Tag: Love

• Noticing the Ordinary

  

  Let’s consider the socially awkward Clark Kent. He constantly makes a total fool of himself in front of the charming Lois Lane. He stumbles, falls and never fails to embarrass himself when he’s around her as she overlooks the ordinary Clark. As beautiful Lois is to Clark, we know that she feels inadequate in front of…

  Faizul H. Ibrahim

  23/08/2015

  Philosophy

  Clark Kent, kryptonite, Lois Lane, Love, Narrative, Ordinary, Philosophy, Superman, Vanity

• Raw Passage: The Cafe

  

  The cafe is an early riser as it starts to operate while the world is still asleep. Four in the morning seems too early, even for the birds to wake and carry out their worm hunts. Chairs are put down and tables wiped. Curtains are pulled up so hastily while the first batch of coffee…

  Faizul H. Ibrahim

  08/11/2014

  Creative Writing, Philosophy, Raw Passage

  Brazil, Cafe, Coffee, coffee machines, Creative, Creative Writing, Japan, Love, Nostalgia, Philosophy, Raw, South Korea

• Our Moral Compass

  

  What guides our moral compass?  What makes us so sure that something is morally wrong or right? Morality is what we are supposed to do; what we are ought to do. In religious cultures, holy books and scriptures are filled with moral rules on how we’re supposed to act to align yourself with God. The Quran forbids…

  Faizul H. Ibrahim

  07/11/2014

  Culture, Philosophy

  Abraham Lincoln, David Humes, Dracula, Emotions, Glaucon, Love, Minions, Moral Compass, Moral Rule, Morality, Napoleon Bonaparte, Noam Chomsky, Passion, Patriotism, Philosophy, politics, Reality, religion, Socrates, State, Tyrannosaurus, United States, Vietnam, Virtue