If the second hand is fleeting moment to moment, the minute hand is also fleeting moment to moment, with the hour hand also fleeting moment to moment. A past moment fleets to become a present moment. A present moment fleets to become a future moment. A future moment fleets to become a past...

‘Exit Through The Gift Shop’ is a witty documentary about and by Banksy, that prompts good questions about what makes art art, whether ‘illegal’ art (graffiti) is equated to illegitimate art. The irony of his once frowned upon (by the arty-farty) street art becoming...

It is there when not noticed. When noticed, it is not there. It as if fluctuates in and out of existence with your mindfulness and...

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 (184): Suspect He has a list of usual suspects for things gone missing in the house. But the prime suspect is always the maid, although time and again, it has been proven that she is innocent, because the truly usual suspect is himself – for often losing mindfulness of...

In the movie ‘Premium Rush’, there is the pseudo-cool idea that changeable (instead of fixed) gears and ‘brakes are death’ for messenger bikers dashing from one place to another on the super-busy streets of New York. This is based on the assumption that ‘The bike...

From ‘Young Blood’, as covered by Birdy… Lyrics: We’re only young and naive still We require certain skills The mood it changes like the wind Hard to control when it begins Comments: Most of us are still spiritually naive, despite our age, still lacking much skilful...

Super Short Story (176): Stuck She tweeted: ‘Stuck with tons of work in office!’ He replied: ‘Not tweeting that or reading this...

Super Short Story (174): Focus He thought of keeping the tap-and-go transit card in his wallet to prevent losing it, as there would be one less item to take note of. However, it felt like putting all his eggs in one basket. What if he loses his wallet? Unlikely, he thought - since it...

What’s terrifying about zombies is their relentless mindless hunger – sounds familiar? Think consumers’ herd mentality on Black Friday. There may be more, but here are four recurring dilemmas from observation of zombie flicks. 1. Should you take human-like zombies down,...

Super Short Story (157): Knick-Knacks She likes to look at interesting knick-knacks that she wouldn’t buy, because she only likes to look at them, and that’s enough already. She’s one happy window-shopper. She realised that window-shopping with mindful appreciation without...

Super Short Story (155): Friday He lost track of time and before he knew it, Friday was about to be gone. He wasn’t even aware it was Friday. He thought it was Thursday. The case of the missing Friday. Although it had never happened before, it made him shudder to think about how many...

Super Short Story (133): Table She stood near the almost done table, looking impatient while waiting to take over, while the guy seems to be oblivious. When she managed to take over, she too, either unmindfully or intentionally, became oblivious to the next guy waiting...

Super Short Story (89): Home While planning on home improvement, it struck him that the most immediate home, that he abides within, in every waking hour, is his mind; not any external place, that he should have immediate home improvement…...

Super Short Story (84): Litter He knows the slips of used tissue paper, unwanted receipts and whatnots that appear to slip unnoticed from people’s pockets is often actually littering disguised to look accidental, because of all things, they seldom unmindfully let slip bank notes. These...

Super Short Story (83): Moon He thought the moon seemed especially round and full that night, though it was just his mindfulness of the moon that was more well-rounded and fully complete then. He was full of preconceived ideas that that night was special...

Super Short Story (62): Number Because he never memorised his account number, and kept it in his phone for reference, he never recalls it wrongly. Because she assumes she remembers her number correctly, she recalls hers wrongly at...

Since he always leaves unfinished rice on his plate, he should count to know the average grains wasted, and ask to be served less by that number in future. It’s unlikely that he will do the counting or asking, but the point is to get him to consider treasuring...

Despite being married, he flits from one affair to another. When pressured to divorce to recommit, he simply flits on to the next affair. Just as he isn’t committed to his marriage, he’s not committed to any affair either. Looks like he’s committed to not...

It all boils down to this very moment, in the here and now… Everything in the past has led him to this, and everything in the future depends on it. It’s now that he’s about to take some exam, but every here and now is nevertheless a test. Will he do well or not? Only he can...