2016 Global Economic Crisis!!!

The dooms day is here! Welcome 2016 Global Economic Crisis! Uncle aunties will scream! There are reasons why 2016 could be the worst year ahead! Believe me! I'm the ultimate prophet! Pay me RM2.6bil cash and I'll tell you the greatest prophecy of 2016! My Force is greater than Raja Bomoh!

Ok, enough of the trashes above. So what makes me think that 2016 could be a bad year?

Oil Price

If you've been following news about the current crude oil price, you should have noticed that the recent slump had reached the the low similar to year 1997-98. Well, the current economy is very different compare to years ago. While the US economy in 1997-98 were known to be in good condition, the economic structure are very different nowadays. Many people had pour their investment in the oil and gas industries due to greed. 3 years ago, a lot of university students are getting themselves into the oil and gas engineering degree. Those who already working, lay their extra cash in this industry. People use to be envy about the Middle Easterners who shows off their luxurious "throphies".Therefore, the oil and gas industry has been well invested. Now, the oil slump had caused many greedy people, from the middle to the upper middle income group, suffer a great lost in their investment! Not to mention the students who had spend 4 years just to get into this industry, now realized that they can't even get a job of have to gave up their "getting rich" dream. 

Therefore, it is clear, and evident, that whenever the oil price of the day drops, most of the market around the world will go down. Ta-daaa! Because they all have a piece of investment in the oil industry! That's they key! Now, prepare for the worst yet to come!

El-Nino

Human have a natural instinct to stay prepare for the worst. With the recent effect of El-Nino, people started to prepare, not just for food and shelter, also economically. With the weather getting warmer and less energy be used. (In Malaysia, it is different. When the days are warm, we switch on the air-conditioner to cool down and stay indoor.) This could cause a snowball effect on the oil price. 

US Presidential Election

2016 election will be the major news around the world! There always something fishy happens during the election year. Economic crisis just happened during the time of presidential election when the current president is near end of term. For example in year 2009. I just feel like some secret society behind is actually playing with the economy to push people to vote for the opposition party.

Oh well... That's my trashes for today. :P

Oil Again: If I'm the Procurement Manager.

With the United States and Iranian oil gets into the market. Saudi Arabia and Russia are getting prepared to face the lower oil price. This situation is like how my mom go to get her fishes to make her fish balls for her hawker stall business.

In the wet market, there were more than 5 fish mongers selling different species of fishes specific for the purpose of making fish ball. It could be Wolf Hering, Mackerel or Yellow Snapper. However, in order to have best quality fishball, she mixed the fishes in her specified secret porpotion. 

All fish mongers selling 3 types of fishes. Each of them caught 100kg of fishes everyday each species. However, my mom only need 10kg for each species. in order to maintain diplomatic relationship and diversify her option, she bought fishes from all 5 fish mongers for 2kg each. 

The fish mongers may ask my mom to buy more from them and they'll give special price. However, to buy the fishes from a single monger could be as risky as putting the eggs in one basket. One day, that particular fish monger might get sick and unable to provide fishes for a few days. Without a good relaitonship with other fish mongers, my mom might not get a good deal from them.

Therefore, in such situation, oil import is also a serious diplomatic decision. We all know which country supplies the cheapest oil. However, it is also important to diversify the supply from different countries. If one day, Saudi Arabia suddenly taken over by ISIS and they refuse to sell any of their oil to countries which was their enemies, and the market was so dependent on those cheap oil, it would be a disaster. 

Therefore, a wise oil and gas import export minister or company manager will always have their eggs in different baskets. The lowered price might be some tasty sweets for the greedy people. A real wise leader will not be easily sign a long term contract just because someone offers a better deal.

Oil Price: Do you smelllllll, what the boys are speculating?

When people always complaint about girls, claiming that women are more prone to making up stories, gossips...etc. The boys are doing it too, but in a way which can be easily busted! I came across too many news reports on oil price which is heavily misleading. It is clear that most institution is trying to brought down the oil price. I don't know their intention, but it is quite annoying.

Let's analyse the latest example:

This is the link of the article: Link

And below is the printscreen I captured on 25 December 2015. Do read the highlighted text. The report had repeated an important line on the message it tries to impose.

The funny thing is, lets investigate it further from the IMF. I've check the above mentioned IMF report to understand further on the issue. Here is the link to the IMF report: Link. Below is the printscreen I captured on 25 December 2015.

I feel suspicious, what is the intention behind such speculation? Is it a heroic act to kill the ISIS's illegal oil trade? Or there's a greater evil behind? I wish to know the answer. And I know that nobody gonna let me know the answer. 

My "Theory" on Crude Oil Price: Prediction Vs Facts

I need to clarify that I am not in the oil and gas industry. Whatever I blog about are just my trash! I will not responsible for your lost in your investment! :P

Prediction Vs Facts

The United States Energy Information Administration predicted in 2006 that world consumption of oil will increase to 98.3mb/d (15,630,000 m3/d) (mbd) in 2015. The fact according to OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report dated September 2015, as per to the date of their record, the consumption rate is at 92.79mb/d. The consumption rate forecast for 2016 will be lowered due to the slow down of economic activities and rising of renewable energy sector.

Set aside all the market factors, let us take a deep look at behind the science of oil production. Similar to any commodity, the earth resources are finite. I grew up in Kampar, Perak, which was once a famous tin mining town rich of natural tin resource. Nowadays, the town no longer produce enough tin for the industry. All we left were the emptied abandoned ponds of water. Therefore, I realize the fact that if the rate of harvesting the natural resources are higher than the reproduction rate, one day, the resources will be all gone, used up, and left emptied.

The World's natural oil supply is fixed because petroleum is naturally formed far too slowly to be replaced at the rate at which it is being extracted. - Wikipedia

Therefore, let us take a closer look at the chart below. If we assume that the oil production is irrelavant to market price and global events, naturally, the Hubbert theory should be applied. Due to the new recovery technology, we now able to boost the production of the oil, which causes a sharp rise of the production which violates Hubbert's theory. 

And The Crystal Ball Saids

It is abnormal to see such chart pattern. The sharp rise of the production may also signal that there could be a sharp fall when the oil field is at its end of production life.The recent mainstream news had focused too much on the market, the price and the OPEC. It is the fact that most human only care about money making, but they never realized the end of oil age is near. What happened now, with the global oil price slump, is actually beneficial to the oil consuming countries such as United States. The increase of their oil inventory is a smart move. They collect as much as they can to prepare for the coming end of their own oil field. 

The Iran Deal?

The real reason behind the Iran deal could be more than what we had expected. Just imagine when United States no longer able to produce enough crude oil, and once again, they had to depend on major producers such as Saudi Arabia. The Americans are smarter than that! Lets open this can of worms! There has been significant development on the re-newable energy sector. Other than that, the solar, wind or biofuel might not be enough to feed the power hungry nation. Furthermore, there are many other products which were produced by petroleum. Therefore, to have good terms with the 4th largest oil reserve country is a smart move to gaurantee some great deal in the future. 

Store The Cheap Oil Now

The oil inventory is growing every week. If the future oil price will go lower in price after the Iran sanction lifted, then why store it if you already know that it's going to be cheaper tomorrow. The "Theory" is, they want to store it because they don't know when they are going to ran out of oil! It could happened anytime, any year. The oil field could just suddenly emptied. They don't want the huge oil producers to know that! Therefore, the price is always speculated to the down side. 

Conclusion

I'm just trashing! :P stay cool and enjoy!

Living in Lies, Surrounded by Liars!

Some Church are full of liars. It is about how you want to live and survive in it. The fact that the power within a Church is pure peer pressure. Should I be the person who let the liar continue to influence the young minds? No! For sure.

I attended a talk about LGBT in a traditional church, where the speaker spread lies to the younger generations. I was so furious that I choose to use open confrontation tactics to counter the speaker. Of course I have thought about whether to become the nice person or the bad person, I chose to grab attention!

My audiences are the youngster, not the speaker! There is no point to correct the speaker and left the youngsters received the wrong information. This is the scenario. Should I keep quiet until the end of the talk and go talk to the speaker personally about her misleading information? Or should I grab the attention of all the youngster and have that final opportunity to gather them to listen to my point even though they might not have good impression on me anymore?

That’s the main question. I don’t want to let the youngster go back with wrong information planted in their minds. I want them to have doubts, to investigate it by themselves, to discover the truth. Not to blindly download the information from the speaker.

A lot of times, it is the pressure of the society that imposed fear on LGBT. One may choose to stay in the closet and remain in celibacy just because the work place and the church community against the concept. It is purely an act of pleasing people, not God. The feeling of guilty being LGBT, were imposed by those people who are close and being nice, but failed to understand the scripture.

Therefore, the heterosexual, homophobic church members are the ones who need more education. Some of them not even understand the scripture at all. When they able to pick and quote the particular scripture as against LGBT, they unable to pick and quote other scripture to explain about love and equality. Therefore, it is clear that those church leaders had been trained particularly to oppose the concept of love, and they were so shallow in the knowledge of the Bible. They follow blindly on what they receive the information from, without further investigate the truth of it. They willing to spread false witness against other churches and condemn others without evidence and truth.

We need to change! They are not true Christians!

Success? Break up!

A friend told me about a film, which I've failed to google search the title. The story of that film goes something like this: A man and a woman, who were in a relationship. The man is a writer and the woman is a dancer. They lived a struggled life, and one day, the writer's talent fot discovered and he become successful. Whereas the dancer is still struggling in her dancing career. She gets emotional and lost her self esteem. She started to envy of her boyfriend's success. In the end of the movie, they broke up.

Will you leave your spouse during his/her tough times which he/she unable to get through it by his/herself? Or you will find a way to help him/her to go through it no matter how much you sacrifice your own benefits?

Life is full of ups and downs, if a man unwilling to go through that down season of a woman, that relationship will not last long. I want to write about my mom and dad's story about their hard times. There was a time when my dad was so addicted on gambling, that my mom had made a decision to move to another place. She told my dad to leave his gambler friends and go somewhere new to start a new life. So my dad did chase after her and he ended his gambling habit.

The difficult time doesn't just end there, My dad got diabetes and need cardiovascular operation, he got very sick. Since he no longer eligible for insurance, my mom has to borrow money from her relatives to pay for the surgery. 

This is the real example of love. Both will not give up during the difficult time. Sometimes, outsiders might say it is not fair for my mom. Things cannot be judged by its surface. Sometimes, my friends will tell me they really envy of my parent's because they still holding hands, my dad sometimes still "kacao kacao" joking with my mom, they still sleeping on the same bed...etc. The conclusion is, how much you had sacrificed, you will get back more of it. Some old couple not even speak to their spouse. Some not even holding hands. Some no longer sleeping next to each other... 

Younger couples nowadays are less resilient towards difficult times. I have to admit that. If one party unwilling to find a solution for the trouble of hisher spouse. That's the end of it. A relationship is about both parties. If one party unwilling to go through the tough times with his/her spouse, it's not going to work. That goes to that successful writter who gave up the relationship. 

My mom could have just leave my dad during his gambling habit time. That way, she might not need to suffer the financial troubles which my dad had brought into the family. And she may not have to go through all the troubles of taking care of my sick dad. That supposed to be an easy way out. All those financial security is worthless, compare to holding the hands of someone she loves. This is how she values a relationship. And my dad didn't have to chase after her that time when he was into gambling. There were examples of others where the husband will beat the wife and continue gamble. Therefore I say it is all about both parties. My dad must willing to change himself. One thing good about him, he never lay hands on my mom.

How you value a relationship? Will you willing to g through all the difficult time with your partner even though it is not going to be fair for you? In the end, no relationship will be fair because one of the person will always have to go first and left the other one alone. It is about being togather that matters.

For that writer who unwilling to go through the tough time with his girlfriend. 

Charles & Keith VS Coach VS Kate Spade

I'm not a fashion expert, but recently had an investment in this industry. I was curious on how fast a fashion industry move and how it able to make a woman spend their entire salary on it. Back then, people were crazy about Longchamp. Later, Coach. At the lower price tag range, there are Charles & Keith.

Shopping Experience

Managing of a fashion brand is really important for the life and death of that particular brand. Who wants to pay for thousands if that particular shop design like pasar malam? I realized that recently, the new Coach boutique had adopt the open concept. The way they display their product is totally hazardous! They lay their latest Swagger bags the way like selling iphones? Which is a bad idea, it makes the bag looks cheap. While the shops that give best shopping experience will be Charles & Keith. They sprayed iconic perfume around their shop, with fashion forward cat-walk musics playing. Good lighting effect on the products... etc... It is so tempting for the consumer to make a wrong decision to buy their products. I have to be honest, I bought a C&K bag and I feel deeply regret because the feel of it just isn't same as the time I tested it in the boutique. Most importantly, the staffs! Probably the Coach staffs still thinks that their brand is so prestige that they often neglecting those plain dressing customers like myself. Staff at C&K and Kate Spade are friendlier and helpful.

Products

I just mentioned about C&K's products for its fast dying designs. I may love one design today, but I might hate it tomorrow. Therefore I will always think 3 to 4 times before I want to spend my money on C&K. I had too many regrets, now I'm looking for an opportunity to sell away my C&Ks. Do check out my Carousell. Whereas for the Coach products, it is just too simple and plain. Kate Spade do have some great designs like Stevie. Their product last longer and I never regretted every KS purchases. Furthermore, they have a lot of strange and cute clutches which is very difficult to be counterfeited and worth collecting.

Dying Fashion

Fashion industry moves faster than any other industries known to this days. I really like Cath Kidston 2 years ago, but now I'm sick of it! A Vietnam brand named Cuteshop were once very popular, but now is dying. It seems like only the high end luxury brands would be able to survive? I don't think so! Furla Candy bag and Balenciaga were some example of dying fashion.

Conclusion

Fashion is not my game! LOL... I still love Kate Spade for this time being and I don't know when I'll get sick of it. Let's just see what it will do in future.

Bestiality VS Homosexuality - According to Bible

In my previous blog posts, I've written my opinion on the timeline pattern of the Bible, the timeless and ephemeral elements within the Bible laws. If the ephemeral element of the homosexual prohibition in the Bible is indeed not applicable for today's Christians. Then, there will be a question on bestiality:

"If we say that Old Testament laws against homosexuality no longer apply, can’t we use the same reasoning to say that law against bestiality, or modern term, zoophilia, no longer apply?"

There is no doubt, it is not about the Law or prohibition. It is about the choice that our ancestor Adam had made before the fall of mankind in Genesis 2:18-24. Before woman was made, God offers the still perfect Adam a choice, and he had made that very first choice for the human kind. Therefore, God created Eve specially for him. It is the very first marriage that had confirmed that union of human-animal would be wrong. This is for sure because it has been made when Adam and Eve were still perfect.

Hah! God created Adam and Eve, not Steve! That's why homosexuality is wrong! Really?

The very very early purpose for God to create Eve, is for Adam to have a companion. A helper for him to take care of the Garden of Eden, and whole lot of things to do that God knows he need a helper for doing all the tasks. Just as the dyadic (two person) nature of Adam and Eve’s relationship was not used in Genesis to forbid polygamy (eg. King Solomon), so the heterosexual nature of Adam and Eve’s relationship does not forbid homosexual unions for the small percentage of the human population who are homosexual.

My personal view on this, that God permitted incest and polygamy, also He prohibit masturbation (Onan) and homosexual intercourse DURING THE EARLY DAYS when the main purpose of human on earth is to populate, so that there will be more man power to rule the earth. The process goes on during Moses time, God started to prohibit incest (Lev 18). Polygamy was still in practice. Until the time when Jesus came on earth, He brought back the original monogamy concept.

See, God is a better boss than any of the CEO on earth, He knows the importance of human capital and manpower. Talking about cooperate structure, if your company is growing and got a lot of sales and orders, you need to have enough man power to fulfill the orders right? Ok, now, when the company gets to the level of stability. What will a CEO do? Train the existing employee to be a better performers. In that meantime, you want your employees to stay focus and pour out most of their time to improve themselves. In the later stage of the stable growth, you want the working environment to be have the diversity.

As a conclusion for sure, from the very beginning of the creation of Adam, human already rejected bestiality because the animals are not suitable helpers. Some may bring an argument that animals are lower form of life, therefore, having sexual intercourse with them are degrading the human kind. I do have a different view on this. God's has shown us in Genesis 6, that it is not the degrading of human kind that angers Him. Human had sexual intercourse with the angels, which is the higher form than human. Therefore, the Nephilim was born. Those were the creatures God destroyed by flood.

So bestiality is not acceptable, it still doesn't justify that homosexuality is allowable. We will continue the discussion next.

Robophila In The Bible?

Talking about unnatural sexual intercourse, How does one differentiate between masturbation and the new "robophilia"? 

masturbate

verb UK    /ˈmæs.tə.beɪt/  US    /-tɚ-/        

› [I] to ​touch or ​rub ​your ​sexual ​organs in ​order to give yourself ​sexual ​pleasure

› [T] to ​touch or ​rub someone's ​sexual ​organs in ​order to give them ​sexual ​pleasure

The above definition is from dictionary.cambridge.org. While the term "robophilia" is quite new. You might able to find the definition from Urban Dictionary. I would suggest 3 to 5 years in the future, it will be used in scholarly articles and officially indexed in the English dictionaries.  

While most of the Christian denominations and Catholics prohibits masturbation even though the Bible didn't explicitly mentioned about the activity of it. The key word related to masturbation is "Lust". When a person have the lustful imagination over themselves or another while rubbing themselves. However, it still doesn't explain whether the activity of rubbing themselves is a sin. If the second definition of masturbation is to be considered, the main person is rubbing his wife's sexual organ for the purpose of fulfilling each other and for birth control.

At this point, I have to divert the topic a while to the concept of birth control. We all should be familiar with the Old Testament about Onan. Now, have you see the pattern yet? The pattern of the whole Bible! If you haven't, go read my previous post about incest. In Genesis Chapter 38, we understand that during that era, finding a partner was so difficult, that leaded Judah to instruct Onan to perform incest, which is a prohibition in Leviticus 18:16. If you still argue that everything in the Bible is timeless, then in this situation, the Bible had revealed to you the ephemeral situation! Reproduction was so important during the time of Onan, that his selfish act of spilling his sperms had angered God. 

Back to the main topic, masturbation, right or wrong? I am no judge, let God be the judge! 

Matthew 5:28 (KJV)

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Adultery is a sin mentioned in the Ten Commandments. There is no doubt that this is the timeless law God gave to us. Therefore, My personal view on this (not  judging) is that masturbation in form of imagining others who is not your spouse, is wrong. It's still doesn't answer my further questions regarding other stimuli of sexual arousal such as, Objectophilia, Fetishism, Neo-Sexuality, and most recently, Robophilia. They all have nothing to do with another flesh. How about Narcissism? When one person love him/herself and have sexual arousal all by his/her own? I would like to have the Bible literalists quoting the direct and explicit verse in Bible regarding my above mentioned issues.

What is my conclusion? BIBLE IS ALWAYS ALIVE! Amen! It tells us about a Father. He was strict, because the nation is still young. He forgive, and shows us love, when the nation was in their 'teenage'. Our nation is now in the adulthood. We shall have that conscience to know that where the line of morality. 

Proverbs 23:13 (KJV)Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

Now, I would like to bring us back to the main topic of these series of blog posts. Homosexuality. Is a man, loving another man, a sin? Is a woman, loving another woman, a sin? Some argues that the key is in the sole responsibility that God had gave mankind: Reproduction. I did discuss a little bit about birth control in this post. We shall discuss more next. Thanks for reading.

Next Topic: "If we say that Old Testament laws against homosexuality no longer apply, can’t we use the same reasoning to say that law against bestiality, or modern term, zoophilia, no longer apply?" Please visit my blog again tomorrow! Thanks!

Old Testament: The Most Important Record of Human History on Sexual Violations

Bible is always alive. This is what I believe. The Words are breathing, both New and Old Testaments. A lot of Christian will tell you that the Old Testament is old laws which we no longer applies. Some Christians even gave a very hypocritical answer, saying that it's both "Yes" and "No". Some would say that Bible is timeless and the Law is still applicable in this modern days...etc.

My view? It is a 100% without the "Yes or/and No". The purpose of Old Testament, is an information God left for us to take the Bible and the holy scriptures as a whole! Many Christian love to read and pick only a few verses. Some claims that they must read the whole chapter. I would suggest Christians should read the Bible in whole. Trace its root, understand the history of it and seek God, continuously! Because the Bible is alive and one person can never fully master it. Even though a person claims that he/she able to rewrite the whole Bible in his/hers own, word by word without error. 

2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV)
16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

The reason I cited NIV above is because I've checked the interlinear and found that the word "breathed" is closer to the original Greek.

Ok, lets look at Bible as whole, on a topic of incest. It was written as a prohibition in Leviticus (Lev 18:9). If you know Genesis, Adam and Eve was the only two human existed on earth. Leviticus not existed yet during that time. The only way for Adam and Eve and their children to multiply is through incest. 

It is a miracle, if you think with an open mind, you will discover that the whole Bible is actually supporting the science and evolution of human being.

We all know the biological cost of incest. Therefore, from the closest form of human being to God (remember, Adam is the first person created according to God's image), the children born of incest had reduced the lifespan of human being. Adam died at the age of 930 years old, and Noah at 950. The life span of human decreased starting from Shem died at 600. Then, Abraham at 175. Moses 120. Moses is the prophet who wrote the Leviticus and Deuteronomy laws, which introduced the prohibition on incest. Since then, due to various diseases human life expectancy reduced greatly. However, in the modern days, human live around 70 years old. By now, you should able to understand the logic behind such strict sexual prohibition was introduced. The history long incest has brought the evolution of human, significant for our life expectancy and racial diversity. Then suddenly God instruct Moses to stop the incest. 

Do keep in mind that during Moses's time, hebephilia is not a prohibition. A girl who just reach puberty age, around 12 years old, were the right age to be married. I personally started to menstruate when I was 10, if my parents follow the marriage rule of the ancient time and got married, what do you think? Therefore, there are no prohibition on pedophilia written in Bible. Neither Old nor New Testament. Even though the similar term "pederasty" existed in the history, the word "pedophilia" was only coined in the 19th century. Sounds similar to the word "homosexual".

When we read the Bible and analyze it as a whole, I found that God is alive and am still alive in this modern days. His love to us is growing stronger and stronger. He has the ability to wipe out all of the disobedient people. Like what he had done during Noah's time. During Moses's time, He was angry, full of vengeance and He was violent. After that, He calms, forgive, and sacrificing His Son for our salvation. In the future, He will end everything, How about now? I do feel that He is in the process of preparation. Prepare for the day of the end, prepare a place for us in the heaven. (John 14:3)

By now, you may think that I am trying to divert the topic from my previous post about the word "αρϲενοκοιταιϲ". I am not trying to make the readers believe that the word suppose to mean pederasty. There are no mention about pederasty in the Bible. May be that's the reason why there are cases where modern clergy men practice pedophilia without fear of God? The Bible had explicitly describe the prohibition of sexual immorality between men and women, men and men, and men or women with animals, but never in the Bible describe about men and children. Does this means it is alright to be pedophile? 

The answer is NO for sure. Back to my first few paragraph, when it is about incest, you notice that the moral code evolve. Same thing happened to the morality of pedophilia and homosexuality. During Adam's time, where multiply was important, incest was accepted be be moral. While during Moses time, incest became immoral, because the population has reach certain level. Reproduction is still important during that time because human capital is important to build the nation. 

The main point is, the whole Bible had told us the both timeless and ephemeral condition! From total tolerance of incest, to total forbidden of incest. From introduction of the rituals law, to the final ritual of sacrifice, which is the death of Jesus. Of course, the Bible also told us about the timelessness of the Ten Commandments. 

Bible didn't explicitly prohibits pedophilia. It also didn't explicitly prohibit necrophilia. Same goes to "Robophilia". I will talk about the future form of sexual intercourse next!

 Bible prohibits LUST, not LOVE! Amen!

Glossolalia-The Causes of Heavily Harpaxed Pauline Writtings?

The debate continues on the scriptures written by Paul. If you notice on the table in my previous post here, we realized that most of the letters and scriptures written by Paul were full of harpaxes which is very difficult to decipher. I would personally believe that this phenomenon might due to Paul was given the ability of speaking in tongue. 

1 Corinthians 14:1-3 (KJV)
Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. 2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.

I once met a young boy who claimed that he speaks in tongues. When I look into his eyes, he avoided the sight, and I asked him, "Boy, do you have Trouette syndrome?" That was the first time I encounter people who claims that they can speak in tongue.

I am a skeptic over his ability of glossolalia, because I don't understand his tongue. I ask his members, they also told me that they don't understand what he was saying. They merely told me that only God will understand. It is totally different from my understanding what real glossolalia should be:

Acts 2:1-6 (KJV)

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. 5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. 6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

Ok, back to the main topic about Paul. So the argument about the word "αρϲενοκοιταιϲ" is a harpax in ancient Koine Greek. Which were not found in other documents other than in the 1 Corinthians. That is actually a good thing, because it shows that Paul is the person wrote these 2 books. Could it be that he was actually writing in "tongue"?

As a skeptic, I don't think so. I believe that the "tongue" in the Bible means languages. Do bare in mind that Paul is a gifted person who able to speak different languages. That's why, when he spoke people understood it as their own language. 

As a person growing up in Malaysia, I learn 3 different languages, Malay, English and Mandarin. It was a blessing to know many languages, but it is also causing difficulties. We sometimes made up new words such as: Kiasi, tapao, sabun...etc. Where these words are like "tongues" because everyone living in Malaysia, regardless of what are their native languages, we heard it as our own languages! Thus, this led me to further investigate what "αρϲενοκοιταιϲ" means. Consider that Paul is a Jew, and he did learn Hebrew. The most interesting thing I found was in Septuagint Bible, one of the early manuscript translation of Old Testament to Koine Greek, the word "ἄρσενος κοίτην" was used in Leviticus 20:13, which originated from Hebrew. Since most of the ancient Hebrew can be easily translated due to the organized language system with proper root, suffixes and prefixes. 

Leviticus 20:13 (KJV)

If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Let me clarify again, I have no knowledge on the Hebrew or the Koine Greek, and I am not an archaeologist. What I did was searching online on the Septuagint Bible and match the text patterns like a kid playing matching the shapes:

καὶ ὃς ἂν κοιμηθῇ μετὰ ἄρσενος κοίτην γυναικός βδέλυγμα ἐποίησαν ἀμφότεροι θανατούσθωσαν ἔνοχοί εἰσιν

So the mystery of the word was solved! The word "αρϲενοκοιταιϲ" does mean something directly translated from Hebrew "יִשְׁכַּ֤ב" which means lye, and "זָכָר֙" which means man. Ha! Old Testament! Is it really a set of laws we no longer follows? I don't think so! I am not a person who ignores the Old Testament, Just recently, the Leviticus piece was found.

But WAIT! There's more to come... My studies on various materials really open up my heart and mind. Please follow my blog post for the next chapter of my discovery. The next topic will be: Pederasty ( or Pedophilia for the modern term). The "men-bed" mentioned in Leviticus, Deuteronomy and the Epistles of Paul could mean something else. I will justify my findings on this in my next blog post.

I know it is nothing new, some people might have read it from all the scholar articles and published books. My aim here is to document my findings, my discovery and my thoughts on this topic. I have different views with some of the LGBT Christians around my area. The most prominent one in Malaysia would be Pastor Au Yong. I have read his books and sometimes, I do not agree upon his views. Thus, I feel there's a need to voice out my views too.

There's another LGBT Christian leader in Singapore who's name is Rev Miak Siew. I never heard his sermons before, and I'm going to check it out this Sunday. About the church, I still going to those non-LGBT friendly Churches around my area. The reason is, I am in the church to praise God, not to please the people. There is nothing wrong to go to church. If the church people throw bad words to harm you because you're LGBT, just go find another church! Always keep in mind that you are to serve God. Amen.

Αρσενοκοιταις Again!

In my previous blog post on 1 Tim 1:10 here, I mentioned about the difficulties on understanding the word "Αρσενοκοιταις". I recall the time when I debated with my bible mentor. She did agrees that we have limited wisdom, especially when both of us are not Greek native speakers and we know nothing about the language. We had prayed and asked God to guide the translators to do their job, brought the Word of God to be understood by many. So we must trust the translators. My question is, should I? Must I fully trust the translators and forget about that conscience telling me that something is really really wrong there?

If A told you an information, and you know that A heard it from B, and B get it from C, and C heard that from D, will you not go to D and ask D to explain further about that piece of information?

2 Peter 3:16-17 (KJV)

16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

So I went to do my own research on the 1 Tim 1:10 and found about the harpaxes. The further argument my mentor gave me is about the historical translation should be accurate because the earlier people understood the language of that time more than us in the modern days. I am totally in doubt about that.

If the people in the older days really understand bible more than we do today, then the KKK, Crusaders and Apartheid wont exist at all! How the Church used Deuteronomy to justify Apartheid was totally wrong! Very very wrong! People had used the Bible to kill the left-handed, enslave the poor, and discriminated women. How could they understand Bible more than us do now?

1 Chronicles 16:11 (KJV)

11 Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

What I believe is, never stop to seeking God. If somebody said they had found God, ask them to go find Him again and again. Seeking God is a continuous process that never ends, until the final day when we met Him. Never stop learning about God's word. Never stay in one ground. That is what I believe, and may God open my heart and yours too. Amen. Next Blog Post: Glossolalia-The Causes of Heavily Harpaxed Pauline Writtings?

Bible Research: 1 Timothy 1:9-11

I have done this about 10 years ago, when I was in struggle over the decision to accept Christ into my life. I thought I had finally found the grace from Him. I was foolish and selfish because I didn't really documented my studies and findings. Now I am doing it on my blog! I hope it will help all the people around the world to understand God's word better.

My study methodology is by referring to the different version of translated Bible. It will fascinate you to discover how different it is! I shall start the analysis from the Words written by Paul.

1 Timothy 1:9-11 (KJV) 9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine. 11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

1 Timothy 1:9-11 (NIV) 

9 We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10 for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine 11 that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.

1 Timothy 1:9-11 (Codex Sinaiticus) 9 ειδωϲ τουτο οτι δι καιω νομοϲ ου κι ται · ανομοιϲ δε  και ανυποτακτοιϲ  αϲεβεϲι και αμαρ τωλοιϲ ανοϲιοιϲ  και βεβηλοιϲ πα τρολωαιϲ · και μη τρολωαιϲ · ανδρο 10 φονοιϲ · πορνοιϲ αρϲενοκοιταιϲ ανδραποδιϲταιϲ ψευϲταιϲ · επιορκοιϲ και ει τι ετερον τη ϋγιαινουϲη διδα ϲκαλια αντικειται  11 κατα το ευαγγελιο τηϲ δοξηϲ του μα καριου θυ ο επιϲτευ θην εγω 

Lets explore the key word "αρϲενοκοιταιϲ" in the scripture and it's occurrence in the Bible. It only occurs twice (1 Corinthians 6:9). The argument made for this word is actually combination of the word arsen (“male” or “man”) and koite (“bed”).

The medieval Latin translation in the Vulgata Clementina was "masculorum concubitoribus," implying concubinage or pimping, not homosexuality specifically. Martin Luther's 1545 German translation employs the word "Knabenschänder" (from "Knaben", boys or young children), implying that "arsenokoites" was interpreted as pedophilia as early as the 16th century. A modern German translation speaks of "Kinder sexuell missbrauchen" ("to abuse children sexually").

Arsenokoites is extremely rare in ancient Greek - so rare, there is no other extant use predating or contemporary to the Bible (a linguistic phenomenon known as a hapax legomenon).

Under this circumstances, I know that my knowledge is limited. Sometimes, Jesus will speak of something which even the 12 disciples unable to understand Him. I would pray and surrender this to God. No man would fully understand the Word of God. He or she who claimed that he knows 100% of what God wants, then he must be a liar. I was accused for being ignorant by my previous JW mentor. However, it makes me strongly believe that my wisdom had a limit when I saw the children and adults in Bethany Home (hospice for mentally disabled people) singing praises to the Lord. Do they understand Bible? God do not judge people on their mental ability. They are like the angels. Who am I to call somebody a fool when they unable to read and understand the Bible at all but have faith in their heart?

I have faith, I read the Bible and do not understand 100%. Amen. Next

Project Crucifixion

I still have numerous art projects on hand. This one just came in due to the recent incident. I want to express about my God. The personal Savior in my life.

I am a theist. I use a small letter "t" to represent what I believe, to be humble and minor. The doctrine I believe, is that Jesus, the Messiah, who had died for me. No, this is not something new, basically I may call myself a Christian. I do not have a denomination. I just purely surrender myself to this one God represented by Jesus as the Son. 

The Jesus I believe, is a loving God. He acknowledge LGBT. In Matthew 19:12. It is the one and only verse that Jesus Himself, mentioned that we were BORN THIS WAY! Ok, I will not rant about the technical stuffs here.

Many years ago, when I was a student. I did struggle in my faith and sexual orientation. There were times I bought different versions of bibles to gain better understanding on the texts. I even tried to learn Hebrew. One of the major discovery I had during that time, was about the language! The variety of English bible versions, somehow deviated a lot compare to the KJV or even the Hebrew or Greek language.

The method of learning the bible referring to different versions was actually inspired by a Jehovah Witness who was my bible study mentor that time. I finally set myself free from doubt when I read the KJV. Though it is not an easy Bible, and it is not popular. I find this version is the closest to the original language. Therefore, the prohibition of homosexual relationship is never a sin in the Bible I read. 

In Timothy 1:9-10, translators sometimes use homosexual for the original Greek words, pornoi, arsenokoitai, and andrapodistai, meaning male prostitutes, males who hire male prostitutes or the slave dealers who procure them.

While in this modern day, LGBT are a group of people with the NATURAL desire and feeling of love which is different from the majority people. Love has nothing to do with prostitution, slavery or sexual violation. 

My way of reading Bible is simple. Keep in mind that the meaning of words change over time. For example:

The word gay arrived in English during the 12th century from Old French gai, most likely deriving ultimately from a Germanic source. In English, the word's primary meaning was "joyful", "carefree", "bright and showy", and the word was very commonly used with this meaning in speech and literature. For example, the optimistic 1890s are still often referred to as the Gay Nineties. The title of the 1938 French ballet Gaîté Parisienne ("Parisian Gaiety"), which became the 1941 Warner Brothers movie, The Gay Parisian, also illustrates this connotation. It was apparently not until the 20th century that the word began to be used to mean specifically "homosexual", although it had earlier acquired sexual connotations.

Therefore, I believe I should look closer to the meaning of each word when reading the Bible. I always believe that I am foolish, and not Greek or Hebrew literate. Language tend to shift its meaning depends on the trend. If a Christian never had doubt and always 100% understand the Bible, then this person must be better than the 12. Even the 12 never fully understood Jesus sometimes! 

Heavenly Father, I am foolish, I am sinful, guide me, lead me, forgive me. Amen.

Scar

Scar
Acrylic on paper
254×305mm.
Done by layering acrylic paints of pure black and white.

That day, my rolling Samsonite bag scratched my leg. My leg bled. He was anxious, driving all around to find a pharmacy to get some antiseptic. He was supposed to going back to his office.

The wound had healed, but the scar is now in my heart.

916 Peringgatan!!!

Ini satu peringgatan tentang perhimpunan yang akan datang pada 16 September! Harap anda tidak terpedaya atas apa yang dikatakan perhimpunan "aman" demi membangunkan "seni mempertahankan diri Melayu". Sila tonton balik video lama, ini bukan apa yang dikatakan "aman". Cuba ingat balik apa yang telah berlaku! Jangan diperdayakan lagi! Ingat! Jangan tak ingat! Tak perlu taip banyak-banyak... kita tontonilah sendiri!

Ingat! Siapa yang mencetuskan insiden Low Yat Plaza!!

Next Bersih 5?

I did have an unfinished blog which I hesitated to post. Before that, I would like to trash out some of the ideas for Bersih 5 regarding the trash issue!

Lets get straight to the point! We were given only a plastic gloves and rubbish bags for the cleaning jobs. After we had done our job, our  minister Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan claims that the we had left behind rubbish and urine and want the organizers to pay RM65,000 for the process of the rubbish!

My idea???

TURN THE RUBBISH INTO CASH!!!

Simple and easy! All we need to do is to have a more organized volunteers to separate plastic bottles, aluminium bottles, and un-recyclable rubbish! We will sell the recyclable rubbish. By doing this,

1. Plastic Only (Plastic bottle, cups, packets...etc) - Large bag
2. Aluminium cans Only - Medium bag
3. Un-recyclable rubbish Only - Small bag

Through my rubbish collecting experience, almost 70% of the rubbish are plastic bottles, bags, or cups! People bought drinks and disposed the plastic containers. Some 20% are aluminium cans, Most of the time, the paper they used will not be able to be recycled (tissue paper, food packing... etc). That's why I did not include papers to be collected. Furthermore, they are heavy.

The organizers actually had planned the similar thing. They had prepared 2 different colour of bags. The only problem is the plan is not well communicated to the volunteers. Thus, all we did is just grab the bags and collect the rubbish.

Work Together With the Private Companies and Recycling Centers

Who doesn't love free resources? It is always good to work together with the private companies so that they may prepare lorries for the scrap plastics and aluminium they want.

Conclusion? 

We want everything to be clean! That's the spirit of Bersih! I believe we can do better in our next rally! Fight for clean government and clean environment! Let the meaning of the word "Bersih" shine upon Malaysia.

What I'm Planning to do during Bersih 4.0?

We want a clean government, but it is such a bad fact about us that we do not keep the place clean for ourselves. That's the problem.

Let's look at the street. This photo was taken during bersih 3.0. Such a disaster. The meaning of the word "Bersih" is clean, why can't we keep our street clean? Thus, I will bring my message here, what I'll do during the Bersih 4.0 rally, is to pick up the rubbish! My placard will be "Tolong Jaga KeBERSIHan!"

Being there, is the sign of wanting a clean government. I want my country clean, not just the government, also the street! Please keep clean!

Hikayat Pemimpin yang Menerima Rasuah

Saya ingin meminta maaf dengan kemahiran Bahasa Malaysia saya yang mungkin tidak cukup fasir lagi. Tetapi ini adalah satu anggaran yang penting. Anggaran ini memerlukan fikiran logik dan kemahiran penaakulan. Harap artikel ini dapat membuka minda semua golongan rakyat Malaysia.

Hikayat Pemimpin Berasuah 

Cuba kita bayangkan. Seorang rakyat, namanya Ahmad, yang berkerja. Dia perlu bayar cukai RM100. Dia bayar cukai kepada kerajaan yang mengambil rasuah. Pemimpin kerajaan ini seterusnya menyelewengkan sebahagian wang yang dikutip daripada rakyat itu ke dalam akaun persendiriannya. Dia turut menggunakan wang cukai rakyat dalam sektor keselamatan, pendidikan dan lain-lain. Dia membeli jet tiada enjin, kapal selam tak boleh menyelam. Dia juga memnabur dalam projek pembangunan yang berjanji kosong, dan menerima pelabur luar negara yang ingin membina kilang berbahaya.

Walaupun dia telah memalukan diri-sendirinya di hadapan pemimpin-pemimpin yang lain. Dia tidak berasa dirinya telah melakukan kesalahan. 

Pada suatu hari, Ahmad dan keluarganya diserang tentera Sultan Sulu. Dia menjerit dan meminta pertolongan.

Dengan itu, demi mempertahankan keselamatan dan kedaulatan negara, tentera dan polis telah bergerak membantu Ahmad sekeluarga. Tetapi, jet tentera negara tidak dapat terbang kerana enjinnya sudah hilang, kapal selam pun tidak dapat digunakan kerana ia tidak boleh selam. Tentera dan polis yang bergaji rendah dan kurang dilatih turut digunakan untuk mempertahankan negara.

Akhirnya, tentera, polis, dan Ahmad sekeluarga telah dibunuh. 

Disebaliknya, pemimpin yang telah makan rasuah hidup dengan mewah. Bini dia gembira dan kakitangan dia sangup buat apa saja untuk kekayaan persendirian. 

Dengan cerita ini, kita cuba fikirkan sendiri. Apakah yang kita ingin mempertahankan? Kepada siapakah yang kita ingin melindungi? Adakah kita gembira dalam situasi ini? Adakah kita sangup berdiam diri sahaja? 

Harap cerita ini dapat mengalakan anda berfikir demi masa depan kita dan anak-anak kita.

Sekian, terima kasih.

Why Corrupt? Malaysia!

One question that triggered me to write this post about the Bersih 4.0 rally:

"You work in Singapore, you earn Singapore Dollar. Isn't it great to work in a first world country and spend the money in a third world country? If Malaysia became a better place, you might need to work harder to become whoever you are right now! Thanks to Najib you all can eat live and sleep cheaper!"

My answer? If that is the case...

1. If I am normal in a first world country and can be better in a third world country, I would rather go to Zimbabwe or Somalia and become a queen there!

2. If every Malaysian is working in Singapore at the same time, I'm afraid the whole country will sink into the ocean!

Since I'm not a politician and my brain is totally technical. Let me share my analysis and comparison between Malaysia and Singapore in a table below:

Life Condition	Malaysia				Singapore
	If the majority citizens are stupid		If the majority citizens are smart		If the majority citizens are stupid		If the majority Citizens are smart
	If the Gov is corrupt	If the Gov is clean	If the Gov is corrupt	If the Gov is clean	If the Gov is corrupt	If the Gov is clean	If the Gov is corrupt	If the Gov is clean
People	Hell	Earth	Hell	Heaven	Hell	Hell	Hell	Heaven
Politician	Heaven	Earth	Earth	Heaven	Hell	Hell	Hell	Heaven

Singapore is too small to fail
With Its limited natural resource, the only way for this country to survive is through the human capital. That's why the government must work hard for their people -- their major capital. Education and health of their people must be in tip-top condition in order for their people to generate wealth and pay the politician through income tax!

Imagine if majority of the Singaporean are not well educated, and always get sick. No matter how good or bad the government is, there won't be any natural resources to guaranty income. If the Singaporean are well educated and smart, but the government is corrupted. Soon their best citizen will left the country. Without the best people to generate income, the corrupted politician will find it hard to survive.

Malaysia is big enough to breed the parasitic government
If majority of Malaysian were uneducated, and the politician were corrupted, the politician can always put the people in slavery and work for them to generate income. At the same time, Malaysia have enough natural resources to be exploited.

Why is this outcome so different compare to Singapore? This is because the overall capacity and population in Singapore were limited. When it comes to slaves, quantity is the power factor. Just imagine that there's 5.4 millions of slaves in Singapore compare to 29.7 millions of them in Malaysia. If we assume that all slaves were divded equally to serve all MPs, one Malaysian MP will be served by 101 thousands of slaves, while one Singaporean MP will only be served by 55 thousands of slaves only.

The Reality on Malaysia
It is very difficult to analyse the current condition of Malaysia since 47.38% of Malaysians are mentally retarded in their logical thinking and memory on historical events. Since the other majority of Malaysians are in good mental condition, with the current corrupted government, the living condition of the people in Malaysia is said to be in the Hell condition.

What's the relationship of this blog post with Bersih 4.0 rally?
People must fight against corruption! That's the point! It is the mother of all evil! For those who are working for the government, this table is to help you understand that you can make a country like a heaven if you make your citizens smarter. "You help me, I help you". You help the citizens, they will help you too!

Here's another estimated calculation to justify what a clean government and smart citizens can do:

$$$	Malaysia
	One Stupid citizen generate $10 tax		One Smart citizen generate $30 tax
	If the Gov is corrupt	If the Gov is clean	If the Gov is corrupt	If the Gov is clean
30 People	pay bribe $30	Pay tax $300	pay bribe $30	Pay tax $900
Government Servant	Accept bribe $30	Accept salary $30	Accept bribe $30	Accept salary $30
Politician	Accept bribe $100	Accept salary $100	Accept bribe $100	Accept salary $100
Investor	Pay $100 bribe to get resources	Pay investment fund & tax $1000	Pay $100 bribe to get resources	Pay investment fund & tax $1000
Country	$0	$1170 left	$0	$1770 left
Infrastructure	No $	$1000	No $	$1000
Bonuses	No $	$170	No $	$770

Based on the above table, it is clear that regardless of the citizens are stupid or smart, a clean government will do better compare to a corrupted government! If everybody accepts bribes, no money will left for the country to grow its infrastructure and even pay the salary of the government servants and politicians. If that is the case, why take bribes? Why being corrupted? Isn't it better to have both money and integrity to be a good politician? Furthermore, after deducting the costs for country development on infrastructure, there are still some money left for the government servants as bonuses.

That explained why Najib's official salary is only USD100 thousands and Lee Hsien Long's salary is at USD1.7millions. It further justifies that a cleaner government will do more for the politician and people!

Kesianlah Perdana Menteri Malaysia, gajinya sangat sikit sampai dia perlukan dermaan daripada warga negara asing! Alangkah baiknya kalau Perdana Menteri kita dapat gaji lumayan dengan integriti kerana menguruskan negara Malaysia bermaju-jaya.

All you need is some logic in your brain.