Year: 2009

An SMS-email dialogue… C: I having bad headache from an infection, but I dreamt of of you last night. How…

White wallpaper tiger ghost: http://facebook.com/shenshian I got a nice Facebook message recently… Dear Sir, … I live in Phoenix Arizona,…

From Depeche Mode’s ‘The Sun and the Rainfall’: Things must change. We must rearrange them. Or we’ll have to estrange…

Guy: I think girls are evil. I know some guys are as well, but girls are more evil. What do…

In the poignant but touching story of ‘My Sister’s Keeper’, a young girl realises that she was conceived specifically to…

What I learnt from the espionage movie ‘The Message’… ‘Don’t shoot me. I’m just the messenger!’ That said, sometimes, the…

During and after the Dharma@Cinema session of ‘Handsome Suit’ recently, there were some issues raised on whether one’s appearance is…

Didn’t he proclaim her to be his ‘one true love’? How could he love someone else after her passing away?…

This is not a love story. This is a story about love. – Movie tagline “This is a story of…

Every time I come to hear the poignant opening lines of Erasure’s ‘Piano Song’, I’m reminded of how the Buddha’s…

Literally using ‘illegal aliens’ for addressing multiple socio-political issues such as xenophobia (irrational fear of strangers), ‘District 9’ is a…

Humorous educational video for those not easily offended by the ‘F’ word In ‘Madman Volume 1’ by Michael Allred, Frank…

The graphic travelogue ‘French Milk’ by Lucy Knisley is mostly about her good times during her six week vacation in…

Question: I’m helping to run a meditation group. Are there any ways to help create spiritual friendship within the group?…

(How to Create Your Own Time Machine Moments) In the charmingly creative film ‘The Science of Sleep’, a guy invents…

‘Funny People’ is largely a comedy, but it is also a serious movie with elements of tragedy too. Okay, a…

Used to wonder what’s so wonderful about the beach… Till I realised it is the meeting point of many things……

‘Human’ is probably  ‘Human League’s’ most haunting song ever. It used to always gave a sense of solace… till I…

A Dharma friend sent me this Youtube link on meditation. He felt that it’s a very good way to introduce…

If you think you are haunted by real ghosts, you should exorcise them, by sending them off for a better…