Year: 2009

In a sense, the movie ’17 Again’ is yet another version of ‘Groundhog Day’. A 37-year-old man gets to relive…

I once had an acquaintance in school. She had long straight flowing hair and big round eyes. The usual attributes…

Shakespearean English, unless spoken at plays, sounds like bad English in our times. Modern English, unless spoken in our times,…

In ‘The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor’, the first emperor of China (Qin Shihuang), after his conquest of the…

Here is an analysis of the poll question ‘Should All Taking the Three Refuges Commit to the Five Precepts Too?’…

< Movie poster for Singapore The award-winning movie ‘School Days with a Pig’ tells of a teacher’s special project for…

Pic: Dharma Hall at Kong Meng San After lunch, just before the next round of the Pureland retreat recitation, I…

Catch the new single from Depeche Mode’s new album ‘Sounds of the Universe’ (performed live in Berlin). After the lyrics…

We were there among the some 12,000, and it was truly fantastic. (Yes, I said it before.) Many say it…

Received my cert for the MA in Buddhist Studies in the mail recently. Ironically, it reminded me of how little…

You can change the side of the road that you walk down every day. Even if the road is the…

During my college days, I had to learn to cook to survive the grey days of England. I remember telling…

In the ‘Final Destination’ thrillogy (pun intended), you see ‘creative’ ways through which death creeps up gradually yet surely upon…

The only dialogues I found interesting in ‘Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist’ are as below. I wished there was an…

In Mahavaipulya-mahasanni-pata Sutra, a verse says: In the Dharma Ending Age [which we’re about 10% into now], when 100 million…

When I walked along Orchard Road early this evening, while there was still daylight, the newly added decorative frosted glass…

There are many Buddhist-themed movies in the market. Some are packed with the Dharma, while some do not do justice…

The billboard in the photo seems to be that of a distorted beer bottle, which blurly reflects the traffic… which…

Pic: Mahakala Re: You cannot always be an ‘angel’. Sometimes you have to be a mara. Me: The constant ‘angel’…

When a child, a joyride is always too short, somewhat a ‘blue’ ride too. When grown up, do your ‘joyrides’…