Just a Thought!

According to the Guttmacher Institute in Oct 2008, about 1 in 5 pregnancies end in abortion... Not to worry, I am not going to start yet another futile debate on the abortion controversy - I believe we should all focus on the common ground of both pro-life and pro-choice camps: abortion reduction . Due to the complex circumstances surrounding a mother's decision to go for an abortion, I don't think so mere words , no matter how convincing and logical, would be of much help... Inspired by how a fetal ultrasound poster saved the life of an unborn child , I would like to share this 3D ultrasound video clip of a 9-week fetus - in the hope that mothers-to-be, after realising how "human" a foetus actually is, would seriously reconsider the decision to "get rid of it" and consider alternatives :

With more than 1 million homeless and about 100,000 dead , we must act fast to prevent more deaths due to lack of food and water as well as spread of diseases. Check out WorldVision 's response and the latest news here . Let's all pray, donate and do what we can to help the victims of Cyclone Nargis - perhaps the solidarity and compassion of the international community would also help to bring Myanmar out of isolation ....

As World AIDS Day is just round the corner (1 Dec), it is timely for us to reflect on the AIDS pandemic that has claimed more than 25 million lives since it was first recognized in 1981. Currently, about 38.6 million people are living with AIDS worldwide. No cure has been found to date. Despite global preventive campaigns with budgets in the range of billions of dollars, the number of infections showed little signs of abating - there were 4.3 million new HIV cases in 2006 alone . So what went wrong? Many governments and health organizations use the ABC approach ( A bstinence - B eing faithful - C ondoms) to prevent the spread of HIV through sex. However, it has been widely criticized: religious groups are against C while others are against the emphasis of A and B . I would like to propose one additional element to enhance the effectiveness of the ABC approach: D evelopment of family life I believe a strong vibrant family life is tantamount in preventing a multitude of sexual p...

It's unbelievable but unfortunately true: Over 800 million people in the world go to bed hungry every night . This is one sobering fact for all of us to think about... especially for Singaporeans like me who feast or waste food without batting an eyelid. Today, hunger affects 1 in nearly 7 people . Can we now sleep soundly every night knowing that someone somewhere is starving and we aren't doing anything about it when we can actually do something about it? Here's what we can do: 1. Share this fact with as many people as possible. 2. Place this hyperlinked logo on your blog/website: 3. Make a contribution to the World Food Programme here . 4. Eat simply and don't waste food unnecessarily - then contribute the money saved to the World Food Programme. 5. Remember those afflicted with hunger in your prayers. We can't eradicate hunger easily but we sure can do our little parts wherever we are with whatever we have! Together , we can make a big ...

The death toll from the Asia tidal wave disaster exceeded 125,000 on 31 Dec 2004. " The cost of the devastation will be in the billions of dollars . It would probably be many billions of dollars... There are thousands of dead people, and there are tens of thousands of dead animals. The people should be buried and the animals should be destroyed and disposed of before they infect the drinking water. It's a massive operation. " Jan Egeland, the UN undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs , told a news conference at the UN headquarters in New York. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan spoke of " an unprecedented global catastrophe " which called for " an unprecedented global response ". [Source: ChannelNewsAsia ] You can help best by making a donation to any of the following organisations in Singapore (just click on the links): - Singapore Red Cross - World Vision Singapore - Mercy Relief Any amount will go a long way in helpin...