Super Short Story #283: Zebra Crossing Zebra crossings are more stressful than traffic lights to her as she is often…
Super Short Story #282: Water Sometimes, he prefers the plain condensed water on the cup of fancy cold drink he…
Super Short Story #281: Down It struck her that it is equally true that when you hit the rooftop, the…
Super Short Story #280: Dish It always surprised him how anyone could enjoy a dish made from someone who didn’t…
Super Short Story #279: Virtual He focused so much on the virtual that reality became more virtual.
Super Short Story #278: Mosaic When he sees mosaic designs, he doesn’t just see the beauty, but the grime to…
With increasing use of plastic surgery due to attachment to the so-called ‘importance’ of looks, I’m predicting the reverse to…
There is this half-bridge-half-ramp structure at the Toa Payoh train station underpass. It is a monument ‘celebrating’ witlessness. For some…
Am always interested in hearing how the man on the street philosophises. I overheard a poor philosophical argument during lunch from the…
Am experimenting with a lazy yet paradoxically disciplined way of writing a novel… by writing snippets weekly. It’s lazy because…
Here are some extended snippets from a chat on the movie ‘The Grandmaster’ with a friend on the nature of…
‘The Art Of Thinking Clearly’ by Rolf Dobelli is quite a thought-provoking treat, offering 99 reflections backed up by studies…
I read the book by Fuminori Nakamura out of curiosity of how pickpockets work. It’s intriguing because there must be…
‘Drug War’ features probable mechanics behind the elusive workings of the drug industry, of how all parties involved are kept…
‘The closer you look, the less you see.’ This is the counter-intuitive tagline from the movie on the art of…
The best supernatural horror stories are actually, even if unknowingly so, excellent vehicles for conveying moral messages for the living,…
Hurricane Sandy Typhoon Haiyan Cyclone Cleopatra Wrathful ‘ladies’ gone with the wind, despite their indelible harm, or will the hurt…
Like a skilful transcendental Bodhisattva whom, as instructed by the Buddha, does not reveal his identity – so as to…
She said her main Dharma practice is based on Bodhicitta. Yet she can’t agree on animal liberation, non-animal-testing and working…
Even clean water left long enough on clean tiles will collect dirt from the surrounding air. As it dries up,…
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