I’m very grateful to this bag, which was sent by friend from France along with some organic vegan foodstuffs a few years ago. It has saved me from using many an environmentally-unfriendly plastic bag. It’s also thin enough to be folded and stuffed in my back pocket like a hanky. You should consider getting and [...]

Realised I had not enjoyed a cuppa anything in a long time. When I step into a cafe, I spend a long time scrutinising the menu. And when the cuppa arrives, I’m always fiddling with stuff on my phone, or even snapping pictures, thinking of lessons to learn, stuff to write. Everything becomes about the [...]

Look! It’s Nownie* the tiny** but never the whiney!*** * Nownie: he who lives in the ‘now’ ** The smallest puppy of the bunch *** Never miserable, while ever wearing a smile of gladness

N: Looking at your veins, are you sure you want to go through the blood donation? Because I’m quite sure it will be bruised later. It’s not like blood drew for blood test, this needle is much broader. Z: Yes, it’s okay. N: Normally, I would reject candidates like you, because we have experience some [...]

B: You know, you look like you need a ‘best friend’. Z: How so? B: You have no blings (diamonds) on you – not even a tiny stud! Z: Well, I have the best friend (the Dharma), who is around 24/7. What’s more, this spiritual friendship is priceless yet free! On the contrary, you might [...]

Z: (To colleague) Wanna lunch with us? R: Nay, my girlfriend won’t like the idea. Z: Huh? It’s a group of us – not just you and me candlelighting! R: I know, but she don’t like the idea of me lunching with any girls, in a group or not. Z: Wow! Countless senseless demands generated [...]

Dialogue from the movie ‘Closer’: Dan: I love you! Alice: Where?! Dan: What?! Alice: Show me! Where is this love? I… I can’t see it, I can’t touch it. I can’t feel it. I can hear it. I can hear some words, but I can’t do anything with your easy words… Where and what is [...]

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Had a hearty lunch and a nice session of Dharma exchange on Monday. During the conversation, someone mentioned Buddhist Studies during Secondary School days and memories flooded into my mind. I still remember my indecisiveness over which to religious studies to choose. All I wanted was an easy subject to pass and not another academic [...]

This is a doodle to share, as contributed by moonpointer reader Jetty (http://tinyurl.com/pg3mrx) Thanks! The view atop the mountain might be not bad, but the solace at the foot of the mountain is not bad either. Comments: The view halfway up is not bad either. The view halfway down is not bad either. It’s not [...]

My parents finally took the Threefold Refuge and the Five Precepts last Sunday. (There’s quite a crowd. Well, it’s National Day, a Sunday and Guanyin Bodhisattva’s birthday – a triply convenient day for more ‘refugees’ to come! Then again, refuge should not be taken out of convenience but commitment. True aspirants would come despite any [...]

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eKYyD14d_0 The documentary movie ‘Food Inc.’ has many important messages indeed, though vegetarians and vegans might be disappointed that it doesn’t readily propose the kinder and wiser diets that they support. Am not sure if it’s a strong hint of the filmmakers’ attachment to animal produce (Eric Schlosser, who wrote the book ‘Fast Food [...]

‘Superman: Escape from Bizarro World’ by Geoff Johns, Richard Donner and Eric Powell is a collection of Bizarro tales. For those unfamiliar, Bizarro is an imperfect clone of Superman created by Lex Luthor, who becomes one of Supe’s most formidable adversaries Not only does he has Superman’s equivalent strength in other manners (e.g. freeze-vision instead [...]

‘The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch’ by Neil Gaiman, Michael Zulli and Todd Klein is a fantasy tale that cautions us to ‘be careful what you wish for – because you might get it’. Many might dismiss this ‘law of attraction’ concept to be nonsensical, but it’s not exactly so [...]

Featured in the ‘G.I. Joe’ movie are nanomites, which are super-microscopic robots measuring in nanometres. They are used in missile warheads, which are fired to start plagues of remote-controlled metal-eating frenzies – capable of causing the Eiffel Tower to ‘rot’, and rendering tanks and planes to metal dust within a few instants. The scary thing [...]