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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 history and religion, 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.

Anti-Simpsons

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

Contributions

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

Articles

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

For the purposes of tabulation (cf. final userbox), Hong Kong and Macau obviously do not make it — 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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-For the purposes of tabulation (cf. final userbox), [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]] obviously do not make it — because they 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.
+For the purposes of tabulation (cf. final userbox), [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]] obviously do not make it — 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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