GoodbyeE
I’ve come to realise that there are two things in my life that have become more than they once were. Writing and Film Making. Whereas in the past, it was about the best equipment, or the best style or technique, … Continued
What Relationships Reveal About Ourselves
After a recent post I made about a personally heartbreaking event, I received an enormous amount of welcomed counsel and advice. I got messages and calls from around the world, and it made me realise just how many caring friends … Continued
Purity is Essential
Every relationship needs a degree of purity and innocence. It is the essential element required even before trust. I say this because there can be no trust if there is not some perceived foundation of purity between two people. Once … Continued
A story of sadness and heartache
To What Depths This Sadness? Two weeks ago, I returned from a four day getaway to Vietnam with someone that I have been seeing for the past three months. Things are complicated, we both acknowledge this, but there has always been … Continued
On Love in Hong Kong (2) – Failed Experiments. Life Lessons
Life is but a collection of failed experiments threaded together by the lessons they reveal along the way. Each time we fail – and get up – we either learn something about the world we live in, the company we … Continued
On Love in Hong Kong (1)
My dating life in Hong Kong can best be described as a series of mishaps and ill choices, interspersed with a healthy scattering of bat-shit crazies. I arrived in Hong Kong at the ripe age of 32 – some would … Continued
The strangest monologue
I watched and listened as a girl was speaking to her boyfriend the other day. Girl: I’m beginning to like you, I can really see a future with you, but I’m worried. I’m scared. Girl: I need to be with a Christian. … Continued
There is no greater injustice
An interesting thing happened to me at lunch today. I ran into an ex, let’s call her Madgee, because that is as ridiculous as her actual (self) made-up name. We ended our relationship on amiable terms about six months ago, … Continued
Birthdays and Noodles
This lunch hour, I went to a slightly discrepit looking Shanghai-style noodle house in one of Causeway Bay’s ever gentrifying streets, I think it was called “Noodlicious”, which I thought was rather creative, despite there not being an English language … Continued
Three Years Ago
Three years ago, to the day, I experienced the most jolting of life experiences. It was the reason for why I am where I am now; The benchmark to which I measure all relationships and the catalyst for who I … Continued
Ocean Themed Post!
Who Am I Talking About?!
Drunk Blogging v Drunk Texting
Drunk blogging is better than drunk texting right? I am reflecting on my previous article, the one where I lay bare my feelings and to a certain extent, my frustrations. In hindsight it is very focused on only one aspect of my … Continued
Birthday Reflections
A typhoon-8 blew over Hong Kong yesterday, the day I turned 34. There are many poetic references that could be made about this but they would all be exaggerations and lies. Thirty-four is an arbitrary number that really holds arbitrary … Continued
Reason, Season, Lifetime
I’ve spent the last 12 years as a student of Pak Mei Kung Fu from the Guangzhou lineage. My art is steeped in tradition and history. Our founder was even featured (pathetically) in Kill Bill 2. I’ll just put it out … Continued
Self Worth
Warning: This is a depressing self pity post. Turn away now if you want to respect me as a male. Lately I’ve been feeling uneasy. I’ve been reminded that this existence is fraught with cognitive and emotional hurdles. These hurdles, … Continued
You wouldn’t understand, it’s called fashion II
So I bought some stuff from that Chinese online store that I mentioned in a previous post. Not what I expected and will probably kill any chances I have with any lady friends…. but I’m still gonna wear them:
Poor Yet Rich
I am in competition with no one. I march to a different beat. I have no desire to play the game. No desire to be better than anyone. I just aim to improve, to be better than I was yesterday. I … Continued
Unconvinced
I’ve read many articles , columns and self-help blogs telling me to reach for the stars. Telling my to follow my passions and to let go. I respect that. But what if I can’t work out what it is that … Continued
Yibbida Yibbida Thats (not) All Folks
My first memorable experience of Hong Kong involved me beating an old lady in a battle of strength. So I was lugging my 20kg suitcase on Hong Kong’s MTR train network (note the similarity to Singapore’s MRT – They are … Continued
This is a rambling post that pisses even me off!
Emotional roller coasters. What a pain in the arse. Initially it is a thing that is detestable and unwanted. It can feel like your heart is being physically pried from your chest cavity. But after a few months I have … Continued
Rich Asian Ladies & their HUGE HAIR!
Something I have always noticed of those rich bourgeois types of the Asian female variety
Why Relationships End
Lust Not Love He is a great kisser and awesome in bed, but other than that, he is dimwitted and a tad bit slow on the uptake. That initial thing that attracted you to him also attracts him to himself. … Continued
Focus on Yourself
After weeks upon weeks of consideration, you have finally broken up with your partner. You are probably feeling quite guilty about the whole thing. Well don’t! This is an opportunity for you to rediscover yourself. Being with someone is often … Continued