Nepal is in despair, devastated by a massive Himalayan earthquake which experts claim to occur every 80 years or so. The last comparable earthquake occurred in 1934. This was a tragedy waiting to happen and will probably occur again 80 years from now. Strangely, the experts were silent before the incident. I managed to contact […]
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My friend Dr Dominic Leung was making an unusually long and serious comment on Facebook about disadvantaged people having a sense of entitlement. I was somewhat amused when this morning, an example of that phenomenon he was commenting on virtually slapped me in the face. I was cooking a pot of sayur lodeh when I […]
The Cantonese have a neat phrase 得把口 which translates literally as “got mouth only”. It refers to people who talk more than they do and make light of tasks which are easier said than done. They may talk like experts on the subject, patronising those being talked to, but in reality, they have absolutely no […]
I came across this video on Facebook and as far as socio-political commentaries go, it’s real gem coming from veteran HK actor/director Anthony Wong Chau Sang. His real name is Anthony Perry and yes, he is of mixed British/Chinese parentage. An opinionated, outspoken man who doesn’t mince his words, Anthony’s recent speeches and online posts […]
A couple of years ago when I first made my comeback into the withering world of publishing, a Facebook friend messaged me and asked me how I did the layout for my book. I have not met this guy in person, but his profile photo showed a very decent bespectacled guy in a suit. He […]
So what’s new? Singlehood and rising divorce rates are trendy stuff in the developed world. Our Ministry of Social and Family Development has just released a new set of figures showing that we are happily still behind the Kiwis and the Britons. Some praise our Asian values, conveniently forgetting the strong deterrent in the form […]