Genesis
The Book of Genesis is nothing new to me.The stories contained within it have been told to me for as long as I can remember, first as a preschooler in Sunday School. and later throughout 13 years of Catholic education. … Continue reading Continue reading
Paradox Now
Considering that I’ve only just managed to finish watching the film today, I feel like now I’m better able to write a (good) blog post. So here it goes. I couldn’t help but notice the overwhelming number of hypocrises, contradictions and ironies dispersed throughout the movie. Most notably in the extreme hypocrisy of the American […] Continue reading →
Eating from the Tree of Knowledge? A Dilemma
To know or not to know–which one is the best option? Is “civilization” really better? What does the word “civilization” really even mean? For me, Conrad’s Heart of Darkness addressed some thoughts that have been going through my head recently and put them into novella-form, especially in regards to the whole light-dark paradigm. We usually see light here […] Continue reading →
girls girls boys
I remember in psychology class back in high school, we learnt about the education of children and the way advertisements and commercials affect children and their perception of who they are and what is acceptable in society. Why is this … Continue reading → Continue reading →
M(other)
In her book, Wollstonecraft asserts many progressive ideas about women, arguing that they are not merely dumb, emotional and sexual “pleasure-makers” but full-fledged persons who have the same God-given rights as men do. So in other words, there’s a lot of things I like about her. But then there’s a few things that I don’t. […] Continue reading →
Stepping into the River of Personhood
Hacking’s book Rewriting the Soul is an example of what I think philosophy has finally managed to accomplish in modern times: reconciling empirical science with pure thought. It’s like breath of fresh air. He uses the case studies of people with dissociative identity disorder to discuss what it means “to be a person”, among other things. His […] Continue reading →
identity crises
Hong Kong was a colony of Great Britain until July 1st, 1997, when it was handed back to China. My point? I’m 19 and have lived pretty much all my life in a post colonial country. Why is this post … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Pebbles in the River–Random Thoughts on Fanon and the Secret Agenda of ArtsOne
Fanon’s book White Masks, Black Skin speaks of how the Black Subject is forced, either wittingly or unwittingly by the colonizer, into an inferiority complex who will hence strive to imitate the culture of the colonizer. In the same way, the Black Subject’s culture and mores are like the black stones on the bottom of a white […] Continue reading →
Pebbles in the River–Random Thoughts on Fanon and the Secret Agenda of ArtsOne
Fanon’s book White Masks, Black Skin speaks of how the Black Subject is forced, either wittingly or unwittingly by the colonizer, into an inferiority complex who will hence strive to imitate the culture of the colonizer. In the same way, the Black Subject’s culture and mores are like the black stones on the bottom of a white […] Continue reading →
Dress, Balls, Flirtations and Quizzes
There’s a great many things that Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen isn’t. An interesting novel to read is one of them. On the other hand, Northanger Abbey in my opinion is somewhat of a good social commentary on the times, but not just of 19th century England but unwittingly of 21st century culture as well. One can’t help […] Continue reading →