Friday, April 14, 2006



I hear much of people's calling out to punish the guilty,
but very few are concerned to clear the innocent.
-- Defoe

It is not the largest church in the neighborhood or the most imposing. It does not even have a water view, unlike churches positioned at Watson Bay and other parts of Eastern parts of Sydney. But enough soulful people sought out last night the paschal meal to mark Jesus' last supper - the Jewish rituals marked in a non-Jewish sort of way - at St George's Anglican Church Paddington
Some passages from Voltaire acquire a deeper meaning in a company of characters like Gina and David and Analysa - the little differences in our clothes, in our inadequate languages, in our ridiculous customs, in our imperfect laws, in our illogical opinions, in our ranks and conditions which are so disproportionately important to us ...

Ach, it is Easter Week. He has risen again. To the top of the bestseller lists, that is. Fiction is fiction, and God bless it. A lot of the nonfiction strains credulity, too, which is the subject of this column.
Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam looks at the bestseller lists and observes, "Jesus Christ will be putting up big numbers. Five of the 15 entries on the upcoming fiction list owe their existence to our collective fascination with Christ and Christianity.... Over on the nonfiction list, the laughable Jesus Papers debuts at the No. 5 spot. Misquoting Jesus, a proto-academic howler, ranks No. 8, followed by the conversational Home With God at No. 10, and Garry Wills's 'What Jesus Meant at No. 16. Jesus the Bestseller

Change, it has a power to uplift, to heal, to stimulate, surprise, open new doors, bring fresh experience and create excitement in life.
It is worth the risk …
-Leo Buscaglia

Men have no problem with the notion that women are their equals, but secretly thinks they are different ... Man fit for friendship are like the waterlilies, they remain to share both prosperity and adversity. At Easter time it is easier to understand why difficult love experiences can be our greatest teachers and in every culture around the world. It's ok to move on and be thankful for the time you spent together. Look for the good, not the bad, accept, forgive and move on. How to say S'ayapo!; Ani ohev otach (male to female) ; Ani ohev otcha (male to male); Ani ohevet otach (female to female);
Ani ohevet otcha female to male)
in English and Other Languages:

Afrikaans - Ek is lief vir jou! Albanian - Te dua!
Amharic - Afekrishalehou! Arabic - Ohiboke (m to f), Nohiboka (f to m, or m to m)
Armenian - Yes kez si'rumem! Basque - Maite zaitut!
Bengali - Ami tomake bahlobashi! Bosnian - Volim te!
Bulgarian - Obicham te! Catalan - T'estimo!
Creole - Mi aime jou! Croatian - Volim te!
Czech - Miluji te! Danish - Jeg elsker dig!
Dutch - Ik hou van je! English - I love you!
Esperanto - Mi amas vin! Estonian - Mina armastan sind!
Farsi - Tora dost daram! Filipino - Iniibig kita!
Finnish - (Mä) rakastan sua! French - Je t'aime!
Frisian - Ik hald fan dei! Galician - Querote!
German - Ich liebe dich! Greek - S'ayapo!
Gujarati - Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon! tane chaahuN chhuN!
Hawaiian - Aloha wau ia 'oe! Hebrew - Anee ohev otakh (m to f), Anee ohevet otkha (f to m),
Hindi Mai - tumase pyar karata hun (m to f), Mai tumase pyar karati hun (f to m)
Hungarian - Szeretlek! Icelandic - Eg elska thig!
Indonesian - Saya cinta padamu! Irish - t'a gr'a agam dhuit!
Italian - Ti amo! Japanese - Kimi o ai shiteru!
Korean - Dangsinul saranghee yo! Latin - Te amo!
Latvian - Es tevi milu! Lithuanian - As tave myliu!
Malaysian - Saya cintamu! Mandarin - Wo ai ni!
Marshallese - Yokwe Yuk! Norwegian - Jeg elsker deg!
Polish - Kocham ciebie! Portuguese - Eu te amo!
Romanian - Te iubesc! Russian - Ya tyebya lyublyu!
Sanskrit - twayi snihyaami Serbian - Volim te!
Slovak - Lubim ta! Slovenian - Ljubim te!
Spanish - Te amo! Swahili - Nakupenda!
Swedish - Jag älskar dig! Tagalog - Mahal kita!
Thai - Phom rug khun (Male speaker) Chan rug khun (Female speaker)
Turkish - Seni seviyorum! Ukrainian - Ya tebe kokhayu!
Urdu - Main tumse muhabbat karta hoon!
Vietnamese - Anh yeu em (m to f), Em yeu an (f to m)
Welsh - Rwy'n dy garu di! Yiddish - Kh'hob dikh lib!