Order - Disorder - Higher Order

Have been eating chicken all the while but never have I been so afraid of chicken...

I sent three gigantic chickens to the slaughter house yesterday. Each of them weighed 5.4, 5.7 and 5.8kg respectively. So in my car, two chickens were taking the back seat, and the fierce one was sitting next to me.

Two times on the journey, the fierce one in front, flew out of the box, sitting next to me. I was like an exorcist, commanding the chicken to "be quiet", pulled over by the roadside and to timidly grab the chicken by its feet and gently squeeze it back into the box.

St. Francis of Assisi must have interceded for me as I reached safely at the slaughter house. I told the chickens softly that, "It is the Lord who has created you. And He has given you a purpose..."

The fierce one was first removed from the car without much difficulties because the box was single-sharing. When I was removing the two chickens that squeezed themselves in the twin-sharing box, I must have tilted the box slightly... Frightened, the chickens flapped their wings frantically, struggling for freedom.

In the commotion, the box of two chickens was toppled while I was struggling to balance it, and the chickens fell into a heap. In the taming of the chickens, my spectacles almost fell off; and one of the chickens gave me a kangaroo kick, leaving a scratch mark on my arm.

When the whole "chicken-out" experience was over, I was glad that I survived the "test"... And the challenge ended with feathers in my mouth and chicken shit in my car seat...


(Preparation for Chinese New year celebration)

Dawn is the most wonderful time of the day.

It is the twilight moment when the first ray of the sun (Son) would shine forth into the darkness of night.

The gloomy of the night is over,
And the glory of the sun (Son) radiates through the stain glass,
And the Church comes to life.

If night is death,
Dawn is resurrection;
We die when we sleep,
We rise again when we wake up.

Dawn is the reminder of the Resurrection of our Lord.
It is a reminder of Mary Magdalene's encounter of the Risen Lord on early Sunday morning.

Should you want to experience the Risen Lord, rise early, and seek Him at Dawn...

[Personal Reflection at Dawn]

Dream to reality,

Sizzling rumours to plain fact,

Superficial to profound,

Complexity to simplicity,

Quantity to quality,
Exterior to interior,
And what meets the eyes to what makes the soul..

There is a song which sings,
"You change your mind,
Like a girl changes clothes..."

This is not to belittle any lady but is meant to be dedicated to our flip-flop Najib who is famous for his backtracking:

1. He promised Bersih the Merdeka Stadium for peaceful rally, and within 24 hours he retracked and said NO.

2. He vowed to scrap the 30% bumiputra's quota, and within 48 hours he claimed he has NEVER said that.
 
3. He wanted to be the Prime Minister for all and shouted 1Malaysia, but he publicly denied that he is "Malaysian first". He is simply too embarrassed to be a Malaysian.

4. He visited Teoh Beng Hock Family, promising justice and truth. The family wanted Royal Commission, he gave them an Inquest.

5.He said he will repeal ISA, but 2 new draconian laws will be formulated. Under the new law, people can still be detained without trial. Now he said, "Let's leave it till March"...

Yes, Najib, you change your mind,
like a girl changes clothes...

Very few of us take notice of Mary's role during Pentecost, the day when the Holy Spirit descended upon Mary and the Apostles.

We dare to call Mary the Mother of God, the Mother of the Church and our Mother, not without valid reasons.

Recalling the Annunciation, after Mary said "Yes" to God's will, she became the first disciple of the Incarnated Word. Mary represented the whole of human race, and was the new Eve that pledged obedience to God. The Holy Spirit overshadowed her and she became the Mother of our Lord.

Now during Pentecost, the Holy Spirit descended upon Mary and the Apostles in tongues of flame. The Church was born, and Mary gave birth to the Church.

Remembering the crucifixion scene, at the foot of the Cross, the Lord said to Mary, "Woman, this is your son." And to John, "This is your Mother." Scripture puts it beautifully that "from then on, the disciple brought her home".

Summing all these, it is rightful to say that Mary is the role model of discipleship and apostleship. And she is the Mother of God, Mother of the Church, and our Mother.

Just like what happened at the Wedding at Cana, Mary will always point us to Jesus, "Listen to Him."

To Jesus, through Mary...