Tried not to celebrate Mothers' Day when everyone was going about the wayang. Chose this Sunday to have a simple meal with my family including my mother of course.
Mothers are always right even when they are wrong!
I love Cats!
Meow just one meow! […]
Voluntary Exclusion from Gambling
With the World Cup 2026 around the corner, I took the opportunity to review my voluntary exclusions with National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG). I don't gamble, partially because I don't have much savings to begin with, but also a lot has to do with my gambler dad who borrowed money from loan […]
Tzu Chi Day
Saw President Tharman Shanmugaratnam for the first time. Accompanying Him are several PAP MPs such as Murali Pillai and Valerie Lee. […]
It's Mothers' Day.
All these years I have quit Tzuchi Singapore due to internal politicking, but as a Mahayana Buddhist I swear by Tzuchi's efforts at promoting filial piety. No Buddhist organisation does it better than Tzuchi at brain washing young adolescents about the importance of gratitude towards our parents […]
Photo of Monastic Retreat
Saw this photograph of myself taken by the Bright Hill Monastery team during my monastic retreat. During the retreat, I decided that I won't become a monk this life, not because I didn't like being a monk, but because I still believe in marrying a wife, having kids, and carrying on a family […]
Non Mihi Solum
I took this photograph of my alma mater i n the year 2015 during the release of A Levels examination results. I was there to support my cousin who obtained rank points 90 and was one of the school toppers that year. It was a proud occasion for our extended family. Till this day since my graduation […]
Computing When I Was Younger
This isn't the exact replica of the first desktop computer my family owned when I was in primary school, but it is the same brand: ALR. I first started to tinker with computers during the days of 286 processors, and my workstation came with two 5-1/4" floppy drives. One drive was meant to […]
My Sheffield Wednesday FC Ended this Season with 0 Points
I have been a fan of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club since the year 1994 when it was a challenger of the FA and League Cups to Arsenal. Back then SWFC was in the Premier League, but it is long past its heydays and have since dropped to the second tier Championship. Due to financial […]
My Encounter with the Sigalovada Sutta
The first time I learned about the Theravada Sigalovada Sutta was in the year 2007 when I was doing my Basic Buddhism Course taught by lay teacher Brother Richard Vajiro Chia. The introductory Buddhist course was meant for laypeople like you and I, so the subject matter was very relevant to most of […]
Please Aim Properly
I was in Frankfurt and Munich last autumn, and when I went to shop at one of their malls, I saw a pile of sai sitting on the toilet bowl seat itself. I therefore learned first hand that German sai and Singaporean sai are the same colour no matter what race, language or religion we subscribe to. It […]
Hair for Hope 2026
Just walked in to the Hair for Hope eventually at Bright Hill Monastery and got my scalp shaven. For me it's business as usual because I have gone bald most of the time these days, so the charitable event is just an ordinary haircut for me. Still, I bother to post this response because I saw lots […]
To the Hell with you
I am not against Amos Yee, but I also will not support him. To me, serving my time in the army as an enlistee is a privilege, as well as a right. I was downgraded to PES C9L3 after dislocating my left shoulder and being diagnosed with marfan syndrome, so I wasn't able to take on combat fit roles. […]
iHub
I used to work here at Jurong Town Hall in the year 2010. Back then it was known as iHub, and it was a commercial venue for startups growing in Singapore. I have fond memories of the place, because it was my first time joining a startup company then known as Greenwave Reality Pte Ltd. My career […]
No Hanky Panky
My bosses are working with Building and Construction Authority (BCA) on the Brizay Park bungalow project bought by Minister Tan See Leng, and there is really a good measure of integrity and accountability by the authorities to ensure that the project is clean and untainted. BCA doesn't give leeway […]
Nervous
My late Zen roshi Adam used to keep repeating this over and over again: "It is not what the world does or does not do that is the problem. It is what I do and do not do, that is MY problem! No matter what religion one believes in, there are always some form of discipline necessary to teach a […]
Moon Joy
I don't know and I won't know. I don't understand and I won't understand. […]
Essentials of a Professional Funeral Director
The lifelong learning course I have been waiting for is finally here. I registered for it once the new run dates are made available when the clock struck midnight, and paid S$490.50 for the course fees. It is quite expensive for a three day course, but throughout Singapore there are very few […]
Qing Ming 2026
Very grateful for a fuss free Qing Ming observance this afternoon. I spent around two decades fighting the views and traditions of Christianity and Buddhism, because my paternal grandparents died as Christians while my maternal grandparents died as Buddhists, so there was a gap in religious views […]
Not feeling well
Don't know what's wrong, but simply just feeling very restless this afternoon. Went to Woodlands Civic Centre library to pick up a book to read, Economics has always been a personal favourite subject since my school days. […]