There is nothing in the universe that you are not. ~ Rumi
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Nothing is so important
Get a Voki now!
"Nothing is so important that (it) can't be forgotten the next minute."
~Last words attributed to
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
The Holy Spirit appears to have a great sense of humor
This prayer cycle seems to be a rather engaging activity so I decided to recite it every 2 weeks and see what develops.
Especially since I found myself breaking out in laughter for no good reason.
(Blogger loves inserting additional line breaks for no good reason and this happens only when I use Chrome so it's Firefox from now on.)
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Andrew Ong, Sai Baba and Oil of Wintergreen
Here's what I dug out from my Sent folder.
Yesterday Friday (20 November 2010) around tea-time when it was raining off and on, I was unable to get home without getting drenched, so hopped around Ipoh Garden South looking for munchies to get distracted with. You may know that at the corner where Andrew Ong has his hair salon is an Indian food shop right next to a side lane.
The food shop was closed but just as I stepped onto the verandah, I encountered a familiar large cloud of fragrance of Oil of Wintergreen the width of the shop, so doubled back a couple of times looking for its source.
Wallah, it seemed to emanate from the stairs leading up to his salon but I did not think much of it and went on to the coffee shop at the other end of the block.
You may recall that last October*, I told you I had smelled just such a fragrance several times downtown and in the most unlikely places too. Not to mention outside and inside the double storey terrace house where I had lived the last 4 years.
What a curious planet we inhabit.
*When I checked my diary, it was around mid 2009 when i visited the (new to me) Shirdi Sai Baba shrine at the corner of Hugh Low Street and Leech Street.
That Oil of Wintergreen fragrance manifested the very next day at various intensities, sizes and locations for 4 or 5 consecutive days. Apart from what smelled like Brylcreem (a greasy hair cream dating back to the 50s) outside the corner lot of the terrace houses.
These 2 fragrances are part of my childhood memories but apart from that, these manifestations were not hallucinations. A house mate** can confirm at least 1 encounter.
Is there something the universe is telling me that I should investigate?
PS: Oil of Wintergreen or methyl salicylate is the main ingredient in Kwan Loong medicated oil that I grew up with. It's still sold nowadays.
**edited 9 Dec 2013: LHS
Yesterday Friday (20 November 2010) around tea-time when it was raining off and on, I was unable to get home without getting drenched, so hopped around Ipoh Garden South looking for munchies to get distracted with. You may know that at the corner where Andrew Ong has his hair salon is an Indian food shop right next to a side lane.
The food shop was closed but just as I stepped onto the verandah, I encountered a familiar large cloud of fragrance of Oil of Wintergreen the width of the shop, so doubled back a couple of times looking for its source.
Wallah, it seemed to emanate from the stairs leading up to his salon but I did not think much of it and went on to the coffee shop at the other end of the block.
You may recall that last October*, I told you I had smelled just such a fragrance several times downtown and in the most unlikely places too. Not to mention outside and inside the double storey terrace house where I had lived the last 4 years.
What a curious planet we inhabit.
*When I checked my diary, it was around mid 2009 when i visited the (new to me) Shirdi Sai Baba shrine at the corner of Hugh Low Street and Leech Street.
That Oil of Wintergreen fragrance manifested the very next day at various intensities, sizes and locations for 4 or 5 consecutive days. Apart from what smelled like Brylcreem (a greasy hair cream dating back to the 50s) outside the corner lot of the terrace houses.
These 2 fragrances are part of my childhood memories but apart from that, these manifestations were not hallucinations. A house mate** can confirm at least 1 encounter.
Is there something the universe is telling me that I should investigate?
PS: Oil of Wintergreen or methyl salicylate is the main ingredient in Kwan Loong medicated oil that I grew up with. It's still sold nowadays.
**edited 9 Dec 2013: LHS
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