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October 14, 2010

Trading Classic Chart Patterns

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Your Money or Your Life?

September 19, 2010

I read this off a book and can’t resist but share it. Masochistic but must go look for this book, written by Joe Dominguez who retired at 31 with enough money to spend the rest of his life enjoying himself doing volunteer work. The title of the book is ‘Your Money or Your Life’. But [...]

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My Name is Khan

September 18, 2010

Every once in a while, hatred in the name of religion raises its ugly head. Fortunately, every once in a while, individuals rise above the muck and strengthen the truth that understanding and compassion cuts across all religious extremism. Such is the story of the movie ‘My name is Khan’. Set in America, this movie [...]

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Nike SQ Dymo Driver – a Review

August 25, 2010

As a non competition golfer or rather having retired from being a “professional” better,I have not changed my golf driver, preferring my trusted Callaway Pro of 15 years. Old drivers are good as they are trusted to cater to your swing rather than the other way round. As they say, better the old dog than [...]

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Face Changing Magic

August 19, 2010

The first time I saw a “Bian Nian” or face changing show was about eight years ago in Chengdu. This is art is supposedly so secret and taught only to very selected students. And who gets to be these selected students? No need to guess, only the sons have this privilege! This video has an [...]

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Care to Donate a Body Part?

August 12, 2010

It is taught that the practice and fruition of all virtues begin with generosity. Come to think of it, it seems to make sense. It is only through being able to give things away that stuff like ego, pride, selfishness can be conquered. Suddenly, that voice of ours that says, “Hey, this ten dollars is [...]

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Book Review-Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer

July 28, 2010

Paths of Glory (Click here to own a copy) It was such that I was unable to revisit Tibet this summer. Where I had planned to go, it is biting cold, harsh and pristine. Set at the top of the world, this grassland sits with the Himalayas since time immemorial. However I found some consolation [...]

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Bruce Lee Screen Test

July 19, 2010

With the recent interest in Wing Chun Kung Fu movies, I find this screen test of Bruce Lee rather interesting. I am not a Bruce Lee fan as such but much credit is owed to him for popularising Wing Chun, directly or indirectly.

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What is Reiki?

July 9, 2010

What is Reiki? 靈气 Reiki learning, at least the one that I underwent consists of three levels. More accurately, it should be called stages. But then, “levels” has a nice ring to it, giving the student the feeling of having attained something. Levels give the feeling of height and progress. The student likes it, the [...]

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Yushu struck by Cyclone

July 6, 2010

I just had a brief conversation with Minam Rinpoche and learnt: 1. The situation in Yushu has stabilised but the greatest concern now is the coming winter. In two months or so the weather is going to turn cold again. As we know, the winter there is harsh and temperatures is sub zero. Without proper [...]

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