Posted on December 1, 2009 by Matthew
“He shut his eyes so tight that neon bleeds into the blackness. He doesn’t understand how this works. Larry and Jackson get naked and name their dicks, but when Larry sees him staring at “Freddy,” it’s a bad thing. He says a little prayer. God, give me a new life. This one isn’t working for [...]
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Posted on November 26, 2009 by Matthew
Tortuga del Sol, Palm Springs, originally uploaded by moleskineboy.
I spent my birthday in Palm Springs the past weekend. Tortuga del Sol is a very quiet resort tugged away in the desert against the backdrop of the mountains. For a good amount of the stay we were the only guests who got to enjoy all [...]
Filed under: Books, Memory Lane, Personal, Special Occasion, Travel | Tagged: Birthday, Books, Gay Resort, Palm Springs, Personal, Tortuga del Sol, Travel | 24 Comments »
Posted on August 30, 2009 by Matthew
Do you buy books as gifts for children – either your own or those of friends or family? Would you buy books for all children, or only children who are already practiced readers?
My social circle doesn’t comprise of many children, and even if it does, I probably would make suggestion to parents instead of [...]
Filed under: Blogging, Book Blogging, Books, Meme, Memory Lane, Personal | Tagged: Books, Meme, Musing Mondays, Personal, Weekly Event | 11 Comments »
Posted on June 4, 2009 by Matthew
This can be a quick one. Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you’ve read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.
That would be all of the books to the left under Moleskine all-time favorites (first 11 books) and a few others:
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Filed under: Blogging, Book Blogging, Books, Literature, Meme, Memory Lane, Personal, Reading | Tagged: Booking Through Thursday, Books, Fifteen Books, Meme, Personal, Weekly Event | 35 Comments »
Posted on May 27, 2009 by Matthew
Since this blog is named after a journal, and after reading Wendy’s post on her journal, I want to share with you about my journal. The picture shows you my two latest journal entries: reviews of Half of a Yellow Sun and The 19th Wife. Since 2001, I have used only Moleskine journals. The beginning [...]
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Posted on May 17, 2009 by Matthew
Do you remember how you developed a love for reading? Was it from a particular person, or person(s)? Do you remember any books that you read, or were read to you, as a young child?
Asthma. My adolescent affliction is a perfect example of how a curse turns into a blessing. Being confined at home [...]
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Posted on May 7, 2009 by Matthew
I do not have an answer for this week’s Booking Through Thursday, which concerns with comics and graphic novels, because I do not read this genre. However, I have come across a meme from a friend in Hong Kong. This one sounds very interesting and I’ll employ my faculty of humor to the full.
1. What [...]
Filed under: Babble, Fun Stuff, Meme, Memory Lane, Personal | Tagged: Fear and Courage Meme, Meme, Personal | 11 Comments »
Posted on April 27, 2009 by Matthew
Here I don’t have to keep watch of time, nor do I have to answer the phone. Most coffee shops and restaurants in fact ask you to refrain from talking on the phone. If time seems to freeze, why is it that the vacation slips by without my knowing? Maybe this is what paradise is [...]
Filed under: Hawaii, Memory Lane, Personal, Travel | Tagged: Hawaii, Honolulu, O'ahu, Pearl Harbor, Personal, Travel, Waikiki | 13 Comments »
Posted on April 2, 2009 by Matthew
I saw that National Library Week is coming up in April (4/12–4/18), and that led to some questions. How often do you use your public library and how do you use it? Has the coffeehouse/bookstore replaced the library? Did you go to the library as a child? Do you have any particular memories of the [...]
Filed under: Blogging, Book Blogging, Library, Memory Lane, Personal | Tagged: Booking Through Thursday, Doe Memorial Library, Hong Kong, Library, Main Library, Meme, Personal, Public Library, San Francisco, UC Berkeley | 46 Comments »
Posted on April 1, 2009 by Matthew
Until the winter of 2003, I almost never paid attention to the Mandarin Oriental in Central, one of Hong Kong’s most luxurious. Leslie Cheung 張國榮 (1956-2003), aliased gege (elder brother), one of Hong Kong’s greatest singers and movie stars of the last quarter of the century, fell to his death in a presumed suicide jump [...]
Filed under: Gay Life, Hong Kong, Memory Lane, Movie, Music | Tagged: Farewell My Cocubine, Film, Happy Together, Hong Kong, Leslie Cheung, 張國榮 | 4 Comments »