Tag: mindfulness

During the Pureland retreat today, I noticed that the old man in front of me didn’t chant about half of…

I became serious in my Pureland practice after attending classes and doing in-depth research into the subject. For a couple…

Last Sunday, I attended a refresher lesson on meditation. I was pleasantly surprised and reminded of the powerful benefits of…

For supper last night, I reheated a prepacked naan using a microwave oven. To my shock, when it was ready,…

While attending a psychology workshop, all the participants did an exercise in mindfulness together. I was one of them. At…

After years of trying out various methods of organising my various to-do lists, I think I came up with the…

On the hottest day At the busiest hour With the tightest jeans And the darkest top In the crowdiest train…

A Tit for a Tat (25) Tit: The guy behind is giving unneeded commentary on the movie to his friend!…

In the movie ‘Land of the Lost’, an explorer-scientist discovers a dimension which is not way back in the past…

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

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

Haunted by ‘Ghosts of Girlfriends Past’ ‘Ghosts of Girlfriends Past’ is about a fickle guy, who is so scrooge-ly with…

Batman, as a comic book character, was created in 1939. That makes 2009 the 70th anniversary of his creation! It’s…

Whenever I got bumped into by unmindful and unapologetic pedestrians in the past, the natural tendency was to give rise…

Capital Tower* catching the setting sun, glowing like a pillar of gold. Reminds me of Amituofo, that supreme beacon of…

Thank goodness that we can only have one thought at a time. Imagine if 84,000 thoughts assault you at the…

In ‘Kin: The Good Neighbours’ by Holly Black, Aubrey the faerie father tests the human Thaddeus on his love for…

In a sense, the movie ’17 Again’ is yet another version of ‘Groundhog Day’. A 37-year-old man gets to relive…

Pic: Dharma Hall at Kong Meng San After lunch, just before the next round of the Pureland retreat recitation, I…

During my college days, I had to learn to cook to survive the grey days of England. I remember telling…