Tag: attachment

21
Jun
2009

A Good Addiction?

A Tit for a Tat (16) Tit: You must try this tea! Tat: Why? Tit: It’ll change your life! Tat:…

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…

08
Jun
2009

From a Collector to a Picker

After collecting about a dozen ‘Batman Black & White’ statues, which are released periodically into the market, I decided to…

06
May
2009

Open Heart & Hand, Pure Intention & Action

Sent this to a remarkable friend who is unrelentingly involved in charity work for the greater good, to the extent…

02
May
2009

The Self-defeating Quest for Self

It is partly due to the ‘endless’ clinging to self-delusion, to constant wondering about the nature of the ‘self’, which…

14
Apr
2009

Come Back To Me

Yup, Depeche Mode does slow and sentimental songs too. The above is the moving studio version of ‘Come Back’ from…

29
Mar
2009

Our Wants Vs Our Needs

Pic: Pureland Retreat at Dharma Drum Singapore Sometimes, you don’t really need a meditation cushion. Sometimes, you don’t really need…

04
Mar
2009

What If Someone Loves You Till He’ll Kill For You?

In the movie ‘Suspect X’, a brilliant mathematician plans an elaborate scheme that involves murder to help his love interest get…

27
Feb
2009

An Occasional ‘Haiku’ of Sorts

Maybe the occasional smoker is already addicted to the occasional smoking.

25
Feb
2009

Our Many Splendoured Rainbow Things

Leaving Kong Meng San monastery in the evening, I happened to turn around and saw a rainbow arching towards the…

21
Feb
2009

Destroyer : Yet Protector

Wrathful flames of Wisdom burning away raging passions, Acala is the Immovable Wisdom King. (不动明王) The fearsome Destroyer of Delusion.*…

11
Feb
2009

Obituary : Death Verses

Jen: Your ‘imaginary funeral parlour notice’ [see below] is well written, seemingly depicting dying. Is it due to the way…

28
Jan
2009

Mask : Grim Reminders

It struck me that the Hannya mask (left picture) I bought in Japan resembles Batman’s mask (right picture: DVD box…

26
Jan
2009

Vision : Last Image

This is the first photo I snapped with my iPhone… with the protective film on. It looked nice enough to…

15
Jan
2009

Love: What Is?

If you learn to love one properly, you will learn to love all equally. – Stonepeace [Notes: The notion of…

14
Jan
2009

Song : Cover Versions

Do check out three versions of the 2005 song ‘Fix You’, followed by some reflections on them in terms of…

04
Jan
2009

Freedom : Haunted Past

After reading ‘Wolverine: Origins and Endings’ by Daniel Way, it struck me that Wolverine (of the X-Men) needn’t be such…

29
Dec
2008

Reel : To Real?

After picking up Buddhism, I found my threshold of being able to withstand seeing others in suffering to have reduced…

26
Dec
2008

Tradition : Missing Symbolism?

La: Did you make “tang yuan” (汤圆: glutinous rice balls) on Sunday? Ya: Nope. La: Why not? It’s winter solstice and a…

25
Dec
2008

Game : Loss As Victory

‘Go’ (围棋) is not an ordinary board game, but one that involves much wits and strategising. Unlike it’s counterpart Chinese…