Eternal bliss
A series of posts on a friend’s blog about depression prompted the following thoughts. It’s actually not that far-fetched that your diet – or ...
Category: Off Beaten Track
No bags
On the trip back from Australia, the unthinkable happened. My bag was lost in transit! As it turned out, it seems that my bag was not even loaded onto the fligh...
Holy Grail(s)
Despite the obvious religious connotations in the title, it seems the term ‘Holy Grail‘ has taken on slightly different meanings over the years, as ...
Can't wait?
Last night, on my way home, what I observed as I was getting off the MRT (aka metro is other places) finally made me realize why many people like to say that li...
To try
Some people say I cannot sing, but no one can say I didn’t sing. Florence Foster Jenkins, American Soprano It is better to have tried and failed than not ...
Retrospective
Looking over the past dozen or so entries, I believe that I can see a trend!? There was a string of entries related to Tango, followed by (most recently) non-Ta...
Mutual exclusion?
Saw the following quote today. However, can’t say that I am entirely convinced by it. We can judge others or we can love others – but we can’t...
Cultural roots
The past week saw two big religious festivals taking place in Singapore: the Deepavali for Indian Hindus and Hari Raya Puasa for the Muslims. As a result, every...
Super action
Simply could not resist posting this online after I received it by email! Let’s see how many of these characters you can recognize??
Leadership and creativity
Learnt a few things about leadership from a very a knowledgeable colleague today. It seems that as early as the Ancient Greek days, Plato had laid down a recipe...