preparation for the baptism as the date to Easter gets closer. The catechumens are being interviewed around this two weeks (with my bowel problems and all! ), recollection to prepare and reminding them to get a good godparent. So far, these bunch are very keen and committed to their coming baptism. We have two candidates who will be received into the church.

Finally, I know that there people who are really looking for any job that can help them stay alive or to cover expenses but this one from mrbrown.com seems to take prize! So, if you really are that desperate, you may want to check it out! ;-)