I have just returned from a talk given by Venerable Sangye Khardo at the Amitabha Buddhist Centre (just a short walk through the red light district from the MRT).

Meditating is harder than it sounds. All I had to do was concentrate on my breathing in and out. Just focusing solely on that for the count of 10. It sounds easy until you try to do it. I found myself nodding off frequently. Time passes differently when you are meditating. What felt like half an hour was in fact 15 minutes.

I am going to try meditating in the morning to see if my day is actually calmer and more peaceful.