You must watch India’s Daughter
I don’t think I’ve ever felt so strongly that EVERYONE has to watch a film. Every man and woman. Every son and daughter. This film is not only about rape. It is about what it means to be a man, and...
View ArticleDear faggot, #LoveWins
My timeline is filled with rainbow flags. The Supreme Court of the United States has just legalised equal marriage (or gay marriage – to some of you) across the country and many people are obviously in...
View ArticleI’m “half-Singaporean” #SG50
Many people don’t know but for many years growing up, I identified as half-Singaporean (I know, I know …). These days, I say it in jest. I grew up not understanding why we would call a language our...
View ArticleHillary Clinton: Politics in a Gif-fy
I woke up this morning to reports on a tweet sent by US Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in response to last night’s Republican Debate. #GOPdebate pic.twitter.com/rBT90JvCmM — Hillary Clinton...
View ArticleIs Twitter your Favorite, or do you Heart it?
This afternoon, for a while, my Twitter timeline was filled with hearts. For a second, I thought — wow, positivity on Twitter? That’s a novelty! Turns out, it was mostly a lot of negative reaction to...
View ArticleDad’s digital life
This post was written after I read Modern Grief by Nancy Westaway in The Walrus, following the death of her husband. Dad was not my husband, but I am an adult son. I am also the most tech-savvy of my...
View ArticleNikon, Burberry and a Beckham: Photography and Social Media as Performance
If you’re on Facebook, chances are you might have seen the beautiful image of a set of staircase leading straight into the sky just as an aeroplane flies by (the picture above taken from the Nikon...
View ArticleMy first book: Growing Up In KL
Dear friends, Over 10 years ago, I was given a unique platform in form of The Bangsar Boy column, to share stories from the lens of a young, progressive urban Malaysian. This year, I mark a major...
View ArticleSpeaking about cancer and me
Last Sunday, I was invited to speak at the MSD Blogger’s Workshop on the issue of cancer awareness. Other than myself, Dr Tho Lye Mun was also on hand to share a bit about cancer to eight bloggers and...
View ArticleThe 2017 I’m grateful for
It’s been a while since I’ve looked at the year gone by the way I did in my days as a blogger. I have been very privilege to have had numerous platforms to reflect over the years – this blog, Twitter...
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