A Tit for a Tat (46) Tit: Look! Two guys checking into a hotel… Tat: So? Tit: Tongues might wag! Tat: Actually, tongues might wag for other cases too. Tit: Such as? Tat: When two girls check in? Tit: Hmmm… I see what you mean. Tat: And when a guy and a girl check in? [...]

Q: What are your thoughts on the relation of pop psychology and Buddhism, and how the concept of karma is interpreted in popular culture, or how Buddhism is co-opted to support a materialistic philosophy for self-gratification? A: Pop psychology and Buddhism are sometimes ‘married’ in shallow manners – becoming pop Buddhism! But there are books [...]

A Tit for a Tat (44) Tit: Why do you do the things you do, that others might misunderstand as insincere and foolish?  Tat: What else can I do, but that with the best of my understanding and sincerity, even if foolish? Tit: What do you mean? Tat: All a fool like me can do [...]

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Sports is like a war without the killing. – Ted Turner From “West Ham football riot: ‘This was worse than the 1970s’: at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/west_ham/article6811351.ece, there was another violent football riot, with a stabbing included. Even when there is no war on the field, there might be war among the fans. Maybe that’s why I’m not [...]

A Tit for a Tat (43) Tit: You don’t think doing the dishes is important? Tat: Not always. Tit: Why didn’t you do the dishes last night? Tat: There were more important things then. Tit: But there are always more important things! Tat: Not always. Tit: Like when? Tat: When the sink is full of [...]

I don’t have faith that there is an all-forgiving God because the last time he lost faith in us… he sent a flood. I do have faith that there are all-loving Buddhas because the recent one had faith in us… he said we have Buddha-nature.

Q: Wow! You’re a Mama now :-] Do nurture your kid to be a future Buddha! P: Hahahaa.. thanks Yeah trying my best lah! Hehee.. still dun want kids? Q: I’m too perfectionistic to want a kid. I’ll stress myself out sharing Dharma with the kid to make sure s/he becomes a good person! P: [...]

What if you see bogus monastics on the streets of Singapore asking for money – pretending they need funds for food, building projects and such? If there is only one single thing you should do, it is to call the cops at 999, to request the police to come in plain clothes. Why? Well, I called the cops [...]

Adapted from the bestseller, ‘The Time Traveller’s Wife’ tells of a man’s peculiar condition, of being involuntarily subject to fading away, only to manifest in another time and place. It is suspected to be a medical anomaly, though Buddhism would see it essentially as karmic. Time-travel is impossible though – as it would mess up [...]