Year: 2009

< click to enlarge Received a rather uplifting email… “Dear Mr. Shen, I am a translator and currently I am…

Went to the library yesterday. To my great disappointment, there aren’t many English or Chinese Buddhist books to borrow. I…

On Tue, 28 July, at 7pm, a Vegetarian Society Singapore representative will appear on a panel to discuss the documentary…

The end lines of ‘Batman: Night Cries’ by Archie Goodwin and Scott Hampton read: ‘In the night, he listens. “Two…

During the Pureland retreat today, I noticed that the old man in front of me didn’t chant about half of…

I became serious in my Pureland practice after attending classes and doing in-depth research into the subject. For a couple…

This review is also featured at http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=12,8390,0,0,1,0 http://www.sankaramovie.com Though the award-winning Sankara was the opening film of Singapore’s International Film…

I came across something interesting, from the book ‘Establishing Global Ethics’ by the recently deceased Master Sheng Yen, who presented…

From the movie ‘Fanboys’ is the dialogue below. The guys were planning to steal a copy of Star Wars Episode…

The following dialogue (from the movie ‘The Promotion’) took place when a couple hears a surreal semi-muted conversation about banjo-playing…

At night, the Moon shines with borrowed (reflected) light from the Sun. This day,* the Moon stole (blocked) the same…

I reviewed Coldplay’s ‘Strawberry Swing’ (from 2008’s bestselling album ‘Viva La Vida) before. (See first link below.) However, while watching…

(picture source: Angel Franco/The New York Times) 0 chickens 0 ducks 0 pigs 0 rabbits 0 turkeys 0 geese 0…

An associate of my boss called me today. He was supposed to meet my boss and the latter was supposed…

A Tit for a Tat (36) Tit: He agitated me! Tat: How? Tit: By being agitated at me! Tat: For?…

On this Monday, let’s review the song ‘Blue Monday’. I used to say this – music artistes should never do…

Above is a video of Coldplay’s ‘Lost?’ (from the album ‘Viva La Vida’). Below are some of its lyrics. Just…

A Tit for a Tat (35) Tit: Just to let you know, in case you are losing patience with him……

I came across the book ‘Eat Sleep Sit’ at Bugis Junctions’ Books Kinokuniy. Am not ashamed to say I was…

A Tit for a Tat (34) Tit: That person called to ask some standard queries. Tat: What’s wrong with that?…