The photo of a woman who passed away on 10 Jun 2009 caught my attention while I was reading the obituary section this morning. There were multiple obituaries of the same person. As I read further I realized that the person who has passed away is a 47 year old doctor. I suddenly realized that [...]
Archives for the Month of June, 2009
Life is short
Thursday, 11 June 2009
Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour that appeared for a little time, and then vanisheth away. -James 4: 14 I received this SMS from a business contact whom I have met many years ago. “Hi Doc this is Jane Tan (not [...]
Do you know the cleaner’s name
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
A doctor told me that a professor gave his class a pop quiz when he was in his final year of medical school. This doctor was conscientious and had breezed through all the questions until the last one. The question asked for the name of the woman who cleans the lecture hall. Surely that was some [...]
Evolution is a hoax
Monday, 8 June 2009
We often read in the newspaper about reports of evolutionists discovering skeletons of some animals or dinosaurs and claiming that they are a few millions years old. Some even went to the extent of saying these skeletons are billions of years old. I have a very powerful calculator and it can only calculate up to [...]
Stop the email hoax
Monday, 8 June 2009
The internet is full of mischievous pranksters and false information. Some prankster and rivals often use the internet to proliferate their tall tales of woe and danger. Some of these email hoaxes such as teaching people to cough to stop a heart attack could prove to be fatal. We should verify the information even if [...]
I need more pocket money
Monday, 8 June 2009
A student called up his Mom one evening from his college and asked her for some money, because he was broke. His Mother said, “Sure, darling. I will send you some money. You also left your economics book here when you visited two weeks ago. Do you want me to send that up too?” “Uhh, [...]
Parents’ greatest fears
Monday, 8 June 2009
Dear Mother and Dad: It has now been three months since I left for college. I have been remiss in writing and am very sorry for my thoughtlessness in not having written before. I will bring you up to date now, but before you read on, please sit down. You are not to read any [...]
Puppies For Sale
Monday, 8 June 2009
A store owner was tacking a sign above his door that read “Puppies For Sale”. Signs like that have a way of attracting small children, and sure enough, a little boy appeared under the store owner’s sign. “How much are you going to sell the puppies for?” he asked. The store owner replied, “Anywhere from [...]
Ah Beng’s love
Sunday, 7 June 2009
Ah Beng wrote to his former girlfriend. Dear Ah Lian, I could not sleep well ever since we broke off our engagement. It is all my fault. You are the world to me. I don’t know how am I going to live on without you. Think of all the wonderful things we had and the [...]
Money
Sunday, 7 June 2009
Consider what Benjamin Franklin said: Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. Spike Milligan added: Money couldnt buy friends, but you got a better class of enemy.