“The words are not good for the secret meaning, everything always becomes a bit different, as soon as it is put into words, gets distorted a bit, a bit silly—yes, and this is also very good, and I like it a lot, I also very much agree with this, that this what is one man’s treasure and wisdom always sounds like foolishness to another person.” ― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
A couple of months ago, I was quite amazed when two friends, husband and wife, were singing praises on the TV series The Tudors. This was a TV series by Showtime Productions more than ten years ago. It is now being re-shown on cable TV. My friends were so impressed by the series and thought everything in… Continue reading Historical Fiction on TV: Tudors & ROME
My Ramadhan article published full-page in the Philippine Post A few days ago, while I was browsing the web, I found a tumblr blog that re-published my magazine article on Ramadhan. I had uploaded that article in one of my blogs. I tried looking for my blog that had that article but I couldn't find… Continue reading Ramadhan – A Time for Fasting and Praying
From my QUANTUM CINEMA column in Mr. & Ms. Magazine, Supermonthly of the Body, Mind and Spirit, Sept. 2007: After a very disappointing Goblet of Fire, English Director David Yates brought Magic back in Harry Potter: The Order of the Phoenix, the 5th installment of the Harry Potter series based on the phenomenal novels of J.K.… Continue reading Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix
“A physician without knowledge of astrology has no right to call himself a physician” – Hippocrates (born ca. 400 BC) Astrology was studied and respected in the ancient Egyptian civilization, in the Greek and Roman civilizations, in the old Islamic civilization, and in the Renaissance. In 1125, the chair of Astrology was founded at… Continue reading ASTROLOGY and HEALTH
"Spreading out the particle into a string is a step in the direction of making everything we're familiar with fuzzy. You enter a completely new world where things aren't at all what you're used to." - Edward Witten There is a new theory in the scientific community - the M-theory. Princeton professor Edward Witten,… Continue reading The Magic of Science
The cover story for this month's Mr. & Ms. magazine, Supermonthly of the Body, Mind and Spirit is Daniel Radcliffe of Harry Potter fame. I can't wait to see Order of the Phoenix. I have high hopes that director David Yates will not make the same mistakes as Director Mike Newell. Check out the site… Continue reading Daniel Radcliffe of Harry Potter is magazine cover story
Postprandial Musings, 2.0 