Post-Modernism 101 for Aunties

i m NOT an arts student, nvr really know anything abt post-modernism. have a vague idea but nvr understood it. however, a conversation with my mum yesterday made me realize tt the concept of post-modernism is in almost everyone, including lowly educated individuals like my mum. *gasp*

post-modernism, as i try to remember wat i just read, is sthg abt disorder, no truth, non-universality, etc... in short, self-centred. my mum is a pre-believer (i hope...cos there's a difference between pre-believer & non-believer). we talked abt marriage & she mentioned tt i m too restrictive, such tt i only allow a Christian marrying another Christian & not any other from other religions. i told her it's written in the scripture tt we cannot marry any other outside our faith. then she went on saying tt i m too engrossed with Christianity such tt i m in the devil. so long as one is happily married to a person he/she loves, tt's enough;it doesn't matter which religion the other is from... D-U-H!!!

then she went on to rattle abt if can't find a person one loves, then there's no purpose/meaning in this world. i tried to explain tt there is a next world waiting for us, but she says tt's still unknown, since it's unknown now, y restrict ourselves? go on & do wat we like & enjoy ourselves...eat, drink & be merry, for tomorrow we die... D-U-H!!!

wat really amazed me was tt, such ideas are actually in the minds of most human beings, even those who had nvr heard of the term "post-modernism". it strikes me tt for people who have gone thru quite a fair bit of academic studies, we can still deliver the truth to them in the form of showing them the truth in the scriptures & the flaws in their ideas, challenging them to think. but for post-modern aunties/uncles like my mum, i really dunno how to show them the flaws in their ideas, cos they couldn't be bothered to think. and even when they say they believed in Jesus or they pray to Jesus, i do have my doubts, cos i dun think they know who Jesus really is. to them, our Messiah is just another god, cos all religions lead to the same teaching...

help them, Lord, to see the truth. help us, Lord, to relate the truth to them, such tt the truth is relevant to them. amen.

it just donned to me the book of Ecclesiastes is particularly a book which addresses post-modernism. & it's written 3000 years ago. hmmm... shall not try to expound the book here, cos i tried giving a message from this book & it took me a week of intensive study, & i still dun quite understand wat Solomon was trying to say... myb u can read the book & see if i m right abt it being God's response to post-modernism... :)

I Dun Wanna Grow Up...

was just playing with my mind, finding things to think abt when i saw a wedding invitation card which i had received over the weekend. sigh, i AM getting old... well, to be precise, older. the 1st indication any S'pore folk will get tt reminds him of his age is the weddings he'll have to attend WITHOUT his parents. well, not only weddings, wakes & funerals too...

the next thing (more accurately, person) tt reminds me of my aging process is my girlfriend. well, it's not her fault at all; she din remind me, but because of her, i get reminded. when i was younger in my NS days, my older cousins kept asking me if i have a girlfriend yet & never believed tt i din have 1 then. now, my granny & aunts (& even 1 of my uncles) keep asking me when i m going to marry Grace. 1st thing CNY they asked me over the phone, can u believe it? gosh!!! i m still young!!! i still need to graduate & find a stable job 1st...

tt leads me to the 3rd thing tt reminds me i m getting old: graduation & looking for jobs. career fairs nvr seems so relevent to me b4. pre-marriage prep is quite tiring too, having to think thru wat r the things i need to prep b4 i can officially start my marriage prep. pple keep asking me: huh, u planning to get married already meh? of cos not, i haven't grad yet, but i need to know the market: the housing, our careers, which church to serve & worship God in, knowing wat to prep so tt when we really start to prep, we wun be too panicky...

well, myb i think too much, but myb it's just right, i dunno, but i think it's ok to think ahead.
but all these thinking ahead makes me even older... boy, i m getting old... i dun wanna grow up... :(

Blog Reflection

it's been more than a year since i started my blog... used to blog every other day, then slowly go down slightly irregular, eventually stopped for 4 months. when i picked it up again, i wrote often, but only when there is a topic to write.. had always wondered if this blog is for my own thot recording purpose, or does God use it to minister to my brothers & sisters out there... i mean, my main purpose of blogging is to write some articles & my thots to minister to people, Christians, non-Christians alike, i dunno if anyone reads my articles.

very glad tt God affirmed me of the purpose of this blog from time to time with encouragement from brothers in church & VCF, & recently an anonymous brother/sister. thanx Daddy for showing me the purpose for this blog's existence. may it continue to bring You glory thru the things You put into my heart to write.

sigh, half the sem is gone, yet i haven't started any studying yet, practically clueless abt my lectures... must really make use of the 4-day break to start some serious studying, yet 3 days of 4 have already been taken up by activities... argh!!! & mid-term is just round the corner... can't afford to fail any of my modules, else i'll really do a year 4... year 3.5 is bad enough, i dun wish to waste another $3000 sch fee... jia you!!! actually not, i v fat liao... :'(