Change has come to America January 21, 2009
Posted by Ralph in Politics.Tags: Barack Obama, Inauguration, News, Prayer
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Change has come to America. But I have no doubt that its ripples will reach Philippine shores in no time. For starters, almost all of the major dailies today have for their banner headline the inauguration of Barack Obama, the first African-American President of the United States.
On another note, Al Mohler has posted a wonderful prayer for President Obama. He says that Christians are instructed to pray for their leaders. Check it out.
Busy Week Ahead January 18, 2009
Posted by Ralph in Malcolm, Prayers, University of the Philippines.Tags: Classes, Exams, Law, Law School, Malcolm Hall, Recitations, UP
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Next week is going to be a terribly busy week for me. I have Labor midterms on Wednesday. I’m on-call for recitation for both classes on Credit Transactions and Special Proceedings. I was also informed by the class President through a text message that I am, “fortunately or unfortunately one of the fifteen lucky or unlucky people who were randomly chosen as volunteers for Local Government class on Tuesday.” The message has an accompanying advisory: Those chosen must study extra hard for the quiz.
As before, I know that there is a temptation to worry. My prayer is that I would not forget that the God who gave me strength, wisdom, and grace before is the same God I can rely on today.
Everything was a blur January 16, 2009
Posted by Ralph in Daily, Photos, UP.Tags: Eyeglasses, Lenses, Photos
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I had my eyeglasses refracted last Monday. I didn’t have an extra pair, so I went home consciously feeling a certain kind of lightness, as if some weight was lifted from my face. But other than that, everything was a blur—literally. I got my old lenses back as keepsakes.
Great Reminder from Charles Spurgeon January 15, 2009
Posted by Ralph in Christianity.Tags: God, Praise, Spurgeon
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“A heart full of praise is heaven in the bud. Perfect praise is heaven full-blown.”
Reading List January 10, 2009
Posted by Ralph in Books, C.S. Lewis, Lists, Literature, Reading.Tags: 12 Ordinary Men, A Severe Mercy, Abolition of Man, Books, C.S. Lewis, Crime and Punishment, Fatelessness, Fyodor Doestoevsky, Imre Kertesz, John Macarthur, Reading, Reading List, Sheldon Vanauken
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In his blog, Stephen Altrogge asks his readers what books are on their reading list. Aside from a mountain of Supreme Court cases and a slew of boring codals which I’m required to read for my classes (try reading the National Internal Revenue Code, and I’m sure you’d be lost in the maze of long articles with long enumerations, and with little regard for rules on antecedents), here are the books which I am reading or planning to read:
1. Fatelessness by Imre Kertesz. I’m halfway through it already. Very good thus far.
2. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. I have picked up and put down this one for a very long time. I got the book more than 5 years ago. I really hope to finish it this time.
3. A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken
4. Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis. This is to satisfy the C.S. Lewis fan in me.
5. 12 Ordinary Men by John Macarthur. I saw this book on Booksale for 60 pesos. I bought it without second thoughts.
Any recommendations?
12:59 pm January 7, 2009
Posted by Ralph in Photos, photography.Tags: Clock, Fork, photography, Photos, Spoon
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