Archive for October, 2007
The illegal homosexual in conservative Asian Singapore
0 Comments Published February 28th, 2006 in Homosexuality, SocietyGot this link from a post in SiGNeL today. Its quite interesting to see how our laws on homosexuality compares with the rest of the world. As we know it, many times the issue of decriminalising section 377 and/or 377a (also See article in wikipedia on this) is raised, our dear rulers would quickly quip […]
The BBC documentary, Life on Earth, attempts to trace the path of evolution on Earth from the tiny algae and bateria to dinosaurs and finally man.
In the last of the series, David Attenborough commented:
“The last of this series was focused on entirely one specied, MAN. … It may have given the impression that man somehow […]
Doraemon and me have a few things in common:
- Round, heavy, but cute!
- Loves dora-yaki
- Witty and clever (snicker)
Puke!! Anyway, enough of narcissism. I grew up with Doraemon comics, and one main difference this has with a lot of other Japanese comics is that its based around life in real Japanese towns, unlike a lot […]
American Idol <- Are we at fault?
0 Comments Published February 24th, 2006 in Buddhism, Thinking aloudOld LJ entry posted on Jun. 2nd, 2004 @ 11:43 pm
When we watch footage of auditions for the American Idol, many of us would have felt embarrassed at one point or another, by the daringness of the contestants, their inabilities to hear themselves and their self imagined greatness.
We would have said to ourselves: “Don’t they […]
Old LJ entries posted on Jan. 7th, 2004 @ 12:10 am
I am currently reading this Buddhist book by Joseph Goldstein called One Dharma. Its a book about how or what form Buddhism can emerge from the Western countries.
One common theme, that I realised, among most of the Buddhist books from Western authors and even non-Western […]
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