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...

Interesting quotes from ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’: Uncle Ben: You’re a lot like your father. You really are, Peter, and that’s a good thing. But your father lived by a philosophy, a principle really. He believed that… that if you could do good things for other...

Good to be wary of those who hesitate to exercise their moral responsibility, by playing safe and sticking to the imperfect letter of the law written by the unenlightened. Good to be wary of becoming one of those, who skirt around making firm moral stands, who are ambiguous,...

I’m generally not supportive of domestication as it is a often form of exploitation but in the documentary ‘The Monk on Horseback’, it’s a different case. The Abbot Khru Bah rescues horses to be sent for slaughter to care for them, and makes a point to assign stubborn...

A Tit for a Tat (294) Tit: Remind me to… Tat: Okay…. [Five minutes later] Remember to… Tit: Not now! Tat: Then when? Tit: Remind me when I forget! Tat: How would I know when that would be? Tit: How would I know? Next aT4aT:...

A Tit for a Tat (211) Tit: Hmmm… Whose big idea was it? Tat: Never mind. It’s a collective management decision. Tit: Great answer! When everyone is somehow responsible, especially by ‘superiors’ and unquestioning juniors, no one in particular seems responsible. Next...

What is the difference between an actual flower and a dream flower? That’s the only difference… The first is an actual flower and the latter a dream flower. That’s all. All conditioned dharmas are like dreams. The actual flower is dream-like, though not a dream. Both flowers...

A friend visited a monastery in China, and came across a monk who told her that a couplet at a hall is invaluable. She copied it down and asked me to translate it. Here it is: 见了便做,做了便放下,了了有何不了 When seeing what has to be done, just do it, and thereafter let it...

A Tit for a Tat (157) Tit: Why are you so irresponsible? Why do you keep making me angry? Tat: Why are you so irresponsible? Why do you keep becoming angry? Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/08/accent-of-no-accent Previous aT4aT:...

It’s intriguing that some ask for feedback openly but deal with it badly. How do you know someone is insincere in conveying your thoughts, which you took effort to formulate and relay? When they say they’ll ask the phantom ‘others’ what they think about your ideas, and never ever...

Contrary to my expectations due to its trailer, ‘Kick-ass’ is not a typical smart-ass fantasy flick only for kiddies. It’s gritty at parts, and some scenes are violent reflections of what might happen in the real world. Yes, as bad-ass Big Daddy put it, Kick-ass gets his...

A Tit for a Tat (122) Tit: Be responsible and put the extra fork you took back! Tat: You be responsible! Tit: Huh? Tat: Be responsible by showing me how to be responsible! Tit: My responsibility is just to remind you to be responsible! Tat: Action speaks louder than words! Tit: Your action...

‘A Serious Man’ is a seriously quirky yet enjoyable award-winning black comedy that centres on the nature of faith in a man’s life, which became chaotic in multiple ways for no apparent cause on his part – despite trying his best to be a ‘serious man’....

A Tit for a Tat (91) Tit: Aren’t you supposed to clean the toilet? Tat: Aren’t I supposed to be(come) enlightened? Tit: Aren’t the enlightened supposed to do chores too? Tat: I guess they do what they have to as well… Tit: … except that they don’t do...

Horror stories illustrate not how horrifying imaginary monsters can be, but how horrible real humans can be. - Stonepeace I have to admit I’ve not read Frankenstein before, till I chanced upon ‘Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: The Graphic Novel’ (illustrated by Frazer Irving, scripted by...

Bing: Why is there paint over forgotten masking tape on this wall? Ding: The renovation guy must had been sloppy… not having checked properly. Bing: Or maybe we were the sloppy ones… for not having checked his work properly. Ding: Guess all of us were sloppy! Who is kinder? The...

There is a full page in ‘Invincible: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1′ (by Robert Kirkman) which seems to accidentally portray the nature of an existential crisis. The young and new superhero ‘Invincible’ was told to fight an alien in Earth’s orbit. He takes a deep...