I'm currently raising funds for World Vision, through which Lix and I are sponsoring a child called "Chippo" (a girl who loves drawing onions too much in our opinion). My fundraising is through GIVE.sg, and you can find my fundraising page here (please take a look, and donate :)), called "Run Forrest Run!", named after Forrest Gump, my favourite... Continue Reading →
On Catholicism, science, and being good. Amen.
I was just thinking back to the days when I'd I used to pray each night like the semi-devout catholic I was. Semi, because I wasn't so much into catholic traditions and beliefs, but more of a "being good is what I want to be and Catholicism just so happens to be the most accessible... Continue Reading →
The Running Life
I just completed a 20 minute run. I had intended to go for about 35 minutes, thought about whether or not it was worth it, decided it wasn't, and turned back. Would that additional 15 minutes of run have brought me that extra omph? Or could that 15 minutes be put to better use? I wasn't... Continue Reading →
Airy Trains
There's something about bright airy trains. They're beautiful and certainly something to be grateful for, but I think no one really notices. You should. At least once in a while. ********** Wrapped up in our own thoughts (music, books, worries, aspirations), we may physically live in this world but are not quite part of it.... Continue Reading →
Beethoven vs. Internet Pornography
I like to think of myself as a rather rational person. I weigh pros and cons before making (fateful) decisions; I (try to) think before I speak; I abhor superstition (as best I can) and gravitate toward science. And when you tell me that a certain product, idea, or bias is preferred to another, I... Continue Reading →
Poetry
My creativity has died. Seriously. I can’t think of new things to say or do. And with the end of my creativity comes a feeling of naught. A feeling that screams silence. A feeling of a nothingness like a heavy fog that’s not quite there but everywhere. I can’t remember the last time I felt... Continue Reading →
How to Make Wealth
I revisited my old friend StumbleUpon yesterday. As always, that old friend had a serendipitous article for me stroking my entrepreneurial ambition, striking so many chords I felt like an old guitar. The article was by Paul Graham, one of the founders of Y Combinator (a Yahoo! company focusing on helping startups), called How to... Continue Reading →
On Immigration (In Europe)
I'm currently reading a book called Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, by Christopher Caldwell, which talks about how immigration (and Islam) has affected Europe. Early on in the book Caldwell writes that though Britain has generally been against mass immigration, it has been without much conviction, which could be due to a sense of... Continue Reading →
What other wedding expenses do we need to consider?
Just the other day the Lix started worriedly asking me if we had enough money to get married. I told her we mightn't, and that if it came down to it we'd just borrow what we needed. But Lix has a strong aversion to borrowing. "If we can't afford it," she said, "we shouldn't be... Continue Reading →
The Wheels on the Bus
Night beckoned; the bat's dawn. The moon's out; the sun's gone. Life retreats; life begins. Hidden virtues; hidden sins. Then the wheels on the bus bursts into my head like a mad man opening fire at school children for no reason other than that he's opening fire at school children for no reason. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnupL42gmF4
Donn, fragments 