An idle mind is the devil's workshop

i'd like to apologise to the S11 people for being so busy. Scouts has been filling up most of my time right now such that i can't meet you guys on weekends. The competition is only 2 weeks away and the boys are really putting in a lot more effort now. Friday and saturday meetings usually end at 930 to 10pm and after that it's dinner at orchard for me. After spending the whole day out, i find it hard to want to go out and rather just head home, especially since i have to wake up early on saturday for scouts and sunday for church. I'd really like to hang out with you guys but i'm afraid i'm just too busy.

as for more photos, here they are.

so we didn't actually get it completed by friday but here's one side of the gateway, it's supposed to be a statue of St. John Baptist De La Salle with his arm outstretched to form the arch.

Head of both statues (Rubin/Tay: My crozius)

the bridge event boys have come up with their bridge and we had them test it out on Saturday. looks like things are going well and when i can release photos of it (it's all a big secret), i'm sure you'll have second thoughts about scouts and that we actually DO know how to have fun unlike some other CCA's which march around all day and do push-ups.

was going to post pictures of wala's but they're mostly on Jan's blog so go over there to have a look.

back to the title of this post, i realise that i do ponder about certain things in my life whenever i'm travelling. It is most probably the only quiet time i have in my day so i like to think about stuff. Like how i have to be sensitive to people reading this post, thus ALMOST defeating the purpose of having a blog where you can put out your opinions. Other things also pop out like how i realise that being a catholic for 22 years doesn't really make a difference in my life right now. I know/believe in Jesus and all that but i sometimes feel that he doesn't influence my life. The whole doing good for others, i do it because i want to, not because i want to score points. I make an effort to be nice/polite/helpful because it is a considerate thing to do. Isn't this a lot better than doing good things in the hope that someone will recognise you even though that someone is omnipresent?

In the end, is there much of a difference if i told St Peter that i was good because i wanted to help people or because the big boss told me to be. If there wasn't a difference, that would mean all good people are always "saved from the fires of Hell"? So why have religion in the first place? Is your God actually that different from mine? Can He actually be that fickle to not let you in because you didn't believe in Him but nonetheless have been a good person? You may think so, but you forget that you're just human, and you can not even begin to imagine how he would think like. Maybe that's why i'm not too concerned about switching religions when the time comes. Doctrines are a human invention and therefore are flawed. They have always been open to interpretation and as we all know, there's error carried forward. But how far can you actually stray from "Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." I believe that God is present and that he looks out for all the do-gooders. What i don't believe in is the differences in the present Church about who is right and who is wrong.

There have also been other things that regularly come up during these quiet times but i don't seem to remember them once i step out of the train/car.