Love
看山是山，看山不是山，看山還是山 This is a famous Chinese saying which translates to: Seeing a mountain as it is, then realising that there is more to the mountain, and finally understanding that the mountain is still a mountain. The above reflects the 3…
Category Miscellaneous
Death
There was once a girl. Born with defects, she should have died at birth. However the mother was unable to make a sound decision and insisted on saving her no matter the cost despite doctors’ advice against it. On the…
Torture Training
In history and in movies, we often see people getting tortured while being interrogated. Across the screen when we look at works of fiction or reading on an incident of long ago, we may wonder how did people manage to…
To The Ends Of The World
How far will you go for love? How far will you go for success? In TV and in movies, we always hear the romantic or motivational words of: “I will go to the ends of the world for you.” However…
The Delusions Of Some Women
In the very early days, certain societies were matriarchal in nature. Women held more power than men. As time goes by, women were suppressed and today, women are finally equal to men in the eyes of the law with some…
Random Chit Chat 05012023
Today let us talk about the random things. Rather than giving the usual full piece article, this time I will let my readers do more thinking on their own. But we will build on the discussions from previous articles. Despite…
Mass Production
Adam Smith is one of the most well-known figures of Economics, seen by some as “The Father of Economics”. In his book ‘The Wealth of Nations, Chapter 1 – The Division of Labour’ he talked about the pin factory. The…
Feel Good Comics
Recently I started reading some feel good Korean manhwa and Chinese manhua, which basically means comic in their respective languages. I generally do not read or watch this kind of stories, but will do so occasionally for some light-hearted moments.…
Understanding Rules
Humans pride themselves to be better than animals for mainly 2 things – our intellectual capabilities and that we have rules. While there are smart animals like dolphins and dogs, none of the species on Earth has an intellectual capability…
I Love You
Love can be expressed in many ways. But the most direct and effective way is to use money. Money cannot buy love, but it sure can buy many things to show your sincerity and to touch the heart of the…
The Empire Of Elon Musk
Elon Musk, currently the richest man on Earth who also has a cult-like following. Different from his peers, people’s perception of him is that of a saviour rather than an obscenely rich man fleecing off the wallets of the common…
Tenacity
In 2003, Aron Lee Ralston became famous for cutting off part of his right arm after it got stuck in an accident when canyoneering alone through the Bluejohn Canyon. He had a choice that time – to die with an…