Author: Shen Shián

Co-founder of Moonpointer.com
11
Dec
2009

Duplicity Duo Duped!

Being confident tricksters used to outsmarting others, ‘Julia’ and ‘Clive’ in the movie ‘Duplicity’ thought they had the upperhand this…

09
Dec
2009

Happily or Grudgingly?

A Tit for a Tat (72) Tit: I was waiting for a bus in the sun today. Tat: Why not…

09
Dec
2009

The Way It Was Meant to Be

A Tit for a Tat (71) Tit: Hey, wake me up when the alarm clock goes off next time! Tat:…

09
Dec
2009

Yours Unfaithfully

A Tit for a Tat (70) Tit: What kind of person is he? Tat: The ‘bad faith’ type. Tit: What…

07
Dec
2009

Mental Block

A Tit for a Tat (69) Tit: Just realised I had helluva lot of earwax clogged in my ears! Tat:…

07
Dec
2009

Tolerating Nonsense

A Tit for a Tat (68) Tit: Do I owe him a debt of negative karma, to have to tolerate…

07
Dec
2009

Hairdresser Discrimination

A Tit for a Tat (67) Tit: A kiddy-looking hairdresser! Next salon please! Tat: Why? Are young hairdressers not good?…

07
Dec
2009

The Bucket Dilemma

A Tit for a Tat (66) Tit: I don’t have enough strength or patience! Tat: Why not train your strength…

04
Dec
2009

An Eye for An Eye Makes All Blind

A Tit for a Tat (65) Tit: You know what’s karma? Tat: What? Tit: Someone punched me. Tat: And? Tit:…

03
Dec
2009

Hopenhagen Beckons Now!

Shen Shi’an has sent you the following message from http://www.hopenhagen.com: On December 7 (4 days away), leaders from 192 countries…

03
Dec
2009

Thrice the Goodness!

Live a good honourable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a…

02
Dec
2009

How Naming the Demons Work

In ‘Hellboy: Darkness Calls’ by Mike Mignola and Duncan Fregredo, Igor Weldon Bromhead invokes the demonic Ilsa Haupstein, binding her…

01
Dec
2009

Big Changes Start Small

From http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC091123-0000166/Online-Only—Change-the-world-one-meal-at-a-time : I refer to “Go meatless one day a week“ (TODAYonline, Nov 22). It might seem that refraining…

01
Dec
2009

What Relief & What Grief

< Relief or grief? What relief, when we know we are not accomplices in murder, by demanding animals’ meat. Amituofo…

30
Nov
2009

You Versus Yourself

‘The Broken (Reflexion Trouble)’ is an unconventional thriller. I was interested in it as it seemed to be about doppelgangers,…

30
Nov
2009

A Heartfelt & Heartbreaking Paradox?

An imaginary verse on how a Bodhisattva might think: The only reason my heart is broken is because so many…

30
Nov
2009

One Who Flings Gets Flung

In the movie ‘Fling’, the subject of open relationships is explored. According to Wikipedia, ‘An open relationship is a relationship…

30
Nov
2009

Attached to Being Vegetarian?

Meatguy: I think you are too strongly attached to being vegetarian. Shi’an: I’m not. I’m just aware that animals are…

30
Nov
2009

I Hope You Have the ‘Time of Your Life’

Time of Your Life (Green Day) Another turning point; a fork stuck in the road. Time grabs you by the…

30
Nov
2009

Silence is First Prayer

During the silent prayer of nine religions during the ‘Voices of Harmony’ concert, I heard a child cry in the…