A Tit for a Tat (184) Tit: One fried dumpling left. You want it? Tat: Since you like it, you can have it! Tit: One soup dumpling left. You want it? Tat: Since I don’t like it, you can have it! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/12/car-number Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/12/sticks-stones About aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/02/logo-for-a-tit-for-a-tat-series

In ‘Aftershock’, a foster mother-to-be asks to ensure that the girl she wants to adopt really has no surviving family. She says she doesn’t wish to lose her after adopting. Made me reflect on how we knowingly form attachment, when we know we have to part with the attached sooner or later, via departure and [...]

There are two unlabeled toilet cubicles in the office. Most males use one, that became the less clean one. It’s less clean, I guess, because males are generally less sensitive about cleanliness? But I’m not one of them! So now I use the other one, since there is no hard and fast rule that only [...]

She spoke of her fears of how he might not return. I consoled her that we all face the same problem, that our loved ones might not return due to many reasons. Even if they do not walk out on us, they might die suddenly in a mishap, like her, like me, like anyone else. [...]

A Tit for a Tat (178) Tit: Can we eat at that restaurant every day? Tat: If we have enough money every day! Tit: In that case… do we have enough money to eat at the restaurant today? Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/11/getting-used-to-the-inevitable Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/11/such-inflexibility About aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/02/logo-for-a-tit-for-a-tat-series

A Tit for a Tat (176) Tit: This bun tastes dry – not like the ones before! Tat: Don’t compare with the past and you’ll suffer less! Tit: I compare more these days – not like before! Tat: Don’t compare with the past and you’ll suffer less! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/11/such-inflexibility Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/11/how-to-enjoy-sleeping About aT4aT: [...]

A Tit for a Tat (174) Tit: I cringe whenever I hear his bad English! Tat: I cringe whenever you miss his message! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/11/how-to-enjoy-sleeping Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/11/mindful-enough About aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/02/logo-for-a-tit-for-a-tat-series

A poignant song from Sarah Blasko, with some comments to share… All I Want Lyrics: I don’t want another lover So don’t keep holding out your hands There’s no room beside me I’m not looking for romance Say I’ll be here, I’ll be here But there’s no way you’d understand All I want All I [...]

A Tit for a Tat (169) Tit: Why do you keep replaying the same song? Tat: Well, if I prefer another song at the moment, I wouldn’t! Tit: Why not give the another song a try? Tat: Well, if I prefer another song at the moment, I would! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/10/sooner-or-later-2 Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/10/do-you-wanna About [...]

A Tit for a Tat (167) Tit: She’s gradually quitting meat-eating. Tat: Cutting but not cut? Tit: Yes – not fully cut yet. Tat: How can she quit it if she doesn’t quit? Tit: What do you mean? Tat: It’s like quitting smoking – you either quit it or you don’t. Tit: Some prefer to [...]

During one of the revision classes of HHDL’s teachings, the Geshela said attachment is an exaggerated form of liking. The attractiveness of the object is exaggerated by the one attached. In order to lessen the suffering of attachment, one has to realise that this attachment is due to the exaggerated projection of our mind, that [...]

A bipolar student wasn’t sure he liked being his more ‘sober’ self. Perhaps he is used to swinging between highs and lows? I advised that there is no need to cling to any self… Since there is no fixed self that stays high or low, especially in mundane way. Good to chant ‘Amituofo’ more, to [...]

During the animal liberation, he seemed particularly angry in the box of many crabs. Using a pair of tongs to hold him while snipping off the strings on his claws, I managed to free one of them. With the free claw, he waved it around dangerously, making it hard to free the other claw. I [...]

To her own surprise, a friend who broke up with someone about eight years ago felt that it was only two to three years ago. She realised that time didn’t really flow on at its normal speed because she blocked out the break-up experience, and did not really accept it until recently. She had buried [...]

The only lesson I learnt from ‘Au Revoir Taipei’: Don’t miss the persons before you now, who care, whom you might not care for. Don’t pine for persons gone now, who don’t really care, whom you imagine to still care.