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Defiance

Posted on November 17, 2022 by admin

I AM IN AWE. If you listen to one thing this week, listen to this interview: Legendary BBC presenter and China editor Carrie Gracie, live in London, on the Sinica podcast. “It is the defiance that I learned in China … Continue reading →

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Kite

Posted on November 1, 2021 by admin

Watching an eagle soar across the hilltop circle of Bukit Dumbar Reservoir Park, and then be ambushed from seven o’clock by a Brahminy kite with its cotton-white head and red-rust body, and seeing a large snake writhe in the eagle’s … Continue reading →

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When the sky is starless

Posted on August 10, 2021 by mobile

My man put his book down, turned off his headlamp, and rolled over, back to me. We were planning to wake up before sunrise to get a good start on the long drive back to Cape Town airport, so although … Continue reading →

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Mendahului propaganda anti-vaksin Covid-19

Posted on May 22, 2021 by mobile

Sumber (versi asal dalam BI): https://www.malaymail.com/news/what-you-think/2021/02/23/pre-empting-the-anti-covid-19-vaccine-propaganda-amar-singh-hss-alan-teh-ke/1952040 23 FEBRUARI – Rencana ringkas ini bertujuan membantu kita memahami sebab-sebabnya jika berlaku beberapa kematian dalam kalangan mereka yang menerima vaksinasi Covid-19, terutamanya golongan warga emas. Tujuan rencana ini adalah menentang pengaruh lobi anti-vaksin … Continue reading →

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Addressing the rumour that mRNA Covid vaccines can cause infertility

Posted on May 1, 2021 by mobile

Cross-post from Facebook === I’ve now had 2 different friends on 2 different continents mention the rumour that mRNA vaccines will cause infertility due to “shedding of the genetic instructions” for the corona spike protein messing up the “naturally occurring … Continue reading →

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As in a mirror, dimly

Posted on April 18, 2021 by mobile

(crossposted from Facebook/added links/might expand on my thoughts later) Someone on a Malaysian expats group shared that they were trying to learn Chinese so other people started sharing their experiences, I wrote a very cheong hei comment so I thought … Continue reading →

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Lord of the Rings audiobook reread

Posted on April 11, 2021 by mobile

Little details I didn’t pay attention to when I was a kid: The journal of the recolonisation of Moria was written by multiple people in multiple scripts. Near the end when they were under attack, someone, probably Ori, switched to … Continue reading →

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Oh Leila

Posted on January 19, 2021 by admin

Half an hour to curfew. The streets are already silent. People often ask me if I’m afraid to be out at night. To cycle at night. To walk at night, a woman alone in Durban. It seems foolhardy but in … Continue reading →

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What is the taste

Posted on January 11, 2021 by admin

Recently, I like to heave open the half-jammed balcony door and take my food or coffee outside. The unspoken, superficial excuse is the piece of paper on the door of the lunchroom printed “Maximum 3 persons in this room”; I … Continue reading →

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The labyrinth

Posted on December 17, 2020 by admin

(crossposted to Facebook) In my dreams there is a labyrinth that comprises the world. Every landmark building in my earlier life has dissolved into this amalgam. The first time I went to a hospital. The first shopping mall I saw. … Continue reading →

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