When my maternal grandmother was dying, I tried rough sleeping at Tan Tock Seng Hospital and Changi Airport. I couldn't sleep well at home knowing that she is struggling to stay alive at the hospital, I just wanted to get out of the flat and be with her somehow. For TTSH, the lobby was really a nice […]
I still remember several years back I was on a double decker bus which got into a chain collision with two other buses. I wasn't injured, but the buses' windscreens were shattered and diesel was leaking under the hot sun. On that occasion, a beautiful Traffic Police officer named Stephanie Cheung […]
My Buddhist spinister aunt confided in me something going on for the past six years which I find peculiar but I'm not sure how to advise her: she got to know this friend K who is also a Buddhist since six years ago, and they have been discussing the Buddha's teachings over WhatsApp almost every […]
This afternoon, Dr Prof Ko Wen Je of Taiwan is found guilty of corruption and sentenced to around 17 years of imprisonment. His fellow suspects are also being sentenced. I don't want to judge the Taiwanese judicial system, but it does make me feel appreciative of the Singapore judicial system for […]
Settling down this evening to pack my luggage bag for the Short Term Monastic Novitiate Retreat which I signed up for this coming April. I still have a month to go, but I am trying to get ready in advance. When I look at the checklist of items to bring, I feel as if I'm going for an overseas […]
I am a self-employed engineer. My semi-official job title is Computer Aided Design (CAD) Technician. I report to my maternal aunt, a qualified structural engineer, and help her out with analysing and drafting bits and parts of building construction drawings. Because it's a family business, I don't […]
Before I start, I have to indicate how I wish to end. Mental illness is not a terminal disease, it may seem like an invisible form of cancer, but like all cancers it can be treated. Hence it is important to work closely with your medical team, caregivers, friends and family to overcome each obstacle […]
Just came back from the Lunar 27th puja at KMS. Reached the temple early, but still couldn't find a spare cushion or chair, so had to be placed on the pseudo waiting list. Eventually a space was made available, so I managed to complete the repentance ritual and obtain two bottles of Great […]
My dad messaged me early this morning to complain about the faulty HP printer. The printer has only been used once or twice in the past nine years since it was bought, so my guess straightaway was that the ink has dried up and the nozzles / printheads are faulty. It's a good thing that I have free […]
Happy International Women's Day. Several years ago, I joined United Nations as an unpaid, online volunteer, I worked on the advocacy of the Sustainable Development Goals and Goal 5 was Gender Equality. Through my UN contacts, I found myself enrolling in UN Women Training Centre and attending the […]
I am still helping Nirvana Columbarium with presales, but I don't earn any commission because I told them that the multi-level marketing model doesn't help my Dharma practice when I receive an incentive from sales and down-lines. I personally told my parents that when we all die, we'll select […]
Just sharing a project that we are undertaking. Thanks to the auspices of the community I am participating, we have begun a project to print Buddhist manuscripts at the request of Bright Hill Monastery (KMSPKS). Basically KMSPKS is conducting a class to copy Buddhist sutras such as the Heart Sutra, […]
I was hurt before by a Christian girl who two-timed me and her Christian boyfriend. From what I understand, they started becoming an item during their polytechnic days, her boyfriend was studying in Australia when she met me at NTU. My cohort very few girls, so when she approached me to befriend me […]
As I type, there is a war raging on in the Middle East involving the United States, Israel and Iran as well as other Arab countries being dragged into the carnage. I am a war junkie since childhood, yet at the same time I am an advocate for world peace, preferring a world free from conflicts instead […]
Nothing much, just wanted to share that I passed the interview for the Bright Hill novitiate retreat this morning, so I'll be able to become a temporary monk for a week in April 2026. Very happy, all these years I don't have much luck in secular affairs, but the Buddha has always kept His doors open […]
Well, where do I start? I was diagnosed with depression in the year 2012, but went untreated until I was eventually hospitalised at IMH in 2018 and diagnosed with bipolar before being further refined as suffering from Schizoaffective Disorder in the year 2019. All these years I have felt suicidal […]
May I die skillfully as soon as possible than to devour my parents and elders. May I be filial and not become worse than a piece of char siew. May my parents and elders have enough to sustain themselves till their final breaths. In my Buddhist tradition: Om Mani Padme Hum. […]
I pledge never to eat the flesh of dogs and cats. I admit I'm a hypocrite because I still am not a full vegetarian i.e. I do eat several types of meats such as chicken, fish, prawn, pork and duck, so I don't want to sound like a goodie two shoe. Yet, dogs and cats are not natural meat sources to […]
I have been suffering quite a fair bit lately. I feel sick, I don't feel dead yet, but I am aging and I feel sick. Despite having seen both western doctors and TCM physicians, the sick feeling doesn't go away. So I went to my preferred Guan Yin temple and drew a divination lot for supramundane […]
I am not a Christian, but all these years World Vision has always resonated and worked for me and my humanitarian concerns. I just found the heart to donate to a sanitation project in Vietnam, it's my first donation to WV in many years since I stopped being a child sponsor. The project to build […]