Final Reflections for 2007

Yours truly doesn’t want to bore you with this final entry for 2007 C.E. He most certainly doesn’t want to bore you with the details of his academic work. I suppose it’s quite important to me, in the sense I get a decent mark for an essay or an exam, but really, prattling on about [...]

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL RAYMOND LAM FANS.

In today’s session, I need to deal with a problem of this blog that has been occurring intermittently. There are people visiting this blog who are looking for something that had nothing to do with what this blog has to offer at all. I can’t stand that, in the sense that I don’t care if [...]

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Christmas special: On Beethoven’s Symphony #6

Today I bought a CD of Beethoven’s Symphony #6, more well known as the Pastoral Symphony. Out of all of his masterpieces, I am most fond of this one. It is not as lauded as many of his other works, such as the Ninth Symphony or Fur Elise, and while I also love the Ninth [...]

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Awesomeness incarnate.

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The Five Pillars

No, I haven’t converted to Islam. This session I am writing about the five things that made a significant difference in my life. These aren’t one-off events – these are lifelong entities or phenomena that continue to be the backbone of anyone’s life from infancy to adulthood to death. Read my list and see if [...]

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Revisiting

This session I want to clarify what exactly the purpose of this blog is. Essentially it’s a revising and consolidating of why I originally set out to blog, and how it’s come to its current shape and form today.
This blog serves a a repository for thoughts and experiences that are more than simply ‘I ate [...]

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Going to Hong Kong? Visit the Buddha.

The Ngong Ping trail is the best way to travel to the Big Buddha – after all, it is a cable car ride.
Recently there have been some problems with it – but they seem to be resolved now.
I can personally guarantee that it’s a great cable car ride. I’ve traveled on it four times (twice [...]

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The worst techniques in Martial Arts. Ever.

In this session of Buddha Warrior we’re going to discuss the worst techniques of martial arts, whether sports-based or self-defence based. If you practice martial arts – I dare you to try these moves (don’t blame me if you get KO’ed – I’m sure as hell not trying them). These are quotes from the famous [...]

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20,000 hit special.

It’s only been a bit more than a year and this fledgling blog, a religion blog of all things, has over 20,000 hits. either word of this blog is spreading or it remains the reading material of a small group of frequent readers. I think the latter is more likely, but I think that makes [...]

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Neo-Nazis in Brisbane

In one of my lectures yesterday I was told that there are more Neo-Nazis in Brisbane than we think. Actually, Russell Crowe made a movie about that too (Neo-Nazism in Australia). What I find interesting and kind of sad is that those who claim to be Neo-Nazis – and act out their violence on other [...]

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