02/11/2026 Wednesday
Nadia once said she had problem with Trump saying "I don't like the way you talk" on Apprentice show, now this happens again with Trump with the "prime minister" (Trump's mistaken identity of former Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter) of Switzerland, which is a funny habit of Trump I suppose. Whether that's really his decision based on a person's attitude in talking is another story:
02/10/2026 Tuesday
When Behind the Pulpit mentioned that Kathy Keller made all of Tim Keller's sermons free online since he passing, Pastor Dave Hentschel gave Tim Keller high praise when he said that "[Tim Keller] was one of the few people ever that I would pay for a sermon.":
02/09/2026 Monday
My SONY NW-WS413 underwater headset does not turn on anymore. USB shows no activity/connection as well. It must have been more than 2 years. It's time. Ordered from Amazon Fanisic 2026 Swimming Bone Conduction (supposedly better than conventional underwater due to slash noise) Headphones Bluetooth & 32GB MP3 player, for $42.64 (returned a more expensive $95.95 VLOP brand of similar headset.)
So it seems that Asian restaurants now are not going to give cash "discount" any more in fear of perhaps the state. But whether it's tariffs, sales taxes, credit card merchant fees, etc. business owners are prone to incur the burden on customers. So the idea that these help consumers are not quite true. At best it discourages businesses that don't want to play along and pass the taxes/fees to the customers with the very small chance that it discourages customers who are aware of this to do business from them in the future. Tariffs only scares customers not to trade with businesses being levied upon with tariffs "penalties", it does not mean the government makes more profit out of business/foreign owners. So next time, if I want to really care about saving 60 cents for a $19 dollar meal, I would have to pay with either cash or debit card. And I cannot get away with sales tax $1.20 no matter what.
02/08/2026 Sunday
Ana Kasparian on the accused Leon Black for sexual assault on a 16-year-old, vetting for death penalty "Watch the pig squeal!" is an example of vengeance justice we don't want to subscribe to, as tempting as it can be:
Self-reflection dialogue after attending various Chinese churches (or English speaking churches with larger Asian population):
Question: By what measure do you call Rev. Laura Lin's CCCNY church and not the other Asian churches here in America anti-gospel?
Answer: By the fact that Rev. Laura Lin associate herself with STEMI's activities and other Stephen Tong's ministry. Stephen Tong's very pro gospel/evangelism, while Rev. Lin is not and at times against it, referring to the "I'm/we're not called for that" argument. Not only the other churches not associate with Stephen Tong the way Rev. Lin does in her "supporting the evangelical ministry" appearance, these churches actually do have their own evangelical activities. So, having the appearance of support but actually not really care about evangelism directly, is a fake support of such ministry, and therefore, anti-Gospel. Gospel supporting is not Gospel centered, so Anti-Gospel centered invalidates Gospel supporting and thus, anti-Gospel itself.
Question: Why do you think that is with Rev. Lin?
Answer: I believe when one cares more about reputation of men than the glory of God, one becomes confused as to who one is truly serving.