Public Attitudes Survey

Hong Kong to Gauge Public Attitudes Towards Homosexuals
By Tim Cribb

A crucible for change is being heated in Hong Kong as the government of the Special Administrative Region prepares to put to the test the argument, now being heard again in Singapore, that society is not ready to accept homosexuality or homosexuals. While gay sex acts are still outlawed in Singapore – as with Malaysia and India, Hong Kong which inherited similar laws from its British colonial past had scrapped its laws criminalising gay sex in 1991.

The Home Affairs Bureau will in a month or so conduct a survey to gauge public attitudes towards homosexuals and the likely reception to an ordinance protecting sexual minorities from discrimination.

(Full article here)

Kamikaze Girls

Just came back from the film Kamikaze Girls and I think I have a crush on the goofy biker girl Ichiko! Must calm self now...

Gundam Seed Destiny

I was discussing with my best friend about our next project but we ended up discussing Gilbert's Moving Harem in Gundam Seed Destiny (and how it resembles the typical royal court in Chinese costume drama).

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Translation / Leslie biopic

Three entries on one day means I'm obviously trying to avoid some work... I'm supposed to hand in the second part of my translation project this weekend but I just can't bring myself to do it.

I received a letter of admission from the Chinese University today. I'm delighted of course. I just don't know how I'm going to live on the days I have class. The univeristy is so far away. To get home, I'll have to take the school bus to the train station, change to the underground after 4 stops, change from Kwun Tong line to Tsuen Wan line in the underground, and then change to minibus. The weekday classes are supposed to finish at 9:30pm. So I guess I'll only reach home at 11:30pm!

Yesterday I bought a really weird VCD called Miss You Much. It's a Leslie Cheung biopic which is so low-budget that it resembles a highschool project rather than a movie. It seems to have no props, sets or real professional special effects make-up (The actors don't age at all at the end of the film). I kept wondering (and imagining) how everything could have been with a tighter script with a strong storyline and character development, with proper sets that actually look like what they're supposed to be, and proper make-up and clothes to show the time gap between Leslie's retirement and his comeback. It did make me want to try subbing it though, 'coz it has no English subtitles.