Month: July 2011
A reflection on states(wo)men quoted via Wikileaks: Though it’s true that one said what one said, having said it doesn’t…
Nothing is more surreal than the shimmering lights of the city, and its colourful cars and people fleeting by. Nothing…
Something written a long time ago… (Facebook has changed much since) Checking if a friend sees me as a friend,…
How far away must I be to not be at the coast? A metre, ten, a hundred, more, or what?…
In the ‘brutal’ game that is Survivor in one of the recent seasons, Fabio, seemingly a simple-minded goofball at first,…
I heard a parent order a dish of pasta for his kid. He asked if there is prawn in it,…
What happens when a guru blesses you? Does he or she passes over some special force of goodness or merits,…
Walking in the Evolution Garden of Singapore Botanic Gardens, it was a journey through the evolution of flora. On the…
A participant who completed Project Rebirth (Round 2) asked me what would be three key takeaway tips to sum up…
Part 1: It is amazing… how a total stranger on the street can be all smiles, greeting you, offering a…
I’ve no intentions of being a killjoy when it comes to others’ gastronomical pleasures. But I do find it as…
I heard a Mother scolding her child for folding across a page of a library book. She said, ‘Don’t spoil…
Having read the first book of ‘American Vampire’ by Scott Synder, Rafael Albuquerque and Stephen King, I thought… The real…
From ‘Batman: Lovers and Madmen’ by Michael Green… Gordon: Damnest thing. Like there’s motive. Batman: There’s always a motive. What makes…
In ‘Saya (Scabbards’) by Stan Sakai (of Usagi Yojimbo), a folk singer is first heard singing, The rain will rust…
In ‘Pride of Baghdad’ by Brian K. Vaughan and Nikko Henrichon, this posed question is central to the story –…
How do we recognise a Buddha image to be a Buddha image? Is it the twirls of hair? But where…
Was asked to circulate an event about mindfulness via the www.TheDailyEnlightenment.com newsletter. S: Hmmm… TDE publicises only Buddhism-related events. Mindfulness…
Friedrich Nietzsche wrote… “What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness, and say,…
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