20
Jun
2009

Stuck in Politics

History: He was in inter-organisational committee a few years ago, that was an umbrella body for several organisations. He was…

20
Jun
2009

Pain-Free Comfort for Whom?

A Tit for a Tat (14) Tit: These leather shoes are great – they would make for pain-free walking. Tat:…

18
Jun
2009

Drag All Out of Hell!

In ‘Drag Me to Hell’, a girl who was just living another day in relative paradise before she encounters an…

18
Jun
2009

The Sensational 7 Sensations

We were at the launch of the Singapore Vegetarian Food Guide at the Botantic Gardens recently. Although a relatively slim…

17
Jun
2009

How Should a Jedi Love?

Did you know that ‘Padme’ means ‘lotus’, as in ‘Om Mani Padme Hum’? Did you know that the Jedi Order…

17
Jun
2009

1 of the 10,000 Things

I was chatting with a monk when he made a funny remark. He said, as roughly translated from Chinese, ‘One…

16
Jun
2009

Terminators ‘R’ Us?

The Terminator saga, as most would know, is about the anthropomorphism and demonisation of high technology. It is a series…

16
Jun
2009

Customer Service to Absent Customers

We asked for a table for 2 and were directed to a square table designed for 2. Shortly after, a…

16
Jun
2009

Create the Conditions!

A friend said, “I think I might have found the reason why Buddhism can’t spread as far and wide &…

15
Jun
2009

An Inconvenient Truth about Inconvenience

Wyn: What do you do on Friday? Yah: I attend Pureland practice and study sessions (Pureland Practice Fellowship) every Friday….

15
Jun
2009

Would You Eat Donald Duck?

A Tit for a Tat (13) Tit: Hey Tot! What are you eating? Tot: Duck rice. (Bought by his aunt.)…

14
Jun
2009

Not Very Gracious

A Tit for a Tat (12) Tit: You’re not very gracious – never apologising for your mistakes! Tat: You’re not…

12
Jun
2009

Get TDE 3 Online & Offline!

‘The Daily Enlightenment 3: Reflections for Practising Buddhists’ is now available free at Singapore’s Awareness Place at Bras Basah Complex…

12
Jun
2009

Not ‘My’ Fault?

A Tit for a Tat (11) Tit: Hey! You misspelled ‘mispelled’! Tat: Hey! Not me! I saw you erase an…

12
Jun
2009

Caring for Beyond Seven Generations

We try to make efforts to buy as much eco-friendly products as possible, even though the costs of some are…

11
Jun
2009

Only For Now

A Tit for a Tat (10) Tit: Are you too full for this great snack? Tat: For now. Tit: Too…

10
Jun
2009

Only When I Lose My ‘Self’

From the chorus of ‘Only When I Lose Myself’ by Depeche Mode: ‘It’s only when I lose myself in someone…

10
Jun
2009

Stranger than L’Étranger?

Inspired by the existentialist novel, The Outsider (L’Étranger) by Albert Camus: Sometimes we remark that someone is strange, as if…

09
Jun
2009

A Wonderful Smile

Despite the reflection, I snapped this picture of a Buddha image through the display window of an antique and furniture…

09
Jun
2009

Time to Clock Out of Samsara? (1)

The thumbprint clocking in and out represented regimentalism that is pointless, because the nature of her work is anything but…