22
Feb
2012

The Other End Of Freudian Slips

I don’t know if there is already a term for the receiving end of Freudian slips, but I have been…

22
Feb
2012

Are You Like Your Moniker?

S: It’s funny when some claim that you don’t resemble your pseudonym, because the very point of using pseudonyms is…

22
Feb
2012

Same Same But Different

A: I feel that I am very different from others. B: Everyone feels they are different from others. A: Er……

22
Feb
2012

Repentance & Respect

If one is constantly apologetic, one has never been truly apologetic. If one keeps saying sorry, one is simply not…

22
Feb
2012

How Much More Tears?

You cry when you are born. Because returning painfully is suffering. How much more tears? You cry when you are…

22
Feb
2012

Unequal Grace

If you are more gracious to the more wealthy and powerful, even if you are not also wealthy and powerful,…

15
Feb
2012

The Adele Dilemma

‘Never mind, I’ll find someone like you…’ who I will fall in love with again, who will break my heart…

15
Feb
2012

Super Short Story (2): She’s The Boss!

As the company failed her stringent interview, she sacked it, boss and all, to interview another. She might not be…

15
Feb
2012

The Child Actor Paradox

A good child-actor ‘acts maturely’ like a child.

15
Feb
2012

Retreat Equipment… Check!

While attending a Pure Land retreat, it struck me that there is a wide variety of differences in what participants…

15
Feb
2012

Sesame Street Dharma?

How ‘Elmo’s Song’ can be yours too. A simple song that epitomises being Elmo as the opposite of being ‘Emo’….

15
Feb
2012

Fame & Status As Spiritual Impediments?

It is sad, but true, that some teachers (monastics or laity), having gathered some fame and status, become less active…

15
Feb
2012

Enjoy The Rose

Happy belated Valentine’s Day! Unique Valentine’s Day flower offering from Depeche Mode’s Facebook group, a virtual rose from the Enjoy…

15
Feb
2012

So Frail So Weak?

Related to ‘A Vegan Challenge’: https://moonpointer.com/new/2011/12/a-vegan-challenge, this got reflected in VSS’s (Vegetarian Society Singapore) latest newsletter – ‘So Frail and…

15
Feb
2012

A Tiger’s Norm?

D: Meat-eating is considered an act of cruelty by vegetarians. For non-vegetarians, meat-eating is generally considered a social norm and…

15
Feb
2012

Email Reply Needed?

H: Overheard – ‘Arlow! Have you read my email ? Can you read and reply me?’ Why not just ask…

06
Feb
2012

The Last Task Of This Life

Detail from Segantini’s ‘The last task of the day’. Reminds me of the Dukkha of life’s routine burdens and dreariness,…

06
Feb
2012

Starry Night (2)

Ironic that the picture of calm was painted while Van Gogh was in an asylum. Perhaps the stars helped ease…

06
Feb
2012

Colour Obsession

Colour was my visit-long obsession and joy too, gazing upon Monet’s works, learning about his hard life, which makes his…

06
Feb
2012

Starry Night (1)

And the sight of stars on his paintings make us dream on too. And look… Stars in the darkness above…