Author: Shen Shián

Maybe we are imperfect, which is why we love the imperfect. [1] Is this a sickness or a virtue? Maybe…

The magical ulcer in my mouth seems to come from nowhere, to grow and grow. It doesn’t seem to go,…

A Tit for a Tat (181) Tit: Remember that to-do? Tat: Yes? Tit: Can you do it now? Tat: Why…

A Tit for a Tat (180) Tit: I think it’s okay to see pirated movies – if I don’t plan…

A Tit for a Tat (179) Tit: When will it get better?  Tat: When you get used to it! Tit:…

From Sarah Blasko’s ‘We Won’t Run’: Cos we won’t run, we can fight, all that keeps us up at night….

自不在 而自在. [As one realises] there is no self, there is ease with one’self’. – Stonepeace Total realisation of non-self,…

The Buddha is also called ‘The Blessed One’. But who blesses the Blessed One, who blesses us with the Dharma?…

The best pithy one-liner on TV in a long time. Amanda tells Alex in Nikita: ‘Home is where you stop…

As generally defined, seven kinds of refuge. Which one are you? Generally, any form of refuge missing Dharma is spiritually…

A Tit for a Tat (178) Tit: Can we eat at that restaurant every day? Tat: If we have enough…

A Facebook dialogue: Shian: Struck me that the Facebook live feed question is a good one – ‘What’s on your…

Q: It doesn’t matter whether one calls oneself a Buddhist when one is practising the Buddha’s way. Often, we are…

A Tit for a Tat (177) Tit: The deliveryman just called. He wants to come now! Tat: Wow, this is…

A Tit for a Tat (176) Tit: This bun tastes dry – not like the ones before! Tat: Don’t compare…

Email subject header: Diabetes Alert? Hi Everyone, Recently, I noticed that there are black ants on the rim of the…

Then again, yet another random lesson from Taiji class: The mirror for checking your moves is half your teacher, but…

A Tit for a Tat (175) Tit: I enjoy sleeping. Tat: But ‘you’ are not there when you’re asleep! You’re…

I always wondered what is the moral of the story of ‘The Princess and the Pea’. Does it sing the…

Do you see the big picture? no no no… not that big picture on the wall, but the real big…