Year: 2009

17
Jan
2009

Animals : Test or Taste?

Many are against animal-testing. But not many are against animal-tasting. How ironic!

17
Jan
2009

Paradox : Agree to Disagree

Tit: (Sarcastically) Oh… I forgot I’m not supposed to disagree with you! Tat: (Sarcastically) Oh… really? I’ll have to disagree…

17
Jan
2009

Criminals : Potential Buddhas

As inspired by the film ‘The Dhamma Brothers‘ , here’s a simple poem, in tribute to those who seek spiritual…

15
Jan
2009

Love: What Is?

If you learn to love one properly, you will learn to love all equally. – Stonepeace [Notes: The notion of…

15
Jan
2009

Hope : For All

Everyday is full of hope for everyone if everyone brings hope to everyone everyday. – Stonepeace Related Articles: Hope As…

14
Jan
2009

Song : Cover Versions

Do check out three versions of the 2005 song ‘Fix You’, followed by some reflections on them in terms of…

13
Jan
2009

God : Or Not?

Richard Dawkins at a bus with the billboard saying ‘There’s probably no god. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.’…

12
Jan
2009

History : Which Version?

While watching the final instalment of ‘Red Cliff (Part 2)’, I was hoping for the story to impart some major…

10
Jan
2009

Irony : Real Life

There is a hot drama serial on TV that just ended its run. I’m not really a follower of dramas…

10
Jan
2009

Brand : High Costs

La: Compare a luxury branded leather bag that costs over $2000 and a plain no-name organic cotton bag that cost…

09
Jan
2009

Adventures : Zeph Tales (22)

What’s the Meaning of Life? Once upon a time, there was a very small boy called Zeph, who wondered much…

09
Jan
2009

Adventures : Japan Tales (19)

Burning Our Environmental Blessings Away? In many of the temples I visited in Japan, there is a custom of writing…

08
Jan
2009

Not : Meant To Be

Often, I cringe when I hear people say… ‘Maybe it’s not meant to be.’ Because if it’s really just a…

08
Jan
2009

Suspension : What Now?

There is a full page in ‘Invincible: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1’ (by Robert Kirkman) which seems to accidentally portray the…

07
Jan
2009

Extremes : Eternalism & Nihilism

In ‘Eternals’ by Neil Gaiman, Sprite the immortal utters this about becoming human – ‘I can even die – Do you…

06
Jan
2009

Translation : Ladies & Gentlemen

Some time ago, I submitted an old article (from the book ‘The Daily Enlightenment 1’) to a Buddhist magazine. Yesterday,…

05
Jan
2009

Relationships : Payback Time?

Q: Some believe couples are married because ‘they owe each other in their previous lives’, while ‘children are born to…

04
Jan
2009

Reflection : Of Action

Something funny happened when I was browsing the Buddhist magazines at Borders today. A man came to the same section…

04
Jan
2009

Hunger : Rise & Fall

In ‘Marvel Zombies 2′ by Robert Kirkman, it continues the adventures of key Marvel comics’ ‘deceased’ heroes, who have become…

04
Jan
2009

Freedom : Haunted Past

After reading ‘Wolverine: Origins and Endings’ by Daniel Way, it struck me that Wolverine (of the X-Men) needn’t be such…