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Lunch At the Fair
Lunch At the Fair Originally uploaded by oceanicthai We had waffles, satay pork on a stick, fried rice and strange desserts at the local fair.
Dengue Fever Warning
The Public Health Ministry issued a warning yesterday, saying the country is experiencing the worst outbreak of dengue fever in a decade, with more than 4,000 people infected by the virus in only two months. A total of 4,393 people fell ill between Dec 30 last year and Feb 23, with six deaths reported. Children and teenagers aged from seven to 14 were a high risk, officials said. (This is an excerpt from The Nation newspaper.)
03/13/08The New Atheism and Morality
J.M. Njoroge Though the chorus of voices decrying belief in God has been humming in the ideological background for centuries, it seems to have reached a crescendo with the emergence of a movement that has been dubbed the new atheism. The trademark of this new brand of atheism is its vitriolic attack on religion. To its advocates, religious beliefs are not only false; they are also dangerous and must be expunged from all corners of society. The pundits of the new atheism are not content to nail discussion theses on the door of religion; they are also busy delivering eviction notices to the allegedly atavistic elements of an otherwise seamlessly progressive atheistic evolution of Homo Sapiens. Given the rhetoric, one might be forgiven for thinking that some new discoveries have rendered belief in God untenable. Curiously, this drama is unfolding in the same era in which perhaps the world’s leading defender of atheism, Antony Flew, has declared that recent scientific discoveries point to ...
Kennedy in Hospital
Tonight will be his 3rd night in the hospital, the doctors are still trying to find out what's wrong with him. He got the chills and high fever Sunday evening, and it turned into a severe frontal headache. Monday he started vomiting violently so I packed up a little bag, left the kids with our Thai partners and took him to the emergency room. They admitted him, put him on an I.V. and started blood tests. He's been tested for Dengue Fever, Malaria, and right now we are waiting for the test results for Typhoid. I am staying with him at all times (required by the hospital) except for a few hours a day when I can come home, check on the kids, get a cup of good coffee, and get ready to teach Kennedy's adult English class. Our Thai partners cover for me when I'm not at the hospital, and they have been staying with the kids during the days and nights here at the house. I am so thankful for their help and love. I feel kind of tired and discouraged right now. I'll b...