When courting, with honesty gone, it will be untrue. When marrying, with trust gone, it will be unreal, When married,…
‘Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir’ by Liz Prince speaks of the author and her company’s confusion of the differences between her…
Learnt from ‘The Two Faces Of January’: Make one moral mistake with ease and it becomes easier to make another…
From the movie ‘Tammy’… Tammy: Yeah, thanks a lot. Curtis: You’re welcome. Tammy: I didn’t mean ‘thank you.’ Curtis: And…
Those lazy to think conceive of an arbitrary pink pony (a.k.a. flying spaghetti monster) to have created it all. Poof!…
Advice to a friend who sent a lengthy worded feedback email to an organisation: ‘You mustn’t mistaken politely worded replies…
To a Dharma friend: ‘I used to be like you, to look at faults more than virtues of others. The…
The ultimate proof of the pudding is always in the eating, not in possibly endless doubt of its worth and…
Advice for a relative whom I meet once a year, who had five heart-related surgeries, who still feels that not…
Which makes more sense? Dressing up to possibly create an illusion of absolute well-being for an annual visit of relatives…
A short queue at a taxi stand does not guarantee a short wait. It might mean many gave up waiting…
Struck me that the custom of trying to resolve financial debts before the lunar new year is a way to…
Wandering Thought #226: Action There are three kinds of disgruntled people. The first grumbles to oneself or others, who are unlikely…
Wandering Thought #225: Beauty What or who truly beautiful is always moving, able to move you to also become more beautiful,…
Improvement: Wandering Thought #224 They say ‘If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it.’ However, if it, whatever it is, (including…
Wandering Thought #223: Value To know if what you are pursuing is truly valuable in the long run, ask yourself this…
Wandering Thought #222: Freedom In this world, paradoxically, nothing is really free – not even freedom itself. There is a price for…
Wandering Thought #221: Openness The closed mind that assumes it already closed in on the truth, is the self-righteous and conceited…
Wandering Thought #220: Independence While we must realise that we are interdependent in this world and require harmony to co-exist, we…
Wandering Thought #219: Loyalty Where there are conflicts of interest, there has to be a line drawn between being loyal to…
Recent Comments