Meditation XVII – I’ll probably get no hits or comments

I mean that. I’ve not written in over a week and I make my “comeback” with an excerpt of someone elses writing and not mine. Its just that I felt very inspired and enlightened after  a long time. And I’d like to post it here and possibly hope that someone who hasn’t read it before will [...]

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Our Lil’ Shamin’s Gone

He just upped and went. Said some story about sound engineering in Singapore. Hope the lil’ fella will be back sooner than we all realize. This is us on his last day here at the Joe-Pete 50 overs. (What’s that Joe doing behind us in the Pete’s tent!?!?!?)

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Funeral Benefits

This is in no way an insult at death but in the way some affluent people deal with it. I’ve lost many people in my life and one of them was more than just very dear to me. Death hurts.
Thing is I was om my way back from a meeting yesterday and I saw a [...]

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I’m Gay. I’m Tamil. Live with it?

This is all about changing attitudes and if there is actually a right or wrong way to do it.
To change racism or homophobia for instance you need to first change the attitudes and mindsets of people.
A lively debate sprung up over a drink last night. The two points of argument were as follows
1. To change [...]

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So this ad award stuff…

Sorry for the silence all. Have been busy. Work is back with a vengeance and my golden egg is slowly creeping back into my head from the looks of it. Not quick enough though. I have been reading you all though when time permits. And I do permit myself at least a couple of hours [...]

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The Island goes PUBIC

In case most of you are not regular readers of The Island, I’d like to bring to your notice a little something that got published in a little section called the “headline” on Wednesday 5th March 2008. Yes, that’s right. The day before yesterday. It had some startling revelations about the Chief Justice. Either he [...]

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Honest as Salt

I was recently talking to my cousin who recently got involved with someone. And he kept asking me why I didn’t think he was serious about this relationship. I told him that he didn’t seem to be honest with his new lover despite the involvement. There’s so much he seems to keep from this new [...]

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Across the Universe

Among the list of unknown films nominated for this years academy awards, a slightly bigger than little indie film called across the universe, full of new arrangements of 34 of John, Paul, George & Ringo’s originals, made the Oscar list. Ok, so it only got nominated for best costumes, I think and it didn’t even [...]

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