Year: 2009

23
Jun
2009

Mums & Dads Will Be Sad

A Tit for a Tat (20) Tit: Hey, why spray the insects? Tot: Because they are pests. (Tot is four…

23
Jun
2009

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

A Tit for a Tat (19) Tit: Hey Tot! What did you eat? (Tot is four years old, who likes…

23
Jun
2009

Stuck in the ‘Land of the Lost’?

In the movie ‘Land of the Lost’, an explorer-scientist discovers a dimension which is not way back in the past…

22
Jun
2009

The Absent Monster of Self

Question: A Buddhist article emphasised the importance of applying oneself to do the right things, instead of depending on others…

22
Jun
2009

Names are Arbitrary?

A Tit for a Tat (18) Tit: Names are arbitrary! Tat: Change your name then! Tit: Since names are arbitrary,…

22
Jun
2009

Importance of Taking Refuge

Question: As long as f I take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha within, it doesn’t matter to me…

22
Jun
2009

Educational ‘School Days with a Pig’

DHARMA@CINEMA: School Days with a Pig (Strictly by registration only) A movie screening and sharing by Shen Shi’an Based on…

21
Jun
2009

Another Day in Paradise

A Tit for a Tat (17) Tit: Well, another working day in ‘paradise’… not! Tat: Well, at least it’s hell…..

21
Jun
2009

A Good Addiction?

A Tit for a Tat (16) Tit: You must try this tea! Tat: Why? Tit: It’ll change your life! Tat:…

21
Jun
2009

Right or Wrong Belief?

A Tit for a Tat (15) Tit: I don’t think anything is definitely wrong or right. Tat: You really believe…

20
Jun
2009

Stuck in Politics

History: He was in inter-organisational committee a few years ago, that was an umbrella body for several organisations. He was…

20
Jun
2009

Pain-Free Comfort for Whom?

A Tit for a Tat (14) Tit: These leather shoes are great – they would make for pain-free walking. Tat:…

18
Jun
2009

Drag All Out of Hell!

In ‘Drag Me to Hell’, a girl who was just living another day in relative paradise before she encounters an…

18
Jun
2009

The Sensational 7 Sensations

We were at the launch of the Singapore Vegetarian Food Guide at the Botantic Gardens recently. Although a relatively slim…

17
Jun
2009

How Should a Jedi Love?

Did you know that ‘Padme’ means ‘lotus’, as in ‘Om Mani Padme Hum’? Did you know that the Jedi Order…

17
Jun
2009

1 of the 10,000 Things

I was chatting with a monk when he made a funny remark. He said, as roughly translated from Chinese, ‘One…

16
Jun
2009

Terminators ‘R’ Us?

The Terminator saga, as most would know, is about the anthropomorphism and demonisation of high technology. It is a series…

16
Jun
2009

Customer Service to Absent Customers

We asked for a table for 2 and were directed to a square table designed for 2. Shortly after, a…

16
Jun
2009

Create the Conditions!

A friend said, “I think I might have found the reason why Buddhism can’t spread as far and wide &…

15
Jun
2009

An Inconvenient Truth about Inconvenience

Wyn: What do you do on Friday? Yah: I attend Pureland practice and study sessions (Pureland Practice Fellowship) every Friday….