27Mar15 edit: My thoughts on the viral hate here. 24Mar15 0345hrs GMT+1 edit: Hi folks, I realize this post has circulated far more widely than I had anticipated, roused an extensive…
This post was first published on PopAnth, 3 February 2015. A Multicultural Fest flag ceremony. Photo by Texas A&M University via Flickr [CC BY 2.0]. If you’ve ever been to…
“I wasn’t actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
My grandmother is a woman of many stories. If you spend an afternoon with her negotiating Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew, or Hakka, she might even go into what she was wearing…
Photologuing Ingestion: Man vs. Nature The Avenue, Crawley, Western Australia December 2014
This is a compilation of all my favourite things about music in Singapore. Inspired by an awkward 8-minute conversation I held with a senior Singaporean lady five mornings ago. (It turns…
I was over at the National Gallery of Victoria this weekend and was deeply provoked by a beautiful piece from Vernon Ah Kee, Kuku Yalanji, Waanyi, Koko Berrin, Yidindji, and Gugu Yimithirr. If I…
1) Stop calling me ahmah. You should be calling me popo. 2) Don’t cut your hair. Your body took a lot of effort to grow it this long. 3) You…
