“The African race is a rubber ball. The harder you dash it to the ground, the higher it will rise.” - African Proverb Today was a lazy da...

“There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.” - Jane Austen Ah, it’s good to be home! While I love travelling, after a while ...

“All religions must be tolerated, for every man must get to heaven his own way.” - Frederick the Great As it was our last day in Singapor...

“A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” - Lao Tzu Today we decided to visit Malaysia, just like that, on th...

“We're living in a time when the world has suddenly discovered India because it’s run out of raw material for its imagination. The raw ...

“What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.” - Lord Byron T...

“Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more people move from rural to urban sites, but that has created enormous problem...

“I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand.” - Edward Appleton Singapore has ...

“Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you, and be silent.” – Epictetus We are travelling to Singapore where I ha...

“All is flowing, ever in a state of flux. Change alone is unchanging.” – Heraclitus of Ephesus The world is changing rapidly all around u...

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” - Henry David Thoreau I was mining my archives again this evening looking through old ...

“Public calamity is a mighty leveller” - Edmund Burke The terrible news of the New Zealand earthquake caught me on the road. Yet another ...

  “Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.” - Mark Twain We watched the 2009 Duncan Jones science fictio...

“Promise yourself to live your life as a revolution and not just a process of evolution.” - Anthony J. D'Angelo It is the anniversary...

“Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?” - Greta Garbo Another busy week that was q...

“Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.” - Victor Hugo Tarragon , Artemisia dracunculus , is the birthday plant for this day.  It...

“Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.” - Proverbs 26:12 While travelling I was once again ...

“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.” - Langston Hughes I ...

“There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.” – Gautama Buddha Today is the day that the Lupercalia was celebrated ...

“Who, being loved, is poor?” - Oscar Wilde Happy Valentines’ Day! If you are into celebrating it, that is… Nearly everyone I know is not...