Super Short Story (197): Ghost Theory He has a theory about why many ghost stories feature women with long hair. Perhaps those who like to wear their hair this way reflects their tendency to be more emotional, with stronger attachment (and even aversion), including to something very...

Super Short Story (189): Bad Day He encouraged his bipolar friend: ‘There are good and bad days for everyone unenlightened. In your case, the swing to and fro might seem more drastic and swift, but there’s no need to pine for better days or dread bad ones. Just do your best from...

Super Short Story (124): Heels She found it bizarre how some other women seem to like walking around quickly and loudly in their clickety heels. She would never want to irritate others or draw attention to herself this way. Someone should design less intrusive heels. But would the clickety...

Super Short Story (110): Tsk! At the turnstile, his card didn’t seem to work, and he had to back out. The woman behind uttered, ‘Tsk!’ ‘Tsk!’ he thought, ‘As if such stuff never happened to her...

Super Short Story (88): Pockets In packed trains, whenever he has nothing to hang on to, he always stands with his hands flat in his pockets. When the train jolts suddenly, passengers are often forced to jerk sideways. There would be the occasional scowling passenger, as if he purposely...

Super Short Story (77): Scowl He thought she was scowling at him, but when she turned away, he noticed that the scowl remained, even as she looked at other people, stuff around, and nothing in particular. She was scowling not particularly at him; but the world at large, including her...

He was tired of agents recommending him places supposedly only five minutes from the station. What he wanted was a place around three minutes away. He appreciates short and not too long...

Once a strand of hair falls off, it is totally disregarded, no longer cherished, even deemed as disgusting and useless. This is how fickle we are, in our ‘love’ to the body. Will you readily let your whole body go when dying...

A lesson learnt from ‘Anya’s Ghost’ by Vera Brosgol. There is an unseen ghost behind every seen or unseen ghost - the real ghost, the real ‘demon’ behind the ghost, that ghost of attachment or aversion that binds the ghost, keeps the being being a ghost. Every...

Some lament of not finding a dream partner, of not getting the one one wants now. Some lament of losing a dream partner, of not having ‘the one’ any more. Which is worse? Not getting what you want now, or losing what you get later? Is it worth it? Getting heavenly marital bliss...

Above is Ni Andong’s cover of Damien Rice’s ‘The Blower’s Daughter’, whose original version is below. Ni’s take sent some shivers down my spine (in a resonant, not creepy way), more so than Rice’s version, which is moving too. But what’s more...

Roach resting on her image’s crown I freak out but she* smiles on Namo Guanshiyin Pusa! * not the roach!

A Tit for a Tat (228) Tit: Isn’t it strange? Tat: What is? Tit: We like to see good-looking people as it’s pleasing to the eye…. Tat: So…? Tit: But if they are very good-looking, we might feel jealous. Tat: And if they are not so good-looking? Tit: We feel...

The vegan restaurant is closing soon. (Vegsenz at Tekka Mall, at end of month) It’s my last chance to eat there (till they reopen at another place). Should I savour the dishes not yet tried? Should I savour the ones I’m familiar with already? Will I be glad? Will I regret? What if...

From TheZena56: ‘I had a nightmare once. I was walking down a snowy road and the full moon was blood red. And I swear I heard something like this (Digital Daggers’ cover version of Tears for Fears’ Head Over Heels) playing in the background. And I had the biggest urge to...

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:...

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...

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:...

Watch video of Massive Attack’s ‘Angel’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaef2NgwqHY Senseless antagonism of many against one and senseless antagonism of one against many in retaliation? The chase goes on… There is nothing to fear but fear itself? One forgot this,...

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:...