Josh Story

"I have left so much behind", Pi said, "In the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go."

"But what hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye."

Yann Martel's Life of Pi is reviewed by a school boy.

"Belief requires a leap of faith, and so it is a matter of our choice," he concludes.

The missing God meant BIG trouble for him, little Josh thought, given his mischief-making track record.

Funny story with a retold joke on how kids think...

Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared who announced to the villagers that he wanted to buy monkeys.

He offered to pay a silver coin for each monkey.

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Josh tells Isha how Moses saves the Israelites, using engineers to build a bridge at Red Sea & later destroys the bridge.

Retold funny joke on Biblical story...

“Never anger your nurse,” Isha jokes with Rosh, when he fumes at her leaving Isha unattended & bleeding in the night following Josh’s forceps delivery.

"The US National Institute on Drug Abuse says that ultimately you get small balls because your body is so worried about making muscles, it forgets about your nuts."

"So you get these huge muscles, but a TINY little package. Which will probably make the girls just laugh at you instead of being impressed."

The Chapel Service takes its toll on little Josh's mind, when he attends one at Hosh's Boarding School one weekend.

Funny story with retold Christian jokes...

An estimated 50,000 marchers joined one of the biggest protests in Auckland for decades on the 1st of May 2010 asking the Government to stay away from mining on conservation land.

The government was forced to back down. It promised that no mining will be allowed on conservation estate.

Mr. Brownlee had said, "We acknowledge mining is an emotive issue."

"But we hope a rational conversation can now take place about the potential for utilizing more of the country's valuable natural resources for the greater good.”

"In a 2008 report, consultant geologist Richard Barker estimated the potential value of just seven of our minerals, including gold, copper, iron and molybdenum at $140 billion. The Southland lignite field was valued at another $100 billion."

"And that was just onshore resources in 2008. Obviously the stakes and values are a lot higher now.”

Post mineral harvestation, miners should be encouraged to convert wasteland into land suitable for habitation or cultivation on periodic basis within the consent timeframes rather than at project end as is the norm currently, when enforcement becomes problematical.

Can we learn something from the Syrian Refugee Crisis?

Insightful story on how European Union is working together to provide relief for these tragedies.

"Rome ruled that land at the time of Jesus," answered Rosh, "so the Jews lived under Roman law. The Jewish crowd wanted the adulterous woman to be stoned to death according to their law at the time."

"But if they stoned the woman, they would be prosecuted for murder by the Romans. If they didn't stone her to death, they wouldn't be following their own ancient law."

Zhuangzi knew about the happiness of fish, but Huizi’s skepticism only gets him circular answers.

Funny story of the famous Chinese philosopher’s clever rejoinders...

Life can be tough in the shadow of an exceptional sibling.

Insightful story on sibling envy.

Which is the lesser evil when you are consumed by jealousy?

“Beer – helping people enjoy sex since about 5,000 BC - is also made of grains. All healthy stuff. Drink more, be healthier. Have sex, be even more healthier."

"Beer also helps a man show his emotions. Spill one and he'll cry.”

Liam O'Flaherty story: The Sniper

Irish Republicans and Free Staters were waging civil war in the 1920s.

A sniper hunted from a Dublin rooftop on a dark night

Reflections on Liam O'Flaherty story, The Sniper.

War makes enemies out of brothers & neighbors.

In the darkness within & without, do they know who they shoot at or why?