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I am a Malaysian-Chinese male currently pursuing a second academic degree in the United Kingdom. I was born in Selangor Darul Ehsan nearly three decades ago; I am old enough to remember Dungeons & Dragons and ThunderCats running across my TV screen but not nearly old enough to have caught the original run of Happy Days.

Interests

I am interested in matters pertaining to religion and history, particularly that of Malaysia and China. I am also keen on understanding the impact colonialism has had on modern day inter-ethnic relationships and geopolitics as well as post-colonial responses to such legacies.

As my penultimate userbox indicates, I also practise martial arts although my understanding of fighting systems, most of which was gleaned at an informal level, is generally more broad than deep. Other than sanshou, I am also a sometime exponent of Five Ancestors Fist and Muay Thai though to regard myself as anything more than an armchair enthusiast would border on the spurious.

As far as styles go, mine could be said to be an mish-mash of various influences, most of which have their roots in British journalism. This means I prefer to: omit full stops after abbreviations and in between each letter of an acronym; italicise names of works of arts (in keeping with the style of the The Times but contrary to the recommendations of The Economist and The Guardian); avoid the usage of apostrophes after genetive and plural contractions, eg, MPs’ and 1980s; the anal retentive list goes on.

I prefer the precise elegance of pinyin over other, more unwieldy forms of romanization from Chinese but at the same time I hold a low opinion of Simplified Chinese—both are products of the PRC.

The Book of Zhuangzi the the most important book I have ever read. I am happy and proud to be a Third Culture Kid. (Whahey, out of one salad bowl and into another.)

Anti-Simpsons

I have come to loathe all post-Futurama episodes of The Simpsons—the staff writers have just stopped trying (See: Jumping the shark). Thankfully, Seth McFarlane is there to take up the comedic slack, along with Matt Stone and Trey Parker.

Contributions

Mostly WikiGnome and -Fairy stuff; no major write-ups as yet.

Text

See: Contributions (Sixtybolts)

Images

File:Water Lily.Purple.1024x768.jpg

Countries Visited

Asia and Australasia:

Malaysia	China	Hong Kong	Macau
Taiwan	Singapore	Thailand	Australia

Europe:

United Kingdom	Belgium	Czech Republic	France
Portugal

NB: For the purposes of tabulation (cf, final userbox), Hong Kong and Macau obviously do not make the cut—as both are SARs and not countries—but the Republic of China does. Also, I regard the constituent countries of the United Kingdom as distinct and having been to England, Scotland and Wales the Union Flag above would therefore represent a total of three countries visited.

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 As my penultimate [[Wikipedia:Userboxes|userbox]] indicates, I also practise [[martial arts]] although my understanding of fighting systems, most of which was gleaned at an informal level, is generally more broad than deep. Other than sanshou, I am also a sometime exponent of [[Five Ancestors|Five Ancestors Fist]] and [[Muay Thai]] though to regard myself as anything more than an armchair enthusiast would border on the spurious.
+As far as [[Style guide|styles]] go, mine could be said to be an mish-mash of various influences, most of which have their roots in British journalism. This means I prefer to: omit [[full stops]] after abbreviations and in between each letter of an [[Acronym and initialism|acronym]]; [[Italic type|italicise]] names of works of arts (in keeping with the style of the ''[[The Times]]'' but contrary to the recommendations of ''[[The Economist]]'' and ''[[The Guardian]]''); avoid the usage of [[Apostrophe|apostrophes]] after [[genetive]] and plural contractions, eg, ''MPs’'' and ''1980s''; the [[anal retentive]] list goes on.
-I have a propensity to employ [[semi-colons]] when I write. The [[Dash (punctuation)#Em dash|em dash]] is another [[punctuation mark]] that I cannot do without. As a matter of precision I prefer the elegance of [[pinyin]] over other, more clumsy forms of [[Romanization#Chinese|romanization]] from Chinese but at the same time I hold a low opinion of [[Simplified Chinese]]—both are products of the [[People's Republic of China|PRC]].
+I prefer the precise elegance of [[pinyin]] over other, more unwieldy forms of [[Romanization#Chinese|romanization]] from Chinese but at the same time I hold a low opinion of [[Simplified Chinese]]—both are products of the [[People's Republic of China|PRC]].
 The ''[[Zhuangzi|Book of Zhuangzi]]'' the the most important book I have ever read. I am happy and proud to be a [[Third Culture Kids|Third Culture Kid]]. (Whahey, out of one [[Salad bowl (cultural idea)|salad bowl]] and into another.)
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-For the purposes of tabulation (cf. final userbox), [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]] obviously do not make the cut—as both are [[Special administrative region (People's Republic of China)|SARs]] and not [[Country|countries]]—but the [[Republic of China]] does. Also, I regard the [[Constituent country|constituent countries]] of the [[United Kingdom]] as distinct and having been to [[England]], [[Scotland]] and [[Wales]] the [[Union Flag]] above would therefore represent a total of three countries visited.
+'''NB:''' For the purposes of tabulation (cf, final userbox), [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]] obviously do not make the cut—as both are [[Special administrative region (People's Republic of China)|SARs]] and not [[Country|countries]]—but the [[Republic of China]] does. Also, I regard the [[Constituent country|constituent countries]] of the [[United Kingdom]] as distinct and having been to [[England]], [[Scotland]] and [[Wales]] the [[Union Flag]] above would therefore represent a total of three countries visited.
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