I was browsing through bookforum.com when I lighted on an interesting article featuring Henri Lefebvre. No, I don’t know who he is, but Daniel Miller’s written a compelling piece describing Lefebvre’s ideas, and in particular, his involvement in the May 1968 revolt agains ...Continue
I suppose it’s true that good things come to those who wait. I’m sure hidden in that adage are several supplementary ones, like: “what goes around comes around”, and “give them enough rope and they’ll hang themselves”, and others. For the past few weeks, I’ve been keeping one eye on the news and ano ...Continue
I’ve not posted anything for a while, and when one maintains a blog, a lack of updates is a bad thing. I’ll be honest: my periodic absences is part-lack of time, part-the need for distance, and part-exhaustion. When you’re too close to something, or too emotionally invested in a cause, you begin to lose sight of your objectivity ...Continue
It’s been a week, and Good Friday’s service was tiring. I expected it to rain, as it’s always rained on Good Friday, at least over here. Yesterday, I encountered a few drops of rain, and that was it. As I was leaving – I left slightly early – I heard the rumbling of thunder. That was it. I big, whole, anti-climax, mostly ...Continue
In the aftermath of the LKS debacle, I’ve been wondering what’s been going on with Barisan Rakyat - I’ll keep calling them that till they show unequivocally that they can’t work together at all. I was chatting with my friend from Singapore again, and we both agreed that the component parties have really not gotten down to organizing themse ...Continue