Same-sex attraction: a Christian Perspective; part one and part 2. “Rev Dr Yap Kim Hao is one of few gay-affirming pastors in Singapore and had been a pastor of the Methodist churches in Malaysia and Singapore and served as its first Asian Bishop in 1968-73, and was later the General Secretary of the Christian Conference of [...]

Six things I did in 2005 (trackback here). 1. Helped organize, and spoke at BloggerCon. 15, 17, 12. All 3 of us on the IRC backchannel instead of listening to Brown. 2. Became an aunt, realized I’m no longer young. 3. Caught the travelbug. Caught it bad. Saw one wonder of the world (Angkor). Climbed it. Phnom Bakheng. 4. Fell [...]

Best albums, my pick: Sufjan Stevens – Illinois The New Pornographers – Twin Cinema The Decemberists – Picaresque Deerhoof – The Runners Four Madonna – Confessions on a Dancefloor (don’t ask) Kanye West – Late Registration My Morning Jacket – Z Broken Social Scene – Broken Social Scene Bloc Party – Silent Alarm Sleater-Kinney – The Woods (Pitchfork’s, and Popmatters’) Worst Music Moment: Dragostea Din [...]

If you’ve ever tried to pick up someone coming overland, you have to keep in mind that you have no way of knowing if the vehicle arrived an hour ago, or fell into a ravine along the way. Or if it is caught in a city’s maddening lunch hour traffic. So it was, as I [...]

Much has been said of airports. Of the Global Village gathered in this one place, of the microcosms they form, its elite money-making sons and daughters of all tribes scurrying between here and there, its migrant sons and daughters scurrying from here to there, its holiday-making sons and daughters just scurrying, scurrying, scurrying. In the [...]

The last time I ate there was the time I first went to KL (circa 1996). I really don’t like yong tau foo that much as to go all the way to Ampang. My brother reports from KL (on a separate trip) that a Chinese KL taxi driver tells him how to instruct taxi [...]

Z: “Am I becoming repetitive?” Me: “What?” Z: “Do you think I’m becoming repetitive?” Me: “What? I can’t hear you.” Z: “AM I becoming repetitive to you?” Me: “WHAT?” Z: “I said… urm. Am I becoming repetitive. But my question’s been answered. And you’re getting deaf.” Me: “What?” I should listen to music that’s lighter on the ears.. I really do paint myself [...]

The kingdom of Jesus Christ has temporarily moved. Um. To the tenth floor.

Nothing to report yet, except: (1) damn this country has free wifi everywhere (2) these bloody summits are causing traffic jams and easily agitated taxi drivers (3) somebody should make me.. ASEAN ambassador. Oh, AND: GOD HELP ME FROM BLOODY SINGAPOREANS. The cab drivers want RM15 for the short drive from Bukit Bintang to Chinatown. I’d rather [...]

Drinking air mata kuching five times a day. Eating loh shu fun, and Madam Kwan’s nasi bojari/ beef rendang/ fried chicken, after having dreamed of it for weeks. The prospect of dinner at Flam’s. Having Amira a short walk away from me. Having two ATM machines in the same hotel room as me. Having Z in a few days. Finding [...]