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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Science and God
'Let me explain the problem science has with Jesus Christ.' The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand.

'You're a Christian, aren't you, son?'

'Yes sir,' the student says.

'So you believe in God?'

'Absolutely.'

'Is God good?'

'Sure! God's good.'

'Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?'

'Yes.'

'Are you good or evil?'

'The Bible says I'm evil.'

The professor grins knowingly. 'Aha! The Bible!' He considers for a moment.

'Here's one for you. Let's say there's a sick person over here and you can cure him. You can do it. Would you help him? Would you try?'

'Yes sir, I would.'

'So you're good...!'

'I wouldn't say that.'

'But why not say that? You'd help a sick and! maimed person if you could. Most of us would if we could. But God doesn't.'

The student does not answer, so the professor continues. 'He doesn't, does he? My brother was a Christian who died of cancer, even though he prayed to Jesus to heal him How is this Jesus good? Hmmm? Can you answer that one?'

The student remains silent.'No, you can't, can you?' the professor says. He takes a sip of water from a glass on his desk to give the student time to relax.

'Let's start again, young fella Is God good?'

'Er...yes,' the student says.

'Is Satan good?'

The student doesn't hesitate on this one. 'No.'

'Then where does Satan come from?'

The student : 'From...God...'

'That's right. God made Satan, didn't he? Tell me, son. Is there evil in this world?'

'Yes, sir.'

'Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything, correct?'

'Yes.'

'So who created evil?' The professor continued, 'If God created everything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and according to the principle that our works define who we are, then God is evil.'

Without allowing the student to answer, the professor continues: 'Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things, do they exist in this world?'

The student: 'Yes.''So who created them?'

The student does not answer again, so the professor repeats his question. 'Who created them?There is still no answer. Suddenly the lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the classroom. The class is mesmerized.

'Tell me,' he continues onto another student. 'Do you believe in Jesus Christ, son?'

The student's voice is confident: 'Yes, professor, I do.'

The old man stops pacing. 'Science says you have five senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Have you ever seen Jesus?'

'No sir. I've never seen Him'

'Then tell us if you've ever heard your Jesus?'

'No, sir, I have not.'

'Have you ever actually felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelt your Jesus? Have you ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ, or God for that matter?'

'No, sir, I'm afraid I haven't.'

'Yet you still believe in him?'

'Yes.'

'According to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your God doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?'

'Nothing,' the student replies. 'I only have my faith.'

'Yes, faith,' the professor repeats. 'And that is the problem science has with God. There is no evidence, only faith.'

The student stands quietly for a moment, before asking a question of his own. 'Professor, is there such thing as heat?'

'Yes,' the professor replies. 'There's heat.'

'And is there such a thing as cold?'

'Yes, son, there's cold too.'

'No sir, there isn't.'

The professor turns to face the student, obviously interested.The room suddenly becomes very quiet. The student begins to explain.

'You can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, unlimited heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat, but we don't have anything called 'cold'. We can hit up to 458 degrees below zero, which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold; otherwise we would be able to go colder than the lowest -458 degrees. Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-458 F) is the total absence of heat. You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.'

Silence across the room. A pen drops somewhere in the classroom, sounding like a hammer.

'What about darkness, professor. Is there such a thing as darkness?'

'Yes,' the professor replies without hesitation. 'What is night if it isn't darkness?'

'You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something; it 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 it's called darkness, isn't it? That's the meaning we use to define the word. In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?'

The professor begins to smile at the student in front of him.This will be a good semester.

'So what point are you making, young man?''Yes, professor.. My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to start with, and so your conclusion must also be flawed.

'The professor's face cannot hide his surprise this time.'Flawed? Can you explain how?'

'You are working on the premise of duality,' the student explains. 'You argue that there is life and then there's 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?'

'If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man, yes, of course I do'

'Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?'

The professor begins to shake his head, still smiling, as he realizes where the argument is going. A very good semester, indeed.

'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 now not a scientist, but a preacher?'

The class is in uproar. The student remains silent until the Commotion has subsided.

'To continue the point you were making earlier to the other student, let me give you an example of what I mean.'The student looks around the room. 'Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the professor's brain?' The class breaks out into laughter.

'Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor's brain, felt the professor's brain, touched or smelled the professor's brain? 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, with all due respect, sir. So if science says you have no brain, how can we trust your lectures, sir?'

Now the room is silent. The professor just stares at the student, his face unreadable.Finally, after what seems an eternity, the old man answers. 'I guess you'll have to take them on faith.'

'Now, you accept that there is faith, and, in fact, faith exists with life,' the student continues. 'Now, sir, is there such a thing as evil?'

Now uncertain, the professor responds, 'Of course, there is. We see it everyday. It is in the daily example of man's inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil.'

To this the student replied, 'Evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God.

God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart.. It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light.'

The professor sat down.

P.S. although I'm not a christian myself, I found this story very interesting.
Credits: Tsan Sze Ling's blog, a.k.a. http://legendarynostalgia.blogspot.com/

Kim Yao @ Saturday, April 26, 2008
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After all these years of waiting and waiting today have finally come, ta-da!I get my own house keys. Hip-hip-hurray! ( but I cannot bring it to school. Wait kenna stolen)

This morning I went for tuition. It was a close shave. Here's the story......

Kim Yao Stories Episode 112-

Will he make it or will he not?

Kim Yao thought that he was suppose to wait at 8.45 instead of 7.45. Then when he just finished brushing his teeth, Yeo Ines called him and shouted into the receiver,'KIM YAO! are you still at home?' Then he really woke up. he was terrible late. It was already 8.15 and the tuition was at 8.30. Will Kim Yao make it, or will he not? (we shall find out after the break. Stay tune to Kim Yao stories on channel 5)

Then at lightning speed, Kim Yao showered and changed. He packed his bag and shot out of the house. Fortunately, his uncle was going to sent him to tuition. But it was Bukit Timah, after all. Will he make it, or will he not?(we shall find out after the short break. Stay tune, people. Stay tune)

Five minutes later......

'Wait! Pull over! there she are! The three of them! Bye!' exclaimed Kim Yao. He dashed out of the car and gave chase immediately. When he reached that spot, there was no sight of the three girls anymore. What is Kim Yao going to do without the tutor's unit number?Then based on his memories of the lift number and the unit being the first on on the left, Kim Yao started from 4th floor, then 6th, then 8th. Just as he was about to give up, he went up to the 10th floor. He heaved a sigh of relieve as he knocked at the door. He went in and sat down, continuing with the tuition.

He made it after all.

The End.

(If I go to exam with this compo, I bet I fail)

Actually, lots of funny things happened during the tuition but they are not revealed due to personal reasons, and one of them is that I'm too young to die in the hands of a ruthless, revengeful and selfish Head Prefect.(I didn't point any fingers, so neither should you)

And I miss the bus stop when I took 184, then had to go back to interchange again to take 284 to Sunset Way for another tuition. Saw Evonne and Ines at the bus stop. Shocked. I mean, Yeo Ines was. And I saw Wei Ling's mother for the first time in real life. Didn't even realise that in the first place. Tough luck.

Face the hard truth with a smile.

Kim Yao @ Saturday, April 26, 2008
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Friday, April 25, 2008

if you can't see the blue words in the last post, high light it to have clearer view.

Thank You.

Yours Sincerely,
Kim Yao a.k.a Kim Chi

Kim Yao @ Friday, April 25, 2008
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Today I found the difference between Mr Moss's(correct spelling?) PE and Ms Chan's PE.
Ms Chan's=We scream, we have fun
Mr Moss's=he scream, we bored

Today Ms Chan was going through like mad in the morning. As usual, I forgot to bring back my Science booster notes(but it wasn't intentionally, of course)yesterday and had nothing scientific to read. Never mind about that.

Then when it was time for PE, Ms Chan was asking us to skip PE and revise some more. Then almost everyone groan. Then she asked, who wants to go for PE stand up. Then almost half the class stood up. I thought I sensed sarcasm in Ms Chan's words.

After a trail of standing up and sitting up. Then Goh Wei Ling and Yeo Ines was among the people who stood up. If 2 of the top 10 pupils in the class needs to unwind, i don't see why I don't need to unwind.

We played captain's ball. So much fun. Although Ms Chan was in the opposite team, we managed to overpower them. MuaHAHAHAHA!

Then, during recess, Ms Chan was not SELLING, but GIVING grapes. Yummy!
And that Gibson talk about sect 3 Maths again. Stupid lah him.........

And I sincerely apologise to Yeo Ines because of some personal reasons which are not revealed due to private concerns.

Kim Yao @ Friday, April 25, 2008
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Thursday, April 24, 2008

Wah, today my injected arm still damned pain. Very vulnerable now…..

Today morning Ms Chan gave back our Maths test. I scored 88/100. The stupid Gibson Chin called me yesterday night talking about secondary 3 math topic, now he only score 70+. Cannot even cope with P6 want to cope with Sec 3 work? Silly people. Maths mark just like my Chinese mark. So lucky. Must buy 4D, 8888. Let’s continue, shall we…..

During Chinese class my mark almost deducted because of a wrong word. Lucky teacher don’t mind…….

During recess, I tried to finish my tuition homework, but cannot even complete half. Then the relationship tree is extended.( If you haven’t heard about it, go to Sze Ling’s blog) Then we did muscular and skeletal system, and magnets. After that, I was so tired I thought I was going to die. Luckily Ms Chan revived me with her commercial breaks. There was this frog game and Darren Lim was the only one who succeeded. I’m so proud of him.

I just finished my Chinese compo and science practice papers. All from tuition.

Kim Yao @ Thursday, April 24, 2008
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

2 days ago (21th of April) was my SA1 English compo. Damn horrible. I chose the 'you were reading a book when you picked up a phone. Soon tears welled up in your eyes' instead of the picture one. I felt that the picture one was too constrain. The one I chose I can at least I can let my imagination run. Maybe I was wrong. And my situational writing forgot to make paragraph.

Today took injection. Check eye, check dick, check heart,, check height, check weight then take 2 injections. I checked the height and weight first. Grown by 0.5cm. So little. And Gordon is 0.1cm shorter than me. I still taller you know. Pro!

Then I went for for the eye test. So lousy! My eyesight is damn sucking without spectacles. Then the dick checking. It was horrible too. No privacy. Then the heart test was OK. But the lady look so fierce. Never mind. And i finally got my hands on Percy Jackson volume 2: The sea of monsters. But cannot borrow as got something wrong. So close yet so far...................

The fateful item, injections. The needle poke into my skin, pain. Then everything was so quick. The needle come out already still I don't know. And the liquid that was given to me was sooooooo........yuk! The taste was still in my mouth.(In P1, I still can remember, when I was given it I thought that the nurse poisoned me) And both jabs was painful. The pain is still in my left arm now.....

Gibson just called to tell me about a secondary 3 Maths topic called Logarithm. Indeed is secondary work. Quite interesting. Go search on it if you are interested. Bye bye for now....

I will be back.........

P.S. The dick is the male private part.

Kim Yao @ Wednesday, April 23, 2008
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Saturday, April 19, 2008

Today was the second time I went for the Maths tuition. Everything was the same, but i actually heard Yeo Ines sing Inspiration out loud. Just the word. Unknown tone. And Evonne Tay is insane about High School Musical like Darren Ong.

Oh never mind about that.

Today, Darren Ong is celebrating his 7th birthday. His real birthday is on Monday(21st of April, the day of my English Compo SA1).

Let's sing a birthday song to him!

Happy birthday to you,

Happy birthday to Darren,

Happy birthday to you!

What did you say?That's not the real one?

OK, fine, the real one.

Happy birthday to you,

You were born in the zoo,

you look like a monkey,

and you smell like one too!

Kim Yao @ Saturday, April 19, 2008
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Yesterday there was a bazaar in my school held by the prefects. There was kachaing-puteh, a game on ping-pong balls and egg-crates, jumble sale, personalised file making and photo taking. I spent about $4 plus. Here's the full story......

In the morning i forget about the `must-read-science-booster-notes-Fridays' rule and bought `Percy Jackson and the lightning thief ' which i borrowed from the school library. Then it struck upon me that i had forgotten completely about the bazaar!!!!! Then was the pledged taking and the singing of National Anthem. Then Miss Chan came and remind me again about the bazaar. Then she said that we would be returning to class anymore except for Mother Tongue. The hall was to be our classroom and we would revise using the biggest screen in the school. Hurray!!!!!!!!(which would be great if it was to come true because it never did - time constrain)

Then I asked Miss Chan for permission to go to the canteen to make a call. I called my grandmother and told her to go to the fence of the school during my break time and bring $5 with her. (Desperate situations call for desperate measures - I didn't even took it from her - I borrowed it)

Then Miss Chan handed out the percentage worksheet which we were suppose to finish by yesterday( but we didn't - time constrain). Then in the end we only did worksheet 7 and 8. Then miss Chan sent a few boys( including me) to get flip charts from different classes. I wanted to go with Vincent Tay, but I had to go with Wei Jie. Never Mind.

We went to a Pri 3, 4 and 6 class. We even took the lift down.(it was damn heavy) After that the students started to come. They bought lots of things and after a while I had to return to class as there was a Chinese test. The test was damned difficult. Oh and meanwhile, at the photo taking stall, Tsan Sze Ling was flaring like an erupting volcano.

Then the Primary ones came one by one, including my cousin, Darren Ong.(the P1 just started school as they are in the afternoon session) I offered him my sugared nuts I bought at one of the stalls. Then he got scolded by his form teacher. Oops......

I even had to miss higher mother tongue as i had to help out at the stall. When Goh Wei Ling(the head prefect) ask me what was my reason to skip it, i told her that I was helping where ever help is needed. Sounds like a super hero and a odd job worker at the same time.

Then at 1.30pm, I really had to go as I had Chinese creative writing course. I wrote the compo in a rush and felt that it wasn't good. And that was the last session until a long time because of the June holidays and SA1. I asked the teacher for her email address. And then another Chinese teacher came out of no where and said that she was not satisfied with the trash in the dust bin and appointed me and Zhi Xun to be the trash cleaning managers. Some more the nearest dustbin so far away! @#$%

Then I went to the hall again for fun. I listened to Marc telling Miss Chan about his evil past.
Then I left the school and went for Chinese tuition which i postpone earlier for the bazaar. (as you can see, although I'm not a prefect, i sacrificed a lot too)

Kim Yao @ Saturday, April 19, 2008
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Saturday, April 12, 2008

自信与自负
我觉得，自信在我们身活中是一件很重要的事。如果没有了它，我们做什么事都会婆婆妈妈，连说话也会吞吞吐吐。就像在考试里，如果完全没有自信，那就完蛋了，因为你根本都不能相信自己所写的答案是对的。这可以证明自信的重要性。

自负的严重性也很大。自负，是因为太多自信而造成的。一个人，对自己的所作所为很自负，那也完蛋了- 因为一个非常自负的人是肯定会出错的。他会因为自信心太强而懒得去检查。如果考试里很自负的话，他就不可能得到好的成绩了- 就因为他没检查。就这样，很多聪明，本来可以名列前茅的学生败就败在自负这两个字。

Kim Yao @ Saturday, April 12, 2008
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水和船- 国家与我
像水和船一样，国家和我们的关系非常密切。如果没有祖国，我们就没有家。相反的，没有了我，也就是大家，国家的经济也就不好，国家也不可能繁荣起来。一个例子就是：几年前有个阿富汗，他是一个私生子，没人帮他做护照，他长大了想出国，但那里的人不让他‘正式进入他们的国家。他想回祖国也不行，因为他不能证明他是那里的人，结果成了个“人球” 。如果我是“人球” ，那会多惨！

Kim Yao @ Saturday, April 12, 2008
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

I am sorry I am late. The following event took place on Saturday, 5th of May.

I was suppose to wait for Yeo Ines at a particular bus stop(which turned out in the end to me near my family doctor's clinic). Although I was on time, Ines was earlier then me. Then we wait for Goh Wei Ling below her block. Everything(the road the bus stop the overhead bridge etc.)seemed clearer when I was there then when they told me. Then when I saw Goh Wei Ling, I was shocked. She sure knew how to dress up. And she looked much nicer when not in school uniform.

At the tuition, what I said and did was with extreme caution. The teacher seemed fierce but he wasn't.(okay maybe he is , but I don't know.) Then we had Carrot Cake, as in Cai Tao Kuay. Then I took bus 184 to Sunset way for my English tuition. Then Gordon came to my house again to do Young Scientist Card at my house. Then my mother and I went to Tiong Bahru Plaza and I bought a book.Too bad Gordon couldn't go.

On Sunday, I went to XueHai for tuition. Then I saw so damn a lot of people there.(Bi Juan, Me, Evonne, Wei Ling, Ines, Vincent Lo and Xian Ying) Then I went to My mother's office. Then bye,bye.

Kim Yao @ Wednesday, April 09, 2008
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Today was an exceptionally bad day as I was tricked a few times while I only tricked 1 person, and that unlucky guy is Vincent Tay.
In the morning, I was almost late. Then, in class, Miss Chan went through all the things she gave back yesterday. What a bad day to start a morning. If not for the noisy environment, I assure you that I would have slipped back into la-la-land, a.k.a dreamland. (But I didn’t) Then….

We interrupt you to bring you this programme:
The 1st trick
Priya: Miss Chan got give MNQ right?
Me: (Shocked) No! You sure?
Priya: April Fools!
Me: Grrr………..

Please continue…………….
Then it was commercial break. Optical illusion was nice, but the best is still the crazy English.
PE was nothing much. All standing broad jump and shuttle run. I still cannot jump and then land soft. During recess, I tested Zhi Xun on his speech for a Chinese debate later in the afternoon. The………

We interrupt you to bring you this programme:
The 2nd trick
Qi Hang: spin this mini Rolette if you dare.
Me: Why not?
As I spin, I felt a numb of electricity. I let go of it immediately.

Continue, please………..
During Chinese class, there was a Chinese calligraphy competition of the P6, for the celebration of (not April fools, please, they won’t be that good) Mother tongue week.
Frankly, in my whole lifetime till now, I have never don’t work in such a serious manner. Th……….

We interrupt you to bring you this programme:
The 3rd trick
Wen Su: This is a candy bottle. Open it if you want to.
Me: (Open the box. Get the same numbing shock.)
Wen Su: Now that it is open there will be no numbing shock. Try if you don’t believe me.
Me: (Press with all my might. Real shocking.)
Wen Su: (laughing like mad)

Continue if you must……….
During lunch, play basketball. With Marc on our team, it’s a sure win. One shot that impressed me was that Yue Lin scored a 3-pointer+silent. Pro!

Higher Mother Tongue
Teacher said jokes. He continues the movie from where he left. (We are suppose to watch a movie, spot the idioms and write the sentence down) It was very funny. I really take my hat off Stephen Chow. The story was Journey to the West. Suppose to be long time ago right? Then there was English and Japanese. Ha Ha!

That’s all for today. And guess what? Zhi Xun, Vincent Lo and Chong Wei won the competition and got into the semi-finals.

Happy April Fools!

Kim Yao @ Tuesday, April 01, 2008
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Hello Uncle...Bah Chor Mee one. I want chilli plus tur Kwa plus can I watch your CCTV playback of Jeff Lopez...=D