Category: Mix

28
Feb
2009

Ya! Ya! Oh My God!

Something simple happened a couple of days ago, that upon hindsight, seems more significant than not. I was seated at…

27
Feb
2009

An Occasional ‘Haiku’ of Sorts

Maybe the occasional smoker is already addicted to the occasional smoking.

27
Feb
2009

Intense Intention Creates Intense Karma

Q: If a child makes a mistake out of ignorance or delusion, that he is not aware of as wrong…

27
Feb
2009

From Small Talk to Dharma Talk

I seem to be having a strange problem. But really, this problem has been there all along, only aggravated by…

25
Feb
2009

Never a Need to Be Angry

‘Scold! Scold! Scold!’ Listen… listen… listen… Gosh! He’s right! May I accept the fault-finding graciously. No need to get mad…

20
Feb
2009

Focus : Just Mindfulness

Previously (link: Walking : With Mindfulness), we discussed about us city folks having the tendency to walk while doing something…

14
Feb
2009

Judgement : True Friends

During one of the telecasted auditions of American Idol Season 8, a girl entered the audition room, like most others,…

14
Feb
2009

Walking : With Mindfulness

Ever since the distribution of free newspapers began, people would flock in the mornings like bees towards the handout spots…

14
Feb
2009

Mindfulness : Wrong Focus

There is this lady whom I’d encountered a few times in the subway train. She would be very engrossed in…

14
Feb
2009

Why : Question All

A Tit for a Tat ( 6 ) Tit: (To a toddler) See? The sky is so high! Tot: Why?…

14
Feb
2009

Question : Like Vs Dislike

A Tit for a Tat (5) Tit: (To a toddler) Do you prefer me (Tit) or Tat? Tot: Hmmm… Tat!…

11
Feb
2009

Obituary : Death Verses

Jen: Your ‘imaginary funeral parlour notice’ [see below] is well written, seemingly depicting dying. Is it due to the way…

10
Feb
2009

Defence : War & Peace

I got a call from the Navy HQ today. An admin staff wanted to hand-deliver a service medal, a coat-of-arms…

09
Feb
2009

Adventures : Zeph Tales (23)

The Myth of Pointing at the Moon? A strange urban legend(?) of no specific origin has it that if one…

03
Feb
2009

Ticket : Pseudo-Koan

Advice on tackling a koan: It must be like gulping a hot iron ball that you can neither swallow or…

30
Jan
2009

Fulfilment : Hungry Ghost

A Tit for a Tat (2) Tit: Are you full now? Tat: Yup… for the time being. Tit: Of course…

29
Jan
2009

Defilements : Hidden Grime

Are washing machines by default the cleanest machines in the world, given that they are fed detergents regularly? Turned out…

29
Jan
2009

Interview : Who’s Who?

A Tit for a Tat (1) Tit: But I don’t like to be interviewed! Tat: Take it that you are…

28
Jan
2009

Heart : Not There

Something poignant yet Zennishly detached, about being forced to move office space due to needless reshuffling… Bill: Where is your…

27
Jan
2009

Weather : Good or Bad?

Whether the weather be fine Or whether the weather be not Whether the weather be cold Or whether the weather…