Year: 2010

21
Jan
2010

A Lousy Teacher?

A Tit for a Tat (88) Tit: He’s a lousy teacher. I learnt nothing from him. Tat: Why is he lousy? Tit: He’s…

21
Jan
2010

Phantom Shopping

A Tit for a Tat (87) Tit: What do you wish to buy? Can I help you find it? Tat: It’s okay….

19
Jan
2010

6 FAQs on Veg*ism

The below is a compilation of discussions based on the article ‘Why Veganism is Not an Extreme Way of Life’…

18
Jan
2010

A Question of Time

A Tit for a Tat (86) Tit: What would be a stupid question? Tat: ‘When did the clock breakdown today?’ Tit: Why is…

18
Jan
2010

Kites Need Strings to Fly Well

(Pic: Kites flying by Buangkok train station) A kite without a guiding string is a dangerous kite, that endangers itself…

18
Jan
2010

How to ‘Live Long(er) & (Truly) Prosper’

The most urgent matter, upon attaining this precious but brief human rebirth, is to safeguard one’s future rebirth. – Stonepeace…

18
Jan
2010

Hate Shopping?

A Tit for a Tat (85) Tit: Still don’t see what I want. I hate shopping! Tat: No, you don’t hate shopping….

14
Jan
2010

‘The Blind Side’ Seen

‘The Blind Side’ tells the touching true story of how the once underprivileged and racially discriminated Michael Oher became a successful football…

14
Jan
2010

What Kind of Kind?

A Tit for a Tat (84) Tit: So what if he’s vegan? He’s not very kind to some humans. Tat:…

14
Jan
2010

Four Blood Donations

I worked till late in office tonight. Suddenly, I felt great itches on my left arm. I looked and saw…

14
Jan
2010

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

Jat: I read that plants are alive too? Some says this make vegetarians and vegans murderers too! Yah: How can…

14
Jan
2010

India Adventures (5): Compassion Will Prevail

People often asked me what i think about the plight of Tibet, I’m sympathetic but have not much to comment….

12
Jan
2010

India Adventures (4): Buddhism is Not Hinduism

Early during the pilgrimage, our Indian Hindu ‘sub-guide’ (who isn’t the main guide, who is instead Buddhist) introduced God (Trimurti) as…

11
Jan
2010

Birds of Different Feathers

The story by Maaike Hartjes in ‘Go Home: 12 Moving Stories’ tells of a baby bird born a little different….

11
Jan
2010

Take a Walk with the Walking Man

‘The Walking Man’ by Jiro Taniguchi is an everyman, except that he takes many walks and pays more attention to…

11
Jan
2010

Same Same But Different?

A Tit for a Tat (83) Tit: It’s so difficult to choose between the two because they are so alike!…

11
Jan
2010

Undercover Bodhisattva or Mara?

In the movie ‘Turning Point’, a baddie becomes an undercover cop, who is told to become an undercover baddie. It’s…

11
Jan
2010

Sleeping & Waking

Falling asleep readily in the night, may I swiftly let go of the world(ly). Waking up readily in the morning,…

11
Jan
2010

Karma @ Work

  Q: Whenever I face any challenges at work, I’ll tell myself I’m ‘paying’ for my past negative karma. If we…

11
Jan
2010

Who am I?

‘Who am I?’ ‘I’ am nothing but constant change, yet while our mind and matter change, there is always to…