Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3re Something that Zeph wrote after hearing the song… The Stars Shine For You (Inspired by ‘Yellow’ )…
Japan Adventures (11) : Killing Attachment to the Ego We visited a temple where there was a room that once…
Japan Adventures (10) : Legend of the Sword that Did Not Cut From ‘Fodor’s Exploring Japan’ by David Scott –…
Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3r7, written in 2001… The First Existential Crisis You Ever Had When I consider the short duration of…
Japan Adventures (9) : Letting Go of Letting Go Japan is the land of much formality and courtesy. Sometimes, it…
Japan Adventures [8] : Up to be Buddhas, Down to be Bodhisattvas After climbing a tall and steep flight of…
Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3r2 Writing An Obituary Zeph always reminds himself of this whenever he flips to the obituary pages of…
Japan Adventures (7) : One with Compassion The ticket cum bookmark for Kiyomizu Temple, which is dedicated to Kannon Bosatsu…
Japan Adventures ( 6 ) : Only to be Contented When you visit Ryoanji Temple in Kyoto, you will see…
Japan Adventures (5) : Lure of the Demon Mask The above is a picture of a Hannya mask. Having seen…
Japan Adventures (4) : The Oxymoron of Warrior Monks? I am not the destroyer of this monastery. The destroyer of…
Japan Adventures (1) : The 1,200 Year Old Lamp Enryakuji is a temple built on Mount Hiei at the end…
Japan Adventures (2) : Temples Destroyed & Rebuilt When you visit many temples in Japan, you will be given brochures…
Japan Adventures (3) : Gods of Nature? In ancient Japanese temples (such as Sanjūsangendō), it is not uncommon to find…
Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3qV Stone Peace Rocks and stones are rather interesting objects to Zeph. From humongous ones like the Himalayan…
Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3qM The Case of the Imaginary Cigarette At about 9.30pm at Marina Bay, Zeph and his friend Clyde…
Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3qG From Ennui to Dukkha, From Arghhh! to Ahhhhhhhhh! Zeph chanced upon the word ‘ennui’. According to http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ennui,…
Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3qx Why Do You Run? Zeph saw a Nike ad. It asks at the beginning… “Why do we…
Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3qp Toilet Thoughts The following entry was found scribbled in Zeph’s journal – In a glad moment with…
Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3qg Do You Believe in Balloons? Sometimes, Zeph wrote the most ridiculous things in his journal in a…
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