One of the most well-known stories in the Bible is about Jesus 'cursing' the fig tree. The word 'cursing' used to describe the event often leads to the interpretation of the story as a depiction of the harsh consequence for a Christian who doesn't be...
Semantic Series 1: 申正 "耶稣说：「你们来看。」他们就去看他在那里住，这一天便与他同住；那时约有申正了。” - 约翰福音1:39 (Chinese Union Bible Simplified Edition) “He said to them, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was a...
Today, the 5th of January, marks the first day of the third lockdown in the UK. For many of us isolated in our rooms (and isolated for awhile now), it marks the continuation of loneliness. As an extrovert, the absence of not just people, but social o...
Every year I try to write something festive for Christmas but in honesty I found it hard to muster up enough Christmas ‘spirit’ to be able to write something with integrity. I don’t want to write something for the sake of writing it and being pretent...
Every Roman law student would have heard of the great Emperor Justinian. We would have heard things, both good and bad, about his understanding (or misunderstanding) of the classical law, tarnishing its purity and sophistication. We would have heard ...
To fellow readers who have visited Go Noodle House, you would be familiar with the bursting meatball. It is a meatball which is made up of two layers, both being meat. The inner layer is a clump of darker juicier minced meat acting as filling while ...
Nights when I feel so lonely, Days when I feel so done, Softly do I trace the shadows, To the hideout beneath the sun. Some may call it an illusion, Some may surely think I’m mad, But I’m deaf to their derision, For they know not of the time I had. A...
I love writing. I always have. I love words. They were created to try to fit in the vastness of human thoughts. Each word specifically crafted to express a specific idea. When words are not enough, we create new ones. Indeed sometimes we do pause in ...
The 28th of July will be a day all Malaysians, and perhaps friends of other nationalities will remember. It is the end of a daunting trial where former (emphasis duly added) Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak, has been convicted of crimes relate...
It is an old adage that lawyers are cunning with words. From this adage perhaps an attitude has been formed where the laymen leave the technical legal jargon solely to the lawyers, only browsing through it when they themselves have a problem with the...
It is uncontroversial to posit as an axiom (at least among Malaysians) that the food in Penang is delicious. Every few years I would take a road trip with family (and one year with friends) to keep our palate constantly refreshed by the taste of Pena...
Exams are over! The first-year lawyers in Cambridge were one of the last to finish their first-year exams and consequently one of the last to start their summer break. At first I thought, this would be an ordeal, the spirit of medieval judicial pract...
“…speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord…” (Ephesians 5:19, NASB) Among the teachings of apostle Paul to the church of Ephesus was to address one another with songs as a ...
When you cannot see another person’s smile, you only see their fear. Or perhaps you don’t actually see it but convince yourself that you did, and simultaneously convince yourself that you were not convincing yourself. I don’t know if it is just be bu...
I woke up at 12:15 in the afternoon today because I just did not want the day to start. I had set an alarm but by this time I already developed an instinctive ability to press the button on my iPad that kills the alarm. The moment the alarm rings I h...
The concept of home constantly changes. At one moment, you find yourself in a place you have not been to. Very soon you then that place feels like a place you are familiar with, but not entirely. Things seem 'normal', you wake up and do not take a se...