impermanence
impermanence is inevitably pending knowingly cherish
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scratches & intolerance
Once, I noticed this tiny scratch near the headphone jack of my then newly-bought device. It made me really upset for a long time. Then we moved into our new home and…
How to capture and distribute what we learn?
Recently I’ve come across 3 websites that gave me a mini-adrenaline rush when I saw them: http://fourmilab.ch/ http://bactra.org/notebooks/ http://www.gwern.net/ Credit where it is due, 2 of them are from following Michael Nielsen…
unpeeling layers
Years ago I had a job I thought I had loved. But it came to a point in time when circumstances made it untenable for me to stay – it was only…
compressed mind
the mind compresses like enclosing hurricanes I try not to drown
shadow
my shadow darkensceaselessly haunts in silenceas I awaken
swaying trees
the trees sway in sync the storm raging endlessly so what the wing sings
stripping away suffering
I woke up feeling unwell yesterday and decided against going for a run. I was worried that it would flood my body with more cortisol, putting it under more stress than it…
My emotional intensity
I am that person capable of tears when I see two stray dogs running in tandem on a street side by side, when my friends exchange marriage vows, when strangers smile at…
responding meaningfully
I only ran once in my entire trip in Kyoto. I justified it with the amount of distance I was walking every day. Upon returning to Singapore I went for a run…