A Taste of Asia: A Lashing of Hong Kong (Part 2)

The morning of my second day in Hong Kong I found myself in one of the impossibly high office buildings near Mongkok station, where Wanda welcomed me into her office

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Chris Crocker on Subverting Normalcy

Chris Crocker first came to my attention when somebody on Orble linked to his 'Leave Britney Alone' video. I didn't think he had anything particularly deep to say in it

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A Taste of Asia: A Lashing of Hong Kong (Part 1)

It was mid-2004 and I had had it with Australia. I had just under $1000 and I was looking for the right destination but I couldn't make up my mind

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Help Promote Harmony and Well-being: Join the People Against Discrimination Society

Dear Readers, Earlier this week I found myself being discriminated against on the basis of my sexual orientation. Orble user Ahmed, upon being informed that I was pansexual, suggested that

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A Taste of Asia: A Slice of Shanghai (Part 3)

One day Debra decided to go to a local gardens to relax, and so we donned our warm clothing and headed out into the polluted city air. (I should mention

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A Taste of Asia: A Slice of Shanghai (Part 2)

Debra and I walked blithely hand in hand, which is one of the few customs local to both the Chinese and the Europeans, and I got to marvel as the

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A Taste of Asia: A Slice of Shanghai (Part 1)

In late 2002 I was feeling a bit anxious as I had left university to write my postmodern choose-your-own-adventure, and there was no one to help or encourage me. My

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A Taste of Asia: Slivers of Bangkok and Singapore

In the spirit of trying to sound catchy and memorable in my autobiography, I came up with this line: I was born in Africa, spent my first seven years in

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Top 10 Films Featuring Gay and Lesbian Themes

In compiling this list, I am promoting my personal favourite films, even though one of them has only passing explorations of homosexuality, and one of them only has subtext. Nonetheless

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What are some the of the most unusual/funny ways anyone has stumbled onto your site?

Over the past two years I've enjoyed scrolling through my statistics and saving the code for what people were looking for before they clicked on one of my pages... I've

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A Few Problematic Common Phrases, And How To Avoid Them

This is a list to be added to, but here are my first three entries: (1) I agree - While this is a quick way to demonstrate your sense of

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UNSW and Latin America?

So here's the deal I made with my dad: If I do uni (UNSW) part-time, I am allowed to travel on a budget whenever I have time off. This means

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A Question For My Subscribed And Regular Readers

I'm wondering what I can do to make your PmC experience a more rewarding one - what would you like to see more of? Less of? What is it that

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