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Yesterday while I was waiting alone at PuMa Hall in campus, one Pak Guard happened to pay a brief visit, making sure things are going alright in the vicinity. We started talking, I take any opportunity to talk to any people anyway. To my surprise, this Pak Guard, whose name I forgot to ask, had been serving as a safety officer in USM for more than 35 years, that's even before I was born. To keep the conversation alive, I asked him about his family and found out that he came from Damansara, Kuala Lumpur. We somehow talked about politics. As I'm talking to a Muslim, I took the courage to ask his personal view on the "Allah" controversy. It was a risk to take, as many would regard this issue a sensitive one. I even had to use the word "Allah" to address the issue. But to my surprise, he wasn't at all the "majority" Muslim that Perkasa kept talking about. He spoke on behalf of the Christians and he spoke against the money politics that go on behind...

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.  John 14:6 ESV  Most people don't like this verse, so much so that some of us actually denies that Jesus actually said such a word. Unbelievers don't like this because it makes Christianity exclusive. For a Christian to say that this is the truth makes everyone else a liar. That's not a politically correct thing to say. But the truth is, Jesus did make such politically improper statement. Now before any of you jump into any criticism, I make this clear that this article is not directed to unbelievers. There's no need for me to make any argument anyway: this is what Jesus said, the truth, take it or leave it. It will remain as it is even if I debate about it. But, like I implied, I direct this to encourage you, my brothers and sisters in Christ. Truth is, if we search within our hearts hard enough, we don't like this either. It leaves us no ch...

We are now living in a popular culture where our generation of people constantly seek short-term recognition and gratification of success. We want things fast, we put in effort to make something work, and we want results fast. Unfortunately more often than not, success often require us to wait. It takes time and persistance. Our generation of people often find this hard to accept, because we are pampered with products that give us instant results. We also demand tangible and visible result, often something that we can brag about, something that we can share with other and hoping they would give us the attention that somehow became a necessity for us to continue to exist. That is why our generation of people gives up easily, because we are impatient to see result and we can't persevere long enough to see success. Facebook grabbed hold of this hunger, and now the most popular online money-making machine for Mark Zuckerberg. Remember how we post up photos and status, and we keep ...