Why you need the new iPhone now!
Walking through Westfield—an enormous West London shopping mall—on a recent Wednesday, I noticed a queue of people outside the Apple store, complete with security guards monitoring the store’s inflow and […]
Category Archives: On Anything and Everything
On Mary Poppins and Feminism
Raise your hand if you’ve ever seen Mary Poppins. Now, raise your hand if you’ve ever noticed its not-so-subtle critique of patriarchy. I noticed the vaguely feminist critique of patriarchy […]
Reflections on my 30th birthday
Birthdays, at least for me, are usually bittersweet. There is the joy of having your own day, of allowing yourself a treat or two. There are the kind words and […]
Beer, BBQ, and a Baby
Beer. BBQ. Baby. One of these things is not like the other ones. Yet recently the three converged. The location: a backyard Aussie get-together. The occasion: I was to dedicate […]
Congratulations, you may now kiss yourself
Ever thought of marrying yourself? That is what a 30-year-old lady from Taipei did a few of years ago, in a public ceremony with 30 guests, three wedding dresses, two […]
Norway, the Harlem Shake, and the Bible
By now you’ve probably seen and forgotten the viral video craze that was the Harlem Shake. Unless you’ve been living in an Internet-less cave for the last 6 months, which […]
Overcoming Racism with the Trinity
Well, it happened. My wife and daughter were walking out of childcare, just as an African-Australian man was walking out with his daughter. My daughter pointed at him and said, […]
Sifting Trash, Sorting Treasure
When all threatens to be swept away, what would you save? As they say, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” Last month my sleepy city of Brisbane had a […]
Guys, super-heroes, and semi-gods
Last night I did something I had not done for a long-time: go to the cinema with a bunch of guys to watch a super-hero movie. Iron Man 3 was […]
Elephant Art
We live for creativity; we are creative, in a unique sense, because we were designed to be like our creative Creator.
Wondering Fair 