• Racism, bias in entertainment

    Can we agree on one thing? Racism, bias and cringe-worthy depictions of foreign nations is not unique to Chinese entertainment.

  • What I learned from one year of Substack

    Personal and random observations on what it takes to “make it” on this platform. Caution: Some of it can be brutally honest and rub you the wrong way. This post will be gated after a week. ;)

  • Thoughts on the Israel Palestine conflict

    Wars and politics have turned into a form of entertainment for keyboard warriors. There’s nothing simple about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and taking sides while you are ignorant about their history is probably the worst thing you can do.

  • Now my posts are not appearing on the Fediverse

    My Activitypub wordpress.com adventures continues…

  • Some flaws with ActivityPub and wordpress.com integration

    Definitely liking how ActivityPub works with my two blogs. However, there are a few limitations.

  • A walk at Subang Ria park

    The park in my neighbourhood is a gem. Just had a 3km walk around the area today.

  • You can now turn your wordpress.com blog into a Fediverse instance

    Wordpress.com has finally enabled ActivityPub integration with the Fediverse. This means that this blog of mine can essentially act as a Fediverse instance or account if I want it to.

  • Single kitty syndrome – yes, it’s real!

    Hard lessons about cat ownership. It’s almost always better to adopt two kittens, not one.

  • Taming my information consumption

    Is it futile to tame the deluge of information? Well, I’m trying anyway by simplifying, streamlining and yes, deleting stuff.

  • Politically incorrect lessons about cat ownership

    I think we really need to be super honest about cat ownership. It’ll help prepare a lot of people, especially if they’re inexperienced with cats, about the complexities of cat ownership.

  • Weekend Tales #3

    A new strategy for Tai Tales, and dealing with a new housemate. πŸ“§ To read, subscribe to the blog.

  • Why I’m ditching Obsidian as a task manager

    Sometimes a note-taking app should just remain a note-taking app.

  • Interesting podcast: Multipolarity? Schmultipolarity!

    An interesting debate about imperialism, capitalism and why there’s a move towards a multipolar world. Justin Podur and Sam Gindin discussed this with such civility. We need more grounded debates like this.

  • It’s probably impossible to be neutral about China

    I’m often obsessed about random topics, but none of my pet topics would paint me in a bad light like my current interest in the US-China tensions. It’s pretty disturbing to realise that I will be automatically disliked because I hold a different view of China.

  • Malaysians are multilingual, and that’s a gift

    I was vacationing with a friend on Scotland island, off Sydney, #Australia in this amazing B&B. We were having breakfast at the verandah when the host approached us hesitantly. “I hope I am not offending you if I ask this, but we were curious why you were speaking English after we have left.” My friend…

  • “A Righteous Smokescreen”

    Why do some Americans have such bad geography skills? Why do they knows so little of the world outside America. The book, “A Righteous Smokescreen: Postwar America and the Politics of Cultural Globalization” by Sam Lebovic, attempts to explain the phenomenon.

  • Walks in the morning

    If I don’t start my day early in the morning walking while the sun rises, I know that it will be a less than ideal day. A few days ago, I grabbed my Nordic poles and went out walking despite it being a drizzly day. I let the rain fall as I walked/poled around the…

  • Being Chinese in an anti-China world

    I speak and think in English. But I’m genetically Chinese and that is problematic in an anti-China Western world. πŸ“§ To read, subscribe to the blog.

  • Weekend Tales #2

    Dealing with digital burnout and a bumper issue with 12 recommended reads! πŸ“§ To read, subscribe to the blog.

  • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – quick thoughts

    The movie is a reminder that people are now desperate for something different and fun again. They don’t want to be preached to about diversity, inclusion or other agendas. They want to see a bunch of people doing crazy, impossible things, and Mission Impossible 7 delivers.