It's two thirty (thirty eight to be exact) and I should be asleep. We need to wake up at six tomorrow. But the glass of Burgundy is too irresistible. Ordered one but the waiter gave me the bottle with enough for three glasses ( Read more... )

How does one measure how much one cares for another ( Read more... )

Spent the afternoon with Yang wandering around 798 a concentrated art space/village ( Read more... )

The second day in Beijing was somewhat surreal - we spent the day at the Spanish Instituto Cervantes (pronounced ther-ban-tes I am told) for an exhibition of drawings from fairy tales, followed by a nice lazy afternoon at the delightful English book cafe called the Bookworm - found a beautiful small hardcover copy of the adventures of Hanuman ( Read more... )

D brought us to the Lan Club. After a couple of days of oily dumplings we decided to get a bit pampered. Also it would be nice to buy D a good dinner - we have known him for close to ten years now and he has become a dear fried.


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There is a complete lock down around the area of our hotel which is adjacent to Tianamen Square. Our friend D had to drop us off before the city centre - cars were not allowed in and he was somewhat edgy because he did not actually have a driver's licence. We had to walk through the avenues which were eeriely quiet ( Read more... )

A memorial service will be held this Friday, Jul 24, to celebrate the life of Anthony Yeo, and to honour his contributions and support of the GLBTQ community. C. S. Zhou of the Free Community Church recalls his first meeting with the counsellor at a symposium to address homosexuality and the church a decade ago ( Read more... )

Was about to go to bed last night. Thought I'd take a look at the photo of Yang and myself taken at a friend's birthday. I love to see him smile. Slept peacefully.

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Was chatting with NL and had just mentioned Yang when the phone rang. Had a good conversation with him. We spoke about a conference he might attend tomorrow, his art, whether he slept enough today and what might he do at the Conference tomorrow. As we spoke I recalled how we first got together ( Read more... )