Question: A friend sent me a video documentary of the historical battle of China against the Japanese’s invasion during WWII, saying every Chinese ought to watch it. What do you think? Should I watch it? Answer: Different parties have different ways of portraying different facets of...

Review of ‘Walking The Tiger’s Path – A Soldier’s Spiritual Journey in Iraq’ By Paul M. Kendel The war genre for books has never been my cup of tea. To me, there is just too much stupidity and hurting in war. My first contact on the subject of war was through...

A friend posted this on Facebook on 9/11: ‘Remembering those who were lost in 911, and many others who were lost in the many other untold wars and events of hatred and ignorance. May all beings be free from ill will and suffering.’ Couldn’t help adding this...

‘Independence Day’ re-screening on TV tonight reminds me of how simplistic the idea is, of being able to write a computer virus to disable alien invaders’ spaceships. (What programming language do they use anyway?) That said, alien or human, we suffer from the same triple...

I don’t really understand what the film ‘The Warrior and the Wolf’ is trying to say. (I think the only thing that makes the film worth watching are the handful of picturesque stills of the wilderness. Trust me… the rest is actually quite a bore – even if this...

In the latest movie depiction of the most turbulent years in the life of ‘Confucius’, there was a scene where Confucius spoke up for a sacrificial bird in court. There was a discussion over whether the bird, who bit off its main tail feather, ought to be killed as scheduled for...

People often asked me what i think about the plight of Tibet, I’m sympathetic but have not much to comment. The true is I did not know China and Tibet’s histories well enough to say much. Each seems to have their own side of the story and I lacked the true wisdom to judge. In an indirect...

From ‘The Twilight Zone: The Monsters are Due on Maple Street’ by Rod Serling (adapted by Mark Kneece), a mysterious blackout strikes the suburbs. The townsfolk gather and a boy suggests that it might be the work of invading aliens, who are simply waiting in the dark to grab...

I got a call from the Navy HQ today. An admin staff wanted to hand-deliver a service medal, a coat-of-arms pin, a commemorative watch, and a certificate of appreciation that says… ‘In recognition of your contribution towards national defence through the faithful discharge of your...

Beliefs of a ‘Non-Believer’ http://buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=8,7674,0,0,1,0 I watched the live telecast of Obama’s inaugural presidential speech last night. It was largely a speech on inclusion; not exclusion, though one part seems to accidentally segregate instead of...

While watching the final instalment of ‘Red Cliff (Part 2)’, I was hoping for the story to impart some major lessons to the general audience… other than the cunning ‘art’ of strategising in war. Thankfully, towards the end, there were two obvious lessons....

Japan Adventures (4) : The Oxymoron of Warrior Monks? I am not the destroyer of this monastery. The destroyer of the monastery is the monastery itself. – Oda Nobunaga Being a peace-loving religion, I used to think that no wars were ever fought in the name of Buddhism. This is not true....