belle vie: April 2012

TAKE TIME TO READ. It's worth reading it. Trust me :)

Professor : You are a Christian, aren’t you, son ?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, you believe in GOD ?Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor: Is GOD all powerful ?
Student : Yes.
Professor: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn’t. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?

(Student was silent.)

Professor: You can’t answer, can you ? Let’s start again, young fella. Is GOD good?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Is satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor: Where does satan come from ?
Student : From … GOD …
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Professor: So who created evil ?

(Student did not answer.)

Professor: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them ?

(Student had no answer.)

Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son, have you ever seen GOD?
Student : No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?
Student : No , sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD, tasted your GOD, smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student : Yes.
Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.
Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student : No, sir. There isn’t.

(The lecture theatre became very quiet with this turn of events.)

Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.

(There was pin-drop silence in the lecture theater.)

Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
Student : You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light. But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?
Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good GOD and a bad GOD. You are viewing the concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.
Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Professor: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going.)

Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor. Are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?

(The class was in uproar.)

Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?

(The class broke out into laughter. )

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?

(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable.)

Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.Student : That is it sir … Exactly ! The link between man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that keeps things alive and moving.

P.S.

I believe you have enjoyed the conversation. And if so, you’ll probably want your friends / colleagues to enjoy the same, won’t you?
Forward this to increase their knowledge … or FAITH.
By the way, that student was EINSTEIN.

Note: Some of you sent me a msg on facebook saying it cannot be Einstein because he was Jewish. I know he was Jewish. But back in the day if you remember Germany had many people who had strong views against Jewish people. So, at that time it was a fairly common practice to lie about one's faith if one wasn't Christian. The student here was indeed Einstein. Furthermore, Einstein himself also attended a Catholic school when he was growing up.

hellouu yellouu..

I'm back from my vacation to Singapore last Sunday. Spent 5d/4n over there. flight to SG by Garuda Airlines with "my partner in crime, Shendy", his mom, ci Lina and cutie pie, Sofie :)
Day 1:
-arrived at Changi on 11am.
-check in at Royal Plaza Hotel @ Scotts Rd
-rest-day shopping @ Orchard till midnight

@ION orchard

Day 2 :
-actually, i just accompany Shendy for shopping (OMG. he's going shopaholic that day. x.x)
-me and Shendy's mom go to Raffles Convention Centre at 6pm for Shendy's graduation.
(i love the graduation ceremony, i think mine its too long. love the cuisine. love the graduation's costume)
-Lina (and Sofie) picked up her husband at Changi
-going back to hotel and then have a night-walk with my partner in crime till 1am (going to mc.cafe, talking like never ending, laugh at so many un-expected moment around us...and i love his laugh so bad) :P

Day 3 :
-after having a breakfast at Tangs Plaza, we took MRT to Vivo City (ready to Universal Studio, but unfortunately, it's raining outside. fufufufu..only bought chocolate from Hershey's Chocolate World, then back to Vivo City)
-me&Shendy split from mom, Lina, Cun2 and Sofie. we're going to shopping (SUPERB, HiHiHiHi), Merlion Park, Raffles City, then going back to Orchard.
-having dinner together and then split up again (me&Shendy going to cinema, Lido Shaw, watching Wrath of The Titans. It's a great movie anyway)

Day 4 :
-we should check out from Royal Plaza Hotel (anyway, it was a great city hotel this last 5years. and it's really recommended)
-check in at Marina Bay Sands Hotel (mom told us to have our honeymoon over here, i just sheepishly smile, i will consider it, LoLs)
-going back to Vivo City and finally.....Universal Studio, we're coming.. :P
-back to Marina by taxi, have a great night at swimming pool and jacuzzi with Shendy, then spending all night long with Shendy and his mom at Casino.

Day 5 :
-hello Jakarta :)
-having lunch at Little Ubud and great dinner at Hachi-Hachi Bistro with Shendy, Lina, Cun2, Sofie and Winelli
Singapore growing rapidly, still pollution-free, away from traffic jams, great government regulations and also a great citizens who participated. Will see you again really soon, Singapore! GB Singapore!

belle vie

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

The Journey, Singapore..