The ragged pieces of ideas and thoughts of my attempt to live a life as a contemporary monastic in the urban city of Singapore..
In my past few reflections, I've been thinking of reading more and getting back into the habit of doing so. The busyness of work had really been getting to me that I'm dried up rather than being fulfilled by it. I missed having perspective and move things rather than be moved by it. It's one of those things we go through when we are passive about life. Being active means praying, meditating of God's word, reading, exercising and visiting the old folks home.
I grabbed a book 2 days ago which I finished reading within a night. A good 6 hours stretch, I read with great enlightment its conclusion at about 3am in the morning. The next day was play day at our Staff's Family Day so that means a good 2 active activity in a row.
The book is called the Tipping Point. I'm not good with names so I can't tell you his exact name. It's Malcolm something, the same author who wrote 'Blink'. Ah him.. i hear you say... His dealing with the issue of social epidemic in the book is excellent and gives us a hint of the characteristics of the trends and patterns we are better off knowing.
I recommend it to all those who gather in big groups and talk for hours just to end up with a solution that deals with the surface of the issue. If you like me are one of them, you must read this. It goes into my list of 'Books Of Fame'.
posted by Hiew Hong Teck # 11:30 AM
Saturday, June 03, 2006