The Queen in My Heart

I have some friends who are pretty oblivious to politics. Education cannot be a factor in deciding how they want to conduct their collective, social lives because I have seen extreme some cases of people seeking doctoral degrees from renowned research universities but do not even regularly read any news–in paper, online, mainstream, alternate, local, … Continue reading →

Bleu

I have just found out that I had been slandered. The calumnious words came from H., whom I naively used to help, and thanks to a friend, whom I do not even know that well, I was informed and offered help or some kind of action as appropriate or necessary. I thanked her, but we … Continue reading →

Amuser et instruire

As a new arrival in the blogging community, I can certainly learn from my friends’ experience so I can achieve the most (or so I think) with the least nuisance. Coming from a background of humanists, I do not know that many geek friends. They probably regard my knowledge and know-how as woefully inadequate. But … Continue reading →

Je voudrais mon steak bleu

So, wow, Ricky Martin is gay. How surprising! Still, I bet his coming out is more noteworthy than the revelation of many secret marriages of Hong Kong celebrities, with the latest fallout being that of Charlene Choi and Ronald Cheng. Marriage is, by and large, a social institution. You get wed because you want people … Continue reading →