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Soon-Tzu Speechley 孫子
@speechleyish
Sejarawan seni bina, lecturer, editor. I like new books and old buildings. Author, Malayan Classicism (Bloomsbury). Views &c. he/him, dia/dia, 伊/伊
吉隆坡 → 新金山
Joined August 2009
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    Some truly lovely photos from last week's Malayan Classicism book launch by Chan Hao Ong. I'm tremendously grateful to the URA for making this event possible, and to the NUS ArCLab for providing such a beautiful venue for the launch of my book.
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    Writing about US food the way the NYT covers Asian fruit: In a nation torn by racial conflict, one unlikely food unites. To those accustomed to chopsticks, the greasy parcel known as a 'burger', a sort of split bao, is crude and messy. Yet it encapsulates a nation's violent past.
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    Southeast Asians bullying each other online vs Southeast Asians when other countries try to campur tangan
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    Obsessed with this photo of sumo wrestlers waiting to get vaccinated
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    Just learning about Fort Tolukko, an old Portuguese fort in Ternate, Indonesia.
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    Malaysians: roti canai Singaporeans: roti prata nyonyacooking dot com: hon hon hon, regarde les croissants plats d'Asie
    in other, non political but still enraging news:
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    Who is even the “big 3?”
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    Gotta say, not a huge fan of living in interesting times.
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    Refreshing Twitter every five minutes to see if we have a government yet
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    i hear your argument, but: traingle
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    Honesty reckon the shophouses of Malaysia and Singapore are one of the best forms housing have ever taken – adapted for the climate, capable of accomodating mixed uses as the name suggests, and pretty to boot.
    What exactly do people want? Apartments are "pods." Suburban houses are "corrosive to the human spirit." Rural areas are "dumps in the middle of nowhere with no jobs and no girls." Is there any acceptable form of housing?
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    Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 🎑🏮🥮🐇
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    I’m choosing to pronounce this the way it’s pronounced in Malaysian sms speak.
    X is here! Let’s do this.