Tonight is my last night alone in Toronto. From tomorrow until the day I fly back to Singapore I will be surrounded by people. And for some reason, I wanted to have some time alone tonight. Just me… in Toronto. I came to this city a curious and eager 19 year old. I remember the […]
Category: Philosophical Musings
Posts I make when pensive
Once You Had Gold
It’s slowly sinking in through the whirl of things I’ve had to busy myself with… I’ll be saying good-bye to Toronto soon. I’m sad, but yet not as sad as I would have been if I had to say good-bye a few years ago. Why? Partly because I feel that it is time to move […]
Pain
And a woman spoke, saying, “Tell us of Pain.” And he said: Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain. And could you keep your heart in wonder at […]
Revelation
Earlier today, something escaped my lips which revealed to me something about my inner state. It was one of those moments when I did something that was the complete opposite of my conscious intention, and when I regretted my words as soon as I realized I had said them. I feel deep regret for the […]
Beyond Right & Wrong
No one can hurt you if you are determined to do what is right; and blessed are you if you have to suffer for being upright. Have no dread of them; have no fear. Simply proclaim the Lord Christ holy in your hearts, and always have your answer ready for people who ask you the […]
After Tears
Hi. My name is Ann Yeong. I’m 28 years old. And… I don’t know what the heck I’m doing. :) Ok, so that was a bit of an exaggeration. But it’s so darned true that I don’t have it all together. And it seems that most of the time I’m so busy denying that I […]
Waiting
This is a post I wrote in early December 2006. At the time I didn’t feel it was time to post it. I post it now because it is a timely reminder to myself… I’ve been feeling anxious and irritable with myself and others these past few days. But I also post it because it […]
Tending My Garden
Let silence speak to silence. Let deep speak to deep. Let words not be squandered lest they lose the power to rebuke and to heal. Cultivate a garden of solitude and baptize it with silence Then your words will be as seeds when received by fertile hearts, and they will flower and bear fruit in […]
Gibran on Reason & Passion
Recently, a fellow emotionally-rich friend mused on the perennial question of Reason and Passion. I thought Gibran wrote on the topic beautifully: And the priestess spoke again and said: “Speak to us of Reason and Passion.” And he answered saying: Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon which your reason and your judgment wage war […]
Befriending Failure
Dedicated to Jing Jing in gratitude for the conversation that sparked this post. We make mistakes. Big ones, small ones. We often do badly for various things. An exam, an important relationship, our work… there are dozens of areas we can screw up in. And as the sorry human fumblers we are, we often do […]
Journey of the Heart 