An Artist’s Endless Fun
Posthumous Post Please enjoy another of my Chinese ink and colour landscape paintings inspired by a poem written by the famous Qing Dynasty poet and artist ''Yun Shouping''. In the poem, Yun describes a beautiful landscape painting of magnificent and precipitous mountains and deep valleys surrounded by clouds and mists as good artwork. This poem inspired several famous Chinese landscape…
An Individual’s Journey in a Changing World
The world has changed. I feel it in the water, in the earth, and smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none live now who remember it (Lord of the Rings). Nearly a quarter of the way into the 21st century, the cultural, political, and technological realities of the 20th century have been left behind…
Starting a New Hobby at 70
Before you write this off, hear me out. Last Christmas, my children gifted me a large box containing over 2000 pieces to be assembled. No, it was not a jigsaw puzzle. When completed, it would be, in 3D- the legendary Airbus CONCORDE - yes, that supersonic marvel that reigned the skies from the 1970s until its forced retirement in 2003. …
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Three Perspectives on Balance
Next Saturday, Professor Foo Keong Tatt will give a talk entitled “The…
How to Live Correctly IV: Cause and Effect
One morning, the Master practised Qigong in the garden with his students.…
You Need Only Six Items When You Travel
I met such a traveller in 1968 during my hitch-hiking days in…
How to Live Correctly III: Big Trees Attract Strong Wind
The Master and his students lived in a small town by the…
Paintings for Your Viewing Pleasure
Posthumous Post Please enjoy these gorgeous Cockatoos, flamingos, and hummingbirds with beautiful…
How to Live Correctly II: A Zebra is a Zebra
One day, a student asked the Master: “Is the zebra a white…
Mid-autumn Festival – on Moon-cakes and Lanterns
The mid-autumn, 中秋节 also called the moon-cake festival, is joyously celebrated by…
How to Live Correctly I: Happiness
The Chinese traditional belief is that to have a good and successful…
Smells Remembered III: Cockroaches and Bed Bugs
Yet another smell I remember from my Chinatown childhood days was that…
Smells Remembered II: Swill Collector
The other unforgettable smell from my childhood was swill. I sometimes thought…
Smells Remembered I: Night Soil Carrier
Some of the most vivid memories of living in Trengganu Street and…
Blending In
A sharing by Ling Sing Lin Orange Seahorses When biologists captured a pair of orange pygmy seahorses in the Philippines, they brought them back to the Californian Academy of Sciences. …
