Just Show Up
Appointments, dates, and deadlines have been crowding my schedule lately. Having been a homebody and introvert much of my life, it’s strange to find myself going…
Lessons from Improvisational Theatre
After spending much of my life hiding from attention, I started coming out of my shell around the time I became a history tour guide in 2007. It…
Transform & Expand
Painted pattern sketch, 11 Feb 2015. All rights reserved (on this image itself). Feel free to study/deconstruct/copy the pattern onto paper–no measurements were needed, just…
Traveling, Dreaming, and Altered States
I was around thirteen years of age when, on vacation, I found myself having a strange experience at night in the resort hotel in Trengganu,…
Tea Time: Return to Centre
Eliza: The Game of Hearts We often forget the power of words. Words are magic. Words contain power. We have forgotten that words should not…
Tea Time: Overflow and Undertow
We haven’t had one of these in a while, huh? Reminders, Resources and Acknowledgements I really needed this one, going through a tough time right now.…
Catch and Release
It’s been a long and unplanned break from the blog, partly due to personal and work-related circumstances, not to mention a family vacation thrown into…
Reality vs Models of Reality
I’m now a decade-and-a-half removed from my college years. American college was very different from my one year in a Singaporean university: I was unlimited…
The Mind Analyses, the Heart Realises
One of the most meaningful lessons that my Buddhist teachers left me with was that spiritual realisation was a different ball game from mental realisation.…
Tea Time today comes with high tides
Looking through my dream journal, I found I’ve been lucid dreaming every 3-4 days. I also have a “nightmare” every week or so. The latest…