Popagandhi.com is back online
I’ve rebooted my main website. I will only be posting frivolous stuff here from now. Check it out.
I’m done with this little Tumblr experiment. It’s not for me. I miss a real blog. I miss writing in one. I’ll be making a few adjustments once this crazy week blows over.
Damascus 2009.
Damascus 2011 is going to be phenomenal!
Stuff I did in 2010 — Drive around India in an autorickshaw with two mad men and a watermelon.
While the other teams were living it up in a nice resort in Mararikulam, we drove over to Kottayam to visit our friend Saira’s parents. Aunty gave us a watermelon. Little did she know that we would carry it everywhere we went.
This definitely goes down as one of the oddest things I’ve ever done, considering that we drew a face on the watermelon, stuck it out of our rickshaw for all the world to see, sat it down at restaurants with us (!) and it even slept in the same bed as all three of us most nights. I miss my rickshaw and my boys (and our melon) and I want to do it again!
Stuff I did in 2010: fun times on the road
Stuff I did in 2010: fun times in Madras
Stuff I saw in 2010 #002 - we drove by a protest somewhere in Tamil Nadu.
Stuff I Saw in 2010 #001
(Pic by Lainie).
One of the coolest things about 2010 is the fact that I now live in a little commune where four girls live, love and work together, surrounded by our good friends in the ecosystem of apartments around us. In a setup like this where there’s hardly any division between work and play, mealtimes are pretty important. Come 2011, the plan is to put on pants more often and start the work day earlier — with more great breakfasts.
Preparations for Tomboys & Angels Fashion Show | Tilted World
OKAY, I was not expecting to see a picture of myself on this blog! :P
This was for a photoshoot for a genderqueer fashion show I helped organised. The whole thing was an awesome party!
Dogtooth (2009) — once in a while a shockingly original film springs up from nowhere and forces you to think about the mundane in ways you’ve never done before. Dogtooth is one of those films. Part psychological drama, part dark Greek humour; Dogtooth never explains “why”, never contextualizes anything it portrays, but it draws you into that large, sprawling estate where three Greek teenaged siblings are held captive by their overly protective parents (who nevertheless care enough about their sexual needs to find external sources to meet them), where they are taught alternative meanings for simple words (like zombie, pussy, even sea) — fascinating, crippling, scary, funny. All at once.
Four Things for the New Year
Learn to drive, learn to dive, become fluent in Thai (written and spoken), become fluent in Hindi (spoken)
Merry Christmas, have yourself a cup of Chocolate Five Spice ice cream if you’re in KL. 2011 is going to be an incredible year for ice cream.
Eat Fruits, Wear Shorts
- Me: So, why are you back in town?
- F: Dude, England is cold. Also, England has like, no fruits. Except apples and oranges. I miss fruits.
- Me: We've got plenty of fruits. And sunshine.
- F: I've also missed wearing shorts.
- Me: Eat fruits, wear shorts. Sounds like a movie.
I don’t really like how I look in here, but since everybody from Bangkok to Bhutan has seen it already (and that’s just the ones I’ve met in real life), I guess this should go up somewhere. Might as well be here.
