tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:27:29 +0000Notes from KenyaHeroesFilmsReligion SeriesSpiritualityVideosBooksLife's JourneyEcologyONJ VideosSV VideosSocial IssuesSpices, Tang, Zing and Zest of Life (formerly saltandpepper.blog.com)http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-5905221349238724534Sun, 23 Jul 2023 22:10:00 +00002023-07-24T07:26:03.751+03:0023 July 2023A little preface: This is my first blog post for the year and after eight months! Not that I have fallen short of topics or inspiration, but I decided to cut back on my online presence and to be more private especially on social media, which has evolved to a commercial machinery controlled by a few and hardly recognizable from their early days. While realising the price of the so http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2023/07/weeds-among-wheat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-5651035564293883161Wed, 05 Oct 2022 20:38:00 +00002023-12-27T11:18:45.281+03:001 Oct 2022 One evening in Singapore 45 years ago, a little girl caught a performance on TV and she was mesmerised! The beautiful singer with the voice of an angel was Olivia Newton-John and the little girl was me, barely 10! A new fan was born! The first two LPs (long playing vinyl records) my Mum bought for me were Olivia Newton-John's "Come on Over" and "Don't Stop Believin'"! I still http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2022/10/liv-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-4243977111098338150Wed, 07 Sep 2022 20:44:00 +00002022-09-08T08:54:34.145+03:004 Sept 2022These lovely juniors (temporary professed sisters) from Korea are my companions every morning as we commute to our language school, just by the Vatican. (Indeed, I'm the ajumma here!!)Hi from Rome!&nbsp;It's been a month and a half since I arrived in the "eternal city" on July 24 2022, to start a new chapter of my religious life as a Daughter of St Paul. The past 6 weeks have been http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2022/09/ciao-da-roma.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)24VCVG5RP+JQ-41.458428 177.1869688-55.29075379710617 159.6088438 -27.626102202893826 -165.2349062tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-8355460349395740088Sat, 03 Sep 2022 19:30:00 +00002022-09-03T22:30:44.181+03:00On June 30, I celebrated 25 years of religious life as a professed Sister of the Daughters of St Paul. Below are some clips and pics, and the text of my thanksgiving speech. Thank you to everyone who celebrated with me, to pray for and with me - both in person and in spirit! 🙏🙏🙏&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;My dearest friends, http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2022/09/celebrating-25-years-of-religious-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-6858032597805174149Thu, 24 Dec 2020 10:24:00 +00002020-12-24T13:58:58.673+03:00The following is a reflection written for the Christmas 2020 issue of "Caritas In Mission," a quarterly newsletter by Caritas Singapore on the Catholic Church’s social mission.At the heart of our Christmas celebrations is the Incarnation, God who loves the world so much gives his only son who takes on flesh (cf Jn 3:16). Jesus, the new born babe lying in the manger with his adoring parents on http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2020/12/blessed-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-8520406659708197557Sun, 29 Nov 2020 06:00:00 +00002020-12-24T13:12:06.713+03:00Advent Day 24Piercing our apathy.Advent Day 24Piercing our insensitivity.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Advent Day 23&nbsp;Piercing our unwillingness to accept love.Advent Day 22&nbsp;Piercing our irresponsibility.Advent Day 21Piercing our failure to set priorities in life.Advent Day 20&nbsp;Piercing our unhealthy http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2020/11/piercing-darkness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-7861894130794087733Thu, 09 Apr 2020 07:33:00 +00002020-05-17T06:33:36.101+03:00 9 April 2020 Some years ago, there was a beautiful documentary on the planet earth. One segment on the regeneration of a forest illustrated how the cones of the trees in a pine forest only burst open during a forest fire. The cones would remain dormant until a fire cracks them open and the seeds explode out at an incredible speed. In the meantime, the fire also clears the forest floor of http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-fire-of-covid-19-at-easter-triduum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-3564008100433916728Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:27:00 +00002019-04-28T10:53:42.678+03:00 7 April 2019 As the most solemn period in the liturgical calendar of the Church, I am always moved to participate in the Easter Triduum liturgy with deeper reverence and seriousness. The somberness of Maundy Thursday and the darkness of Good Friday prepares me to better appreciate the joy and glory of Easter Sunday. What stands out for me most on Maundy Thursday which commemorates the Last http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2019/04/maundy-thursday-and-good-friday-short.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-953954823276471581Fri, 03 Nov 2017 09:54:00 +00002018-01-15T04:57:29.839+03:00 2 November 2017 Last Sunday, the Pauline Family celebrated the feast of Jesus, the Divine Master. Over the years, I have grown in deeper appreciation of the Pauline devotion to Jesus as our Divine Master, the Way, the Truth and the Life, which is not just a devotion, but a way of life. Jesus as our Master/Guru/Teacher guides us towards a life of sacrificial love, so that as his disciple, we http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-love-of-my-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-3711612063960795662Mon, 09 Oct 2017 13:59:00 +00002017-10-10T12:13:43.904+03:00 8 October 2017 Turning Golden on the High Seas About ten days ago, on September 28, 2017, I celebrated my golden birthday, sailing on the high seas (Straits of Malacca), in a huge ship (known as the Mariner of the Seas), with one of my best friends, who is also the one person who has known me for the past 50 years of my life, and even carried me within her for nine months before http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2017/10/musings-of-fifty-something-seriously-am.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-7923430168369645506Mon, 08 May 2017 07:14:00 +00002017-05-10T10:21:15.269+03:00 Good Shepherd (Vocation) Sunday&nbsp; May 7, 2017 This time last year, I was on a little break of sorts for a couple of months, to be renewed and refreshed (see previous post). Since I returned to the convent and active ministry in early July, so much has happened within a span of ten months.&nbsp; As I spent some quiet moments with the Divine Master this evening, my heart was full, http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2017/05/blessings-and-consolations-on-journey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-3167678748698767096Sun, 03 Jul 2016 15:45:00 +00002016-07-03T18:45:24.262+03:00 3 July 2016 For most of May and June this year, I was graced to be granted a special leave to rest and reconnect with my spirit and soul. This rest included an unexpected pilgrimage to Fatima and Santiago de Compestela. At Fatima, the peace of such a special place “where heaven meets earth” (quoting the priest who celebrated the sacrament of reconciliation with me) filled me so http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2016/07/an-interlude-much-cherished.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-5087595692571696282Fri, 03 Apr 2015 17:23:00 +00002016-10-08T09:32:19.350+03:00 1 March 2015 Sunrise in Pasay, Philippines Well, it's been quite a while since I last wrote an entry here. Not that there have been a lack of “chilli and lime” but because I really couldn't find the time. So now that I'm on a retreat, I thought perhaps it's time to share what's been spicing up my life since I last posted two years or so ago! After I returned to Singapore from Kenya,http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2015/04/its-been-while_3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-173591251026654362Fri, 03 Apr 2015 17:23:00 +00002016-10-07T16:43:56.934+03:00 1 March 2015 Sunrise in Pasay, Philippines Well, it's been quite a while since I last wrote an entry here. Not that there have been a lack of “chilli and lime” but because I really couldn't find the time. So now that I'm on a retreat, I thought perhaps it's time to share what's been spicing up my life since I last posted two years or so ago! After I returned to Singapore from Kenya,http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2015/04/its-been-while.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-7948324171394610910Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:47:00 +00002013-07-15T10:20:58.138+03:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-joy-of-consecrated-life_18.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-9083872625082897984Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:40:00 +00002012-07-25T16:21:47.418+03:00Notes from Kenya 24 July 2012 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; It’s been just over a week since I returned to the “little red dot,” of our island Singapore. I left Nairobi on Friday the 13th (!) of July 2012, with a lump in my throat, feeling a mix of emotions. I was sad to leave quite suddenly, six months ahead of the planned schedule of a late December departure which would have concluded my 5 year assignmenthttp://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2012/07/asante-na-kwaheri-kenya-hello-singapore.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-4113630669143837775Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:06:00 +00002011-12-23T18:00:49.701+03:00Notes from Kenya 22 December 2011 It’s the end of the year and as I had predicted in my previous post last June, I’ll probably only post twice this year!&nbsp;J Some of you have written in the recent past with great concern about the famine in Northern Kenya, in Somalia and other parts of East Africa. Although Nairobi (where I live) is far from those areas severely affected by the famine, we http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-43002568686172017Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:54:00 +00002011-06-04T00:46:27.132+03:00Notes from Kenya 4 June 2011 HOMELEAVE AND FUNDRAISINGThis is my fourth year in Kenya and my blog updates are getting less frequent the longer I stay here! LOL! Looks like it’s going to be a biannual affair now that half the year is nearly over…Well, it has certainly been an eventful past 6 months. In late January I returned to Singapore primarily to renew my passport (as we don’t even have a Singapore trade http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2011/06/lifes-lights-and-shadows.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-7252576947117507716Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:20:00 +00002010-12-24T07:53:15.714+03:00Notes from Kenya23 Dec 2010 This is my last post for the year (where have all the mo-onths gone??) and I’ll try my best to be brief because I know many of you are in the midst of the hustle and bustle of Christmas preps. So here’s a quick run down of what’s been happening this side of the globe since I last posted: Towards the end of Oct and into early Nov, I participated in a wonderful 2-week seminar/retreat http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2010/12/blessed-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-7676818749172842022Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:55:00 +00002010-09-28T17:23:46.282+03:00Notes from Kenya26 Sept 2010 For those not in the know, meet my new family! Has it really been six months since I blogged? Thanks to those who emailed me expressing their concern about my well being since they hadn’t read any updates on Chilli and Lime and were a little worried about me. Well, rest assured I have been well and now I’ll try to capture the highlights of the past six months as succinctly as http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2010/09/culture-shock-culture-appreciation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-5038186524094323456Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:32:00 +00002010-12-23T17:09:11.262+03:00Notes from Kenya16 April 2010 My first entry for this year and it’s already the start of the second quarter! Hope all of you had a great Easter holy/holiday! A week ago, on Easter Monday, a small group of Sisters and I visited a national park in the Naivasha, Rift Valley area called Hell’s Gate! (hence the title of this post!) It was an adventure from the start with me at the wheels of our 20-year old 4-wheel http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2010/04/back-from-hell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-1740455740790555Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:39:00 +00002024-08-03T23:08:28.022+03:00Notes from Kenya30 Oct 2009 As Philippines, Samoa, India and other parts of the world suffered severe floods, tsunamis, landslides and other natural calamities, Kenya too had her share of severe weather conditions. First there were the droughts, leaving livestock dying. Skeletal cows could be seen roaming in the suburbs of Nairobi, grazing on whatever little grass that could still be found. Cattle were sold as http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2009/10/through-droughts-and-storms.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-437477672004087568Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:48:00 +00002009-09-08T17:31:44.370+03:00Notes from KenyaThe lane outside the Benedictine convent in Karenwhere I made my annual retreat this yearJuly 29, 2009It’s been a while since I last posted an entry and there’s so much to share so be prepared for a rather long but hopefully interesting read.Sunny SingaporeAs most of you may know I spent the last week of May and most of June in Singapore and the five weeks of home leave simply zoomed by so much http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2009/07/journey-continues.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-1623986852051969580Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:52:00 +00002009-04-10T17:29:01.377+03:00Notes from KenyaApril 9, 2009Wow, it’s already the Easter Triduum (and a breather in a way for me as we have these three days before Easter as semi-recollection days). Needless to say, it has been an ultra busy past month as we went into full production on our scripture music video, “The Father and Two Sons,” (more popularly known as The Prodigal Son), wrapped up recording for our audio bible and celebrated http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2009/04/he-is-risen-indeed-alleluia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151244321969826316.post-6902843243396184189Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:09:00 +00002009-02-24T09:21:40.176+03:00Notes from Kenya23 Feb 2009Ash Wednesday which will be in a couple of days’ time on Feb 25, marks the start of Lent, the liturgical season in preparation for Easter, during which we are invited through prayer, penitence, almsgiving and self-denial to reflect and ponder over the self-sacrificial, victorious love of Christ culminating with Easter– in the hope that we too may embrace our crosses in life, rise from http://chilliandlime.blogspot.com/2009/02/lent-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1