Photo by uluc This morning I went for my usual jog and this was one of the mornings where I found the jogging path especially long. It is the same…
Tomorrow Never Comes by Norma Marek
The day before Thanksgiving in 2005, Kathy Sartore, married to photographer Joel Sartore, learned she had breast cancer. “Cancer is a thief. It steals time,” Joel says. “But cancer can also be a blessing, an amazing experience that forces us to set things right. My work had made me a stranger to my three kids. With Kathy sick, I knew it was time to stay put for a while.”
Let’s Help Charmaine Fight Her ‘Monster’
“He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.” – Lao Tzu This is a happy weekend for most Americans as they celebrate United States of America’s 233 Independence…
Chicken A La Carte by Ferdinand Dimadura
How fortunate most of us are, to have food served readily on our tables hot from the stove. And yet some of us have often taken the food for granted. We have often reminded our young ones to be grateful for the food served to them and yet most of us are guilty at time for taking it for granted too.
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
More Wordless Wednesday This is a beautiful piece of music by Ryuichi Sakamoto taken from his Trio World Tour in 1996. The first time I heard this piece of instrumental…
Self Respect and Civic-Consciousness
Do Singaporeans really have no sense of self-respect as was criticised by Jackie Chan, in a recent speech he made during the Boao Forum for Asia?
When I am Old
A tribute to all mothers and fathers in the world. The write up, ‘When I am Old,” below was translated by me directly from a Chinese poster I saw, pinned up, on one of the doors at my sister’s house. A gentle reminder that we were once ‘old’ when we were young. Does this make sense to you?