Tag: attachment

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)…

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…

07
Mar
2012

Can You Hug The Sky?

多年以前有一位朋友到楚布寺去覲見剛剛坐床的大寶法王。 不知道是怎樣的因緣,他突然問了小法王一句: “我可以抱你嗎?” 只有七歲的小法王靜靜地回答:“你可以抱住天空嗎?” ~摘自噶瑪噶舉之家 我們就是為了幻化的事物忙一輩子,以為可以抓住什麼, 但就是留不住,終其空空忙碌一生。 A summary of the above in English: Someone visited the then seven year…

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…

29
Nov
2011

You Have Been The One?

Recently, when I pay attention to the lyrics of love songs, I discover many logical errors in them. The chorus…

29
Nov
2011

Stuck Songs

Bad news: Songs can get stuck in your head – even those which marry unworthy emotions with unworthy reasoning. Good…

27
Oct
2011

One Strand of Hair

Once a strand of hair falls off, it is totally disregarded, no longer cherished, even deemed as disgusting and useless….

27
Oct
2011

Haunted

A lesson learnt from ‘Anya’s Ghost’ by Vera Brosgol. There is an unseen ghost behind every seen or unseen ghost…

18
Oct
2011

Butterfly Bee

Struck me that Muhammad Ali’s boxing philosophy of ‘Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee’ seems somewhat aligned to…

04
Oct
2011

Can’t Lose What You Haven’t Got

S: ‎Depeche Mode in ‘Lilian’ sung, ‘Pain and misery always hit the spot. Knowing you can’t lose what you haven’t…

27
Sep
2011

Phantom Love & Loss

Some lament of not finding a dream partner, of not getting the one one wants now. Some lament of losing…

27
Sep
2011

To Love is to Suffer?

Woody Allen said this – To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one…

20
Sep
2011

Dharma of The Blower’s Daughter

Above is Ni Andong’s cover of Damien Rice’s ‘The Blower’s Daughter’, whose original version is below. Ni’s take sent some shivers…

31
Aug
2011

Good Idea?

Lost a good idea within a finger snap Arghhh! Imagine if this happens on the deathbed. Arghhh! Not a good…

31
Aug
2011

Better Braced?

If a pet has died, will you get a new pet? Will you relive the possible pain of departure again?…

02
Aug
2011

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

George Michael’s ‘Waiting for That Day’ is also known as ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’, as that line…

27
Jul
2011

Coast

How far away must I be to not be at the coast? A metre, ten, a hundred, more, or what?…

13
Jul
2011

Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Above is Saint Etienne’s version of ‘Only Love Can Break Your Heart’. Below is Neil Young’s original version. Seems worlds…

12
Jul
2011

Transcending Read Books

In ‘The Night Bookmobile’ by Audrey Niffengger, a book-lover picks up librarian skills in this life, ‘dying’ to be a…

06
Jul
2011

I Will Survive

Parts of this song is fantastic, almost Buddhistic… 寂寞寂寞就好 (田馥甄 Hebe) I’ll Be Better After I’m Lonely For A While…