The Buddhist teaching is about the middle way – taking neither extremes. It means the taking of a middleground. But I must say, the middleground sucks. Here’s a picture to explain the whole thing, since a picture is a thousand words:

And then, comes the words. Of course there are words. When Buddhist monks go on [...]

Our good friend, Pope Benedict XVI claimed today that the world’s cruelty comes from atheists (Hat tip to John Walkenbach). You can read the actual excepts here.
You know, I have always been led to believe that Christianity is a ‘loving’ religion (the woman I love is of a Christian faith, even when I am not). [...]

I recently acquired a movie – Shanghai Kiss. I originally acquired it because Hayden Panittiere is in it. Those who know me knows that I recently abandoned my jacaranda wallpaper for a nice high resolution picture of her. Anyways, I watched Shanghai Kiss last night, and found it to be not bad.
Usually, I don’t review [...]

I admit I have a fetish for Dim Sum. I like dim sum a lot. And this morning, I ate at a restaurant Kai Loon recommended – Hong Kee. No, this will not be a post with pictures of dim sum and food, rather, it will be a post with cultural musings, and thoughts about [...]

This post is to humor Shyuing, who’s been going through hell (I assume) studying for her Macroeconomics.
We Chinese have a custom called Qing Ming (清明). It is akin to All Souls’ Day in the west. Qing Ming is a time for us Chinese to honor our dead ancestors, tend to the graves of the departed [...]

Today’s the last day of the Chinese New Year celebrations. My dad shared with me a few things that… I can’t help but laugh. Though I doubt that you’d understand. But since it’s the last day of Chinese New Year, I thought I’d honor my own heritage.
The fun thing goes as this-

I’ve just gotten back from Penang yesterday. Well, since classes have started today, Chinese New Year celebrations were kinda rushed. But here’s a wordy and lengthy recap (that no one except those really interested in my life will bother to read)