Life around Us
Remember Room to Read?
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The dark dark knight
The Dark Knight - Batman’s latest movie instalment, is dark. I wasn’t anticipating this movie that much initially. Even after the movie, I wasn’t sure if i’ve enjoyed the movie or not. It’s a strange feeling. I found the movie long (it’s more than 2 hours), and the beginning a little bit draggy. But after [...]
Managing the environment
I was lucky enough to be invited to stay over at an organic farm, only to be the generous blood donor to those pesky mosquitoes. So here I am typing this article while the bite marks stare evilly back at me. Still, I’ve enjoyed the stay. It’s a breath of fresh air, literally, from the [...]
Ringtones to alert others
Someone on the train chose a baby’s cries as a ring tone on her phone. Her phone rang which made everyone turned their attention to her, only to realise she’s pregnant. Someone then stood up to offer her a seat. She didn’t even thank him and seem to think it’s her right. And her crying [...]
Wrong place at the wrong time
When I wrote about standing at the wrong place at the wrong time, I didn’t realise that there could be a further reason. I think it follows the bikini logic, where less is more.
When going shopping with my wife, I always find that I’m standing in the wrong place at the wrong time. Maybe, it’s [...]
Choosing oranges
It’s the fruits aisle. You see people crowding around the fruits on display. In the oranges section, an expert hand dips in and out of the rows of oranges. To me, all the oranges look more or less the same. But somehow, the expert hand tries to look for the differences.
Everyone who’s crowding around the [...]
On giving and receiving advice
I was recently in a class full of students, as oppose to my individual training with my teacher. We were trying to correct the very first step of all Tai Ji forms - the “raise your hands and put it down”. I met a student who was really passionate about Tai Ji, and who started [...]
Awakened by a beginner
Everybody’s a beginner at some point in their life. And the goal of the beginner? To be the opposite of a beginner - to be an expert. While everyone is a beginner at some point, they do so with the aim of not being one in the future. Unfortunately, life’s lessons are not always delivered [...]
I am 30, and my teacher scolded me
I stood up my teacher, with a last minute notice. No wonder he scolded me. It wasn’t intentional, but I was torn between family and learning Tai Ji. Sometimes Tai Ji wins, sometimes family wins.
Human slave, technology king
Deadlines. Bad project management. Bad combination. This is the time when you start to wonder why things don’t work the way they’re suppose to work, and a lot of the times, you realise that history finds its way to invade the present rather than stay in the past, just like our QWERTY keyboard.
So what happens [...]
