Just out of the printing house is ‘The Daily Enlightenment 3′.
Look out for news of its launch in TDE e-newsletter real soon!
Special thanks go to WQ, SST and zweiya
for making it possible in time for Vesak.
Amituofo

Shortly before the screening of ‘Handsome Suit’ this year was ‘Penelope’ last year – another real gem of a movie with an alternative but equally brilliant take on the ugly duckling theme. What’s the moral of the ugly duckling story? Sometimes, one is not a mere ugly duckling, because one can grow to be beautiful [...]

Recently in Singapore, a group of fundamental Xtians coordinated a cunning takeover of a women’s rights group called AWARE (if the leaked emails of their ploy are true). These new Exco members claim that AWARE promotes lesbianism, when it merely does its bit to speak up against lesbians being ostracised, among speaking up for many [...]

This amazing movie is just 83 minutes long, but is nothing short of incredible. It is one of the few films that I would consider near perfect in all aspects – scripting, acting, editing… Most importantly, the message is driven across in a deeply heartfelt way. I first watched it via a rented DVD. But [...]

To date, Swine Flu has killed over 80 in Mexico, while there are at least 20 confirmed cases in US and suspected cases in about 5 countries. Swine Flu is a respiratory disease affecting pigs that in caused by a strain of influenza – it has since mutated to combine with human and bird flu. [...]

The above billboard gives a hint of the heavy marketing for ‘Angels & Demons’, the prequel of ‘The DaVinci Code’ – even in heartland Singapore (Toa Payoh train station). The local premiere will be on 14 May. The ad reminded me of one of the most satisfying movie reviews I’d ever written so far (3 [...]

In the plot of the movie ‘Ploy’, the characters seem to live their interconnected dreams as alternate but believable realities, before they wake up to actual reality – albeit not that realised in enlightenment, but the usual samsaric reality. The dreams experienced are not portrayed to be technologically fantastical in the Matrix style, but are [...]

Yesterday, I took a brisk walk through the Vesak @ Orchard food fair. To my great disappointment, the organisation was using the usual non eco-friendly to package food. I remember vividly that wasn’t the case for last year, when biodegradable and recyclable packaging was used, while the packaging was designed with reasons why going vegetarian [...]

If a chubby child, who already should have had his fill
cries for more and refuses to stop, what do you do?
Do you feed greed for peace of mind?
Is it worth the price?
I think kids are challenging potential living koans that people give birth to.

A moment frozen in time with no trick photography.
This is the ghostly world I ’see’,
with the abstract exactness of things as they are,
before they morph, as they surely will,
before they pass on by, as they surely will.
Related Article:
The Transience Haunted World
http://moonpointer.com/new/2009/03/a-ghost-world-haunted-by-transience