Yay for Mr. Baey!

"Gay identity is very fundamental, it is as fundamental as your ethnic identity, as your linguistic identity, as your religious identity. That being the case, therefore the state through its tools, law, should give equal recognition to that liberty to express your identity."

-Alex Au, Founding Member, Gay Equality Lobby Group

"Personally, I think that the whip should be lifted for a very open debate and open expression of opinion by the MPs. And if that is so I would vote for a repeal of the act. From my understanding of my parliamentary colleagues, my guess is that I will be the minority."

-Baey Yam Keng, Member of Parliament, Tanjong Pagar GRC



Yay for Mr. Bay!! xD Tanjong Pagar finally makes a stand for itself... expectedly, coming from the capital of AJs.

hmm... hope that stupid act would be repealed soon.

o.O

You Are 84% Tortured Genius

You totally fit the profile of a tortured genius. You're uniquely brilliant - and completely misunderstood. Not like you really want anyone to understand you anyway. You're pretty happy being an island.

Are You a Tortured Genius?

Disapproval.

Well... Got my brother's view on some stuff at least. Yah, clearer on some aspects le.

Especially his disapproval of my stead.

...

Haiz, I've always wondered what was my family's stand on my homosexual behavior... They've always been very passive about it, with occasional flares when I become over-passionate about my stand..

My younger brother is a typical homophobe straight guy, or at least he acts like one.

My elder brother is a leader in church.

My mum is a sunday school teacher.

My dad is an elder in my church.


and. Their son is gay.


sometimes, I wonder if they're accepting or tolerating. Or secretly planning something to "destroy" the homosexual thingie in me.


will gays go to hell?


I hear that fire and brimstone message around me everyday... I get quite sick of it, coz nobody understands that its not a choice that I wanted to make...

I mean, who doesn't want to have a girlfriend?
Who wants to have weird stares at people when they hold their partners hands?
Who likes to be talked behind their back?
Who likes to be shunned by the public?
Who likes to be hounded by the government?

Its not like I'm some fucking ugly freak or something that I can't find a girl.

Even if I have a girlfriend, I'll be hurting her more, because I can't hold her in my arms without twitching my eyes to stare at another guy.

why?

I might as well be celibate for the rest of my life..

gah.

I'm starting to rant at 2 AM in the morning again...

Christianity, Apologetics, Hypothetically Speaking.

God, salvation, world, freedom...

You know.. time and again, I'm always surprised at the number of anti-christians out there... people who actually hate christianity with a vengence...

The main reasons I can compile can be broken down into 5 main pointers :

1) Christianity (for Christians) is deemed as an intolerant religion, becoz Christians believe that salvation can only be obtained through the belief that Jesus has cleansed your sins (John 3:16)

2) Christianity is deemed as a violent religion because of Dan Brown's interpretation of the Opus Dei and the "crusades" in the "middle ages".

3) Christianity is deemed as a narrow minded religion because Christians follow strictly by the bible, and interpretation by the Holy Spirit and nothing else.

4) Christianity is deemed as a polarizing religion because - if you dont obtain salvation, you WILL go to hell.

5) Christianity is deemed as a particularly intolerant religion, especially because of its staunch condemnation for homosexuality.


sigh.... the more I categorize, the more I realize why people actually hate Christianity...

I mean, why not? In the AJ circle, its even becoming "trendy" to be anti-christian... I mean like wtf?

sigh.. of course its easier to accept the practices of many new-age religions because of two factors that make it so appealing

i) I am a divine entity. In a human potential, I have divine potential to be a god.

ii) All religions are correct, there is no right or wrong religion, merely different practices. All religions lead to one path at the end, communal or self divinity (or enlightenment).

I mean, why not? right? Why can't humans be godlike in the first place?

Problem is, the bible states clearly that "we are born, liken in the image of God." - NOT God.

its easy to accept a religion that encompasses everything, then hold true to a religion that demands exclusivity...


I was debating with Alvin a few days ago... (he's a new-ager btw); about the Christian concept of God, and the polarization of Christianity as compared to other religions...

A) To grasp the concept of why people go to hell, is :
- God is holy (without sin)
- Nobody can approach God with sin.
- God desires that we can approach him.
- God formulates a be-all-end-all solution by erasing essential earthly blood sacrifice, with a divine blood sacrifice, by sacrificing His Son, Jesus - as prove of His love.
- That any human that believes in Jesus will live as "holy", without sin, and approachable to, and by God.

B) If you take out 3 factors, which are only justifiable to us Christians by pure faith, it shakes the entire foundation of the Christian faith.

- What if, God isn't holy? - I say this, approaching Christianity in the way of apologetics.
- What if, God, as an embodiment of love, allowed MANY ways to approach him?
- What if, God isn't a divine entity? But merely a powerful being that transcended?

this 3 factors... I can't explain, but I merely believe and trust with all my heart that what the bible writes is true.

what becomes of religion, if there is no God?
what becomes of God, if there is no word?
what becomes of the word, if it could (possibly) be corruptible?

*cries*

I am so confused... In my entire life, I'm definitely not a newbie in apologetics, but as I break down hypothetically the attributes of God, I start to wonder what am I believing in..



it boils down to one thing;
I fear death.
I'm scared shitless by it...

What is an eternity of not knowing for sure what will happen to you?

My final opinion is that Christianity is the safest religion to be with, in essence, like an insurance -
most other religions allow leeway, or self-justification, or better still, reincarnation not based on beliefs but by actions.

but Christianity is absolute.

One chance.
One life.
One God.

Believe, or die.

In truth... I'm afraid, I'd rather believe then die...


I believe in God, I believe with all my heart that He answers prayer, and I know that He loves me...

God loves me, and my life is in the palm of his hand..

Help me Lord...

My faith is shaken.... *cries*....

Flat Foot Woes

waah.. does anybody have any idea how to make a normal sports shoe into something that can be used for flat footed people?..

=/

sigh... hurts me when I see my dear in pain when he walks around with his new sports shoe...

I must blog. I must blog. I must blog. I wanna blog.

*Andrew tries to psycho himself*

My blog is a reflection of my mentality at the time of writing, it shows the past and the present, and compares both ways.

Sometimes, I wonder.. Have I ever been straight before?...

I've tried... definitely, but was I truly straight before?...

.. weird fact huh?..

I've never ever believed in the infamous "cooties" disease or the "pansy-wussies"... but all I know is that in primary school, I liked being with guys.

I only liked being with guys...

I did have girl friends that were close to me, they were friends, but not necessarily people I liked to hang around with...

ok. now that is normal.

Until I had a crush on this guy called Alan. He's truly the definition of asshole, if there ever was one.
Not that he affected my life one bit. He's in the EM3 class after all.

He had those cool "Kyo-like" parting hairstyle, and a very muscular physique for his age. (my age). And he intimidated everybody with his fist.

of course, he was regularly seen in detention classes as well.

I used to have... umm... butterflies? whenever he waited for his girlfriend(s) outside my classroom.
[author's note - (s) refers to the number of girls he has dated from my class of which 75% of them are my friends]

I'd watch him play basketball and soccer from afar, wishing that I could join in. But I HAD to be recalled back to class for supplementary lessons and remedial almost every other day.

and... a person of my class asking for a game with him is like a hare saying to a lion "bite me!" "bite me!".

=/


I had crushes on many other guys too.... Guess I shouldn't name them here, lest they get.... umm... irritated.

There are only 3 girls in my life I ever fell for...

2 of them thought I was too immature to start a proper relationship....
(which incidentally was quite right... after all, how can you possible hold your girlfriend's hand and say... WOW THAT GUY IS HOT!! -.-)

and the last one.... well.. she doesn't know I liked her... doubt she'd even think I fell for her in her wildest imaginations...

haha... but one thing that is common among all 3 is that, they all exhibited traits of

1) independence
2) genuine care for people around them
3) *grins* a slight tomboyish nature..

hmm...

Its quite scary.. come to think of it... I actually.. almost fell for 3 girls... =X

... could I be straight after all?..

heh.

hahahahahahah...

NO WAY!!!


a heart that stays true..
more valuable then anything the world can buy.
a soul that shines...
rarer then any gemstone found in the universe.
a will to love...
can only be paid with your life to live.

If love is so difficult?
Why love?

The answer lies deep within everyone of us... A soulmate, a companion...
A guardian angel to call your own..

When you hold that hand, for the first time..
Both becomes the hands of guardian angels...

To protect, to serve,
for better, for worse,

That is love. A never ending spiral of sacrifice that gets paid over, and over, and over again....

- Andrew

sigh...

sigh... recently, I've really lost interest in having to do anything with the computer... though I just sit in front of it and stare blankly...

... playing pokemon.

Things aren't really going as nicely as I thought it would be... I wake up so freaking late when I expect to wake up earlier...

... I've even lost interest in blogging.... =/

sorry people...

.. sigh..