"when she first heard of Hare Krishnas, she didn't hear right. She heard "Hairless Christians", and that is what they were to her for many years. When I corrected her, I told her that in fact she was not so wrong; that Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed hairless Christians, just as Muslims, in the way they see God in everything, are ( Read more... )

For much of my early 20s, growing up in a postmodernist, gay affirmative church has often made me feel reluctant to make a stand on most matters, especially ethical ones. I guess because after facing so much judgment and discrimination, one is right to be cautious and maybe hesitant to say a simple yes or no. And I suppose it's not all that bad ( Read more... )

 dear friends-who-are-graduating-this-year and friends-of-friends-who-are-graduating-this-year,

my colleague cassandra chew (she of the straits times saturday special reports) needs your help. she is writing an article about undergrads who, instead of waiting for their gazillion job applications to be rejected, are taking matters into their own ( Read more... )

 
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AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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I looked up and saw stars sprinkled across the nightsky, in various degress of brightness.

I tried counting them but more appeared, and I lost count.

I also saw a bright, full moon.

I suddenly realized how big and beautilful this world is - and how small my world was.

This morning, I woke up to a rude awakening, quite literally. You see, my neighbours are remodeling and they're creating quite a ruckus with all that drilling. The contractors were actually nice enough to come over at 10 to say it'll last till tomorrow, though that didn't really appease me, honestly. If there's one thing I hate - it's noise. I ( Read more... )

No, no pictures. But nonetheless, it was beautiful. I'm not sure why...but looking at the wonderful splashes of color across the sky and feeling the ground shudder under my feet made me really happy. Wow.

Does anyone know where I can buy a glow in the dark fix-it-yourself chinese dragon? You know those bits and pieces of skeleton you can fix into a whole?

"All people define situations as real; but when powerful people define situations as real, then they are real for everybody involved in their consequences" -- Hugh Mehan