Category Archives: Literature

The Beautyful Ones Are (still) Not Yet Born

When I started this blog more than four years ago (as a young, fresh wide-eyed newcomer into the working world), one of my first posts was titled “The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born“. In that particular post, I made … Continue reading

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Things Fall Apart

Two books I studied for Lit. a long time ago always reemerge in my head. Especially of late when thinking hard about the situation Malaysia is in. It seems the Man, the protagonist in Ayi Kwei Arma’s book, “The Beautyful … Continue reading

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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Pirsig, in his book classic (which I admittedly never got round to reading till now – when I’ve been sick and stuck at home luxuriously with books in my lap that I finally have some time to look through), “Zen … Continue reading

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Sing Song

I’m thinking of presenting a song I wrote, during the Social Justice talk. Not sure if it’s appropriate, but it is about freedoms and the choices people make in life. It is about the imagined freedoms people think they have, … Continue reading

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On words

I’ve been indulging myself recently with poetry and prose, and none of them to do with my supposedly intellectual study of theology and public policy (the two subjects I ought to drown myself in). Words stir in the hearts of … Continue reading

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Animal Farm

Orwell wrote a long time ago that “all are born equal, but some are more equal than others”. In his book, the pigs took over the animal farm, in an amusing play of characters and dialogue – all pointing towards … Continue reading

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Pilgrim’s Progress

Perchanced upon a 21st Century version of Pilgrim’s Progress here. Interesting take on modern day Christianity. On another note, a website called Muhammad, Prophet of Doom is here. Some random sites on religion that might be of interest.

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Brave New World

Read one of those books I “should have read but never got round to” over the weekend: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Written in 1932, it had an insight too deep for its time. Predicting that humanity would be … Continue reading

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Howard Bloom

Heard of this guy? Said to be the next Stephen Hawking, or so his website here says..  (of course they would) But check it out. If I read correctly from the reviews, he combines spirituality, philosophy, science, anthropology, history and … Continue reading

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Browning the Bible I

I've written on this briefly before, but again as the movie comes into town with a big bang and wallakazzam I'll summarise a little of what was spoken about today during a "Da Vinci Code I" session. The book and … Continue reading

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