Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Boardgame cafes in KL and Bangkok

Settlers closed in KL and Bangkok! Tough business indeed. Check it out.

WoW10: Things only start to change when you own the problem

I just read something about the politics of Mexico in the 80s. Here is some background.

Since PRI has been the ruling party for decades, PAN the main opposition blamed the poor economy on PRI. PRI being the government for so long, blamed the economy on the people, and mainly the Indian south. But whatever it is, nobody felt responsible to do something about the economy itself.

That is a terrifying thought for the church. If the opposition blame the church leadership, and the church leadership blame the congregation, and nobody own the problems, real transformation will never take place. Time to stop pushing blame, and take the difficult part of changing yourself.

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Question: Smoothness or Authenticity?

I just went to a dinner last night. The host made a 15 min speech. His delivery triggered something I read in the novel Duke of Mount Deer.

WeiXiaoBao was trapped by a bunch of people who thought he had killed his own master. One of his wives, ShuangEr, came to his protection and told the true account. Despite her poor delivery (since she is shy and not eloquent), the audience believed her. Later, WeiXiaoBao retold the actual events, and he is great with his words because he used the mannerisms of the street story-tellers, but he was far less convincing.

"韦小宝这时可得意了,手舞足蹈,述说往事。他的叙述自然精采生动,
事事惊险百出,但在群豪听来,却远不如双儿所说的可信。"

What about you? Smoothness is more important or authenticity?

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Time to return

Been busy the past few months with all the stuff to do over restructuring. But I think it is time to start recording my thoughts once again.

Last night I had a dream about the late Elder Lee. Frankly, I was afraid he would start speaking to me, cause my late grandfather-in-law spoke to my father-in-law in a dream recently. So in my dream, he merely looked at me with his usual frown.

No special thoughts, other than a bigger certainty in me that there is a greater reality out there than our mere material existence.