TJ Gong

With rising oil prices and spiraling inflation, people are starting to fill the pinch, even beggars. In Bangladesh, a group of beggars are lobbying the local politicians to set a minimum rate that they can receive from people because they are grappling with rising cost of living. The group of beggars, most of whom are…

After the whole community of Israel left Egypt one month later, they arrived in the wilderness of Zin where there was no water for them to drink.  They assembled themselves together against Moses and Aaron. They quarrelled with Moses and said, “If only we had died in the Lord’s presence with our brothers! Why have…

What do women think modern men are? And how do men think of themselves? According to a survey conducted by Askmen.com, an online men’s lifestyle website, a modern man is driven by a sense of value, loyalty and family instead of many of the wrong standard stereotype such as immaturity, insensitivity or sex-centeredness. This poll also…

A couple of days ago, the military came under fire for using dummy soldiers to stand guard at a military base. An opposition legislator asked mockingly if the military would send dummies to fight in wartime. Officials, on the other hand, replied that the use of dummies was part of military tactics in case the…

How much does a wedding cost? In Sri Lanka weddings areso costly that families usually start saving money as soon as a daughter is born. K. Selvakumar, a 51-year-old plantation worker said that he has saved US$5,000 in his lifetime to pay for his only daughter’s wedding in July, leaving nothing as he retires. This story…

Last week the Legislative Yuan passed labor pension rules which will enable Taiwan’s workers to receive a regular monthly pension after retiring. Thanking lawmakers for passing the new labor rules, the officials mentioned that it is the government’s responsibility to overhaul the system and ensure retirees receive a monthly payment, and the rules will take…

A female college student found a US $3000 bag of cash in central Taiwan and turned it in to a local police station after the owner didn’t turn up to claim the money. After the local media reported the news, around 50 people telephoned the police station to claim the money. As police asked callers where they…

As God led the people of Israel out of Egypt, he didn’t take them the shortest way into the wildness because he knew his people would change their minds and return to Egypt if they saw they had to fight. Many people who want to be successful are sometimes lacking in commitment if trouble comes ahead…

“Is there anything too hard for God,” said the Lord as Sarah, wife of Abraham, laughed to herself that she was too old to bear a  child. Afterwards, Sarah gave birth to a boy at 90, at the very time God had set. In India, a 70-year-old grandmother named Omkari Panwar last month gave birth…