11
Apr
2012

How Do You Open Doors?

From the movie ‘Tower Heist’: Lester the old doorman: All those years on the job, and it turns out that…

11
Apr
2012

Buddha Not

L: Is the so-called Buddha boy in Nepal really ‘Buddha’ or ‘Buddha-to-be’? Q: According to a report, a French journalist…

11
Apr
2012

The Marc Pease Experience

Sometimes, the key message of a film is right at the end (or maybe I missed subtler messages along the…

11
Apr
2012

Carnival Of Love?

An event’s marketing material: ‘Vesak Day Carnival: Loving the World!… Food Fun: … Vegetarian & Non-Vegetarian… let’s increase our awareness…

11
Apr
2012

Contrast Of Comfort Zone Vs Dukkha

E: Perhaps, what Prince Siddhartha’s (the Buddha-to-be) Father did was right! Provided him only with the best of best things…

11
Apr
2012

More Mindfulness Needed

As few will tell us our faults, even if they are obvious to them, we need to increase mindfulness of…

11
Apr
2012

Super Short Story (3): Siren Lullaby

Because the siren became a paced lullaby, the silence became disturbingly deafening .

11
Apr
2012

A Financial Paradox

Received another bank’s telemarketer call to offer their loan services. To save his time, I swiftly said, ‘No thanks –…

05
Apr
2012

A Sorta Love Paradox

Tori Amos’ intriguing music video for ‘A Sorta Fairytale’ tells an unconventional love story. Unfortunately, it’s the kind that might…

05
Apr
2012

Enlightened Or Not?

If you think you are enlightened, you should know you are not – because enlightenment is the knowing of everything,…

05
Apr
2012

Use Your Liberty

Watched ‘The Lady’ movie, which is the respectful ‘codename’ the oppressed Burmese have for the incredibly courageous Aung San Suu…

04
Apr
2012

Everything’s Gonna Be Alright, Really!

In the trailer of ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, this was uttered – ‘Everything will be alright in the end….

04
Apr
2012

Rum Diary’s Lobster Speaks

Paul Kemp in ‘The Rum Diary’ says, while high on drugs, ‘”I wonder what it is you might think about…

28
Mar
2012

This Golden Age

Gil tells Adriana in ‘Midnight in Paris’, when they travelled back in time to an era of Paris (Belle Epoque)…

28
Mar
2012

Do All Roads Lead To Rome?

Do all roads lead to Rome? If they do, any road will do? Some roads lead in circles. Some roads…

28
Mar
2012

Mightier Than The Sword

Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford says in the movie, ‘Anonymous’ – ‘All art is political, Jonson. Otherwise,…

22
Mar
2012

Living & Dying Well

Those attached to living well, who have aversion to death, might forget that death is always eventual, that death can…

22
Mar
2012

Love Vs Possession

The movie ‘The Fox and the Child’ is an amazing unconventionally scenic story on how a young girl encounters a…

22
Mar
2012

Broad Generalisations

This is the best Facebook joke I came across in a while – in Facebook. If you don’t get it,…

22
Mar
2012

Look Better Alive

A Buddhist friend (Er… who could be reading this… but here it goes…) posted a photo of a grilled animal…