The Kream of the Krop

New to k0k bL0k? Here's an arbitrarily hand-picked sampling of my writings which I think are most representative of my worldview, generated the most interesting discussions or just pieces I enjoyed penning the most.

Religion (and My Lack Thereof)

• Preying on the Tabulae Rasae (08.04.2014)
• The Whole World Prayed for One Thing and God Couldn't Give a Damn (25.03.2014)
• Halimah Versus the Malaysian Syariah Court (22.03.2014)
• Devils in the Emergency Room (04.09.2013)
• What Would Jesus Do in El Salvador? (03.06.2013)
• In the Name of Lilith (08.04.2013)
• A Burden of Proof (13.03.2013)
• A Portrait of Christian Evil (17.09.2012)
• The First Ever Atheist Versus Christian Debate in Malaysia (07.09.2012)
• On a Mission to Penang (10.05.2012) and Mission Accomplished (13.05.2012)
• The Problem with Matthew 21:22 (29.03.2012)
• The Sword of Christ (29.01.2012)
• Deus ex Machina (31.10.2011)
• Gone Baby Gone (15.09.2011)
• Eddie Izzard is My Hero (25.07.2011)
• The Powerlessness of Prayer (25.06.2011)
• A Tale of Illusions and Self-Deception (17.06.2011)
• The Obedient Wives Club (06.06.2011)
• After the Day of No Judgment (22.05.2011)
• The Religion Which Cried Wolf (21.05.2011)
• Jesus' Fishy Vagina (05.05.2011) 
• The Malaysian Assalamualaikum Controversy (27.02.2011)
• Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? (27.01.2011)
• Church Versus Hospital (24.12.2010)
• So, an Atheist Walks Into a Christian House Party... (30.11.2010)
• The Goats of Christendom (20.11.2010) 
• The High Cost of Living (06.11.2010) 
• Clearly, I'm the Better Man (23.10.2010)
• Studying the Atheistic Animal (13.10.2010)
• To Offend an Atheist (14.08.2010) 
• The Pharaoh's Heart (08.07.2010) 
• EAT DA POO POO (05.06.2010) 
• The Breastfeeding Fatwa (30.05.2010) 
• The Religious Deserve No Respect (19.05.2010) 
• Forty-Two (28.02.2010) 
• The Malaysian Allah Controversy (11.01.2010) 
• God of Nothing (19.01.2009) 
• Have a Murder Burger (30.05.2008) 
• The Wonky Cross Phenomenon (06.05.2008) 
• The Geography of Kindness (11.03.2008) 
• Christmas Came Early This Year (03.12.2007)

Film Reviews and Articles

• The Myth, Science and Medicine of Prometheus (13.06.2012)
• Contagion: A Review (20.09.2011)
• Sucker Punch: A Review (25.03.2011)
• 127 Hours: A Review (09.03.2011)
• 10 Films of 2010 I Liked Most (23.03.2011)
• Never Let Me Go: A Review (05.02.2011) 
• Coco avant Chanel: A Review (02.11.2010) 
• Buried: A Review (17.10.2010) 
• The Phua Chu Kang Movie Postmortem (26.08.2010) 
• Inception: A Review (17.07.2010) 
• Despicable Me: A Review (10.07.2010) 
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A Review (03.07.2010)
• Toy Story 3 is About the Afterlife (23.06.2010)
• Kick-Ass is Fucking Awesome (26.04.2010) 
• Koumpounophobia: A Review of Coraline (26.05.2009) 
• Please Boycott X-Men Origins: Wolverine (09.05.2010)
• How the Dragonball Movie Nearly Did Not Suck (and Why it Sucked Anyway) (13.03.2009) 
• Who Watched the Watchmen? I Did! (09.03.2009)
• Lesbians Making Out Snuck Past Malaysian Censors (07.03.2009)
• The Crown Prince of Crime and the Dark Knight Review (20.07.2008) 
• The Best Movie You Have Never Watched (17.01.2008) 
• Hard Candy: A Review (29.06.2007)

Sociopolitical Commentary

• Are Non-Malays More Tolerant of Child Rapes? (19.03.2014)
• Dirty Kuching Smokers Infesting The Spring Mall (28.02.2014)
• The Price of Happiness (30.01.2014)
• You Can't Talk Politics with Stupid People (10.05.2013)
• Being a Woman in Malaysia (05.05.2013)
• Little Brother Watches Back (27.06.2012)
• We are Small People (09.08.2011)
• Malays Demonstrating in Melaka Over Not Having Enough Privileges (24.05.2011)
• Gadoh: A Review (11.09.2010) 
• What My Country Thinks of Me (04.11.2010) 
• Why We Should Accept Gay People (26.04.2009) 
• The Chinese are Evil (15.06.2008) 
• The Captain's Ark (01.08.2007) 
• Something's Rotten in the State of Malacca (24.03.2007)

Darwinism

• The Second Hundred Days of Baby Darwin (11.04.2014)
• A Hundred Days of Baby Darwin (14.12.2013)
• Naming Darwin (12.09.2013)
• Welcome to the World, My Dear Friend (09.09.2013)
• Hey There, Little Stranger (05.04.2013)

My Philosophy on Love and Relationships

• At the Shore of Peace (11.01.2014)
• This is Where I Am (08.03.2013)
• The Moon, the Sea and Fireworks (10.07.2012) and I Met Someone (30.07.2012)
• Dancing in the Room that Moves (26.02.2012)
• Sophie and the Sin of Athenian Idealatry (12.02.2012)
• Mostly Quiet (17.07.2011)
• The Marrying of My Oldest Friend (09.06.2011)
• Friggatriskaidekaphilia (17.05.2011)
• A Night to Die For (19.09.2010) 
• Unclear on the Concept (25.07.2010)
• Fork and Spoon (11.06.2010)
• Things I Have No Words For (29.03.2009) 
• The Hunt for Bifrost (17.03.2009) 
• Our Perfect Little Weekend (05.03.2009) 
• My Boxing Day Girl (27.12.2008) 
• The Colour of Love is Not Green (01.10.2008) 
• Phoebe, I Just Want to Say... (23.09.2008) 
• Love, a Plaything (03.08.2008) 
• Wallflower Saturday (23.07.2008) 
• The First Boyfriend Syndrome (23.06.2008) 
• Virginity Sucks (14.06.2008) 
• Loving You to Death (23.01.2008) 
• The Orange Bus (07.10.2007) 
• 110 km/h (07.08.2007) 
• A Moment Like This (07.07.2007) 
• Saturday Afternoon at 1:11 PM (19.5.2007) 
• Friday the 13th (14.04.2007)

Photographic Travelogues (Indian Chapter)

• Lanslides! Rockfalls! The Rough Road to Bharmour (04.06.2011)
• Aboard the Kangra Seven-to-Seven (15.05.2011)
• Stitching Together a Memory of Dalhousie (14.05.2011)
• The Topography of Tea (16.12.2010) 
• The Cutest Little Girl I Have Ever Met (16.08.2008) 
• Darjeeling, That Town Famous for Its Tea (15.08.2008) 
• My Bright, Sunshiney Day by the Ganges (09.08.2008) 
• Varanasi, and the Choices We Made There (07.08.2008) 
• How They Destroyed the Taj Mahal (13.07.2008) 
• The Best Train Ride Ever (09.07.2008) 
• Manali, a Winter Vacation Story (28.06.2008) 
• My Favourite Place in the Whole Wide World (08.06.2008) 
• Harshest Eden (20.05.2008) 
• There's Nothing "Mere" About Jaisalmer (14.05.2008) 
• 20 Glimpses of Jodhpur Through My Eyes (10.05.2008) 
• The Fort at Chittor (19.04.2008) 
• Udaipur: Like No Other Place on Earth (10.04.2008) 
• Mumbai and the Unexpected Friend (04.04.2008)

Photographic Travelogues (Laos Chapter)

• Veni, Vidi, Vang Vieng: Tubing Down the Nam Song (23.04.2014)
• Veni, Vidi, Vang Vieng: Solo Mountain Biking Trip to Kaeng Nyui Waterfall (23.04.2014)
• Veni, Vidi, Vang Vieng: The Blue Lagoon at Tham Phu Kam (07.04.2014)
• Veni, Vidi, Vang Vieng: Climbing Pha Ngeun (12.03.2014)
• Veni, Vidi, Vang Vieng: First Night in Town (10.03.2014)
• Vive La Vientiane: Part One (05.03.2014)

Photographic Travelogues (Malaysian Chapter)

• To the Edge of Sarawak at Penrissen's Peak (01.04.2014)
• Sailing the Spirit Boat (02.02.2014)
• The New Hobby I Picked Up in Tioman (27.09.2008) 
• Diamond Bay Stopover (26.10.2007) 
• Journey to the Far Side of the Island (18.10.2007) 
• The Highlands of Penang and Char Kway Teow (09.10.2007) 
• The Secret Base of Dr. Sun Yat Sen (24.09.2007) 
• Georgetown and About (21.09.2007)

The Scientific and the Medicinal

• Darwin's First Ever Word (03.04.2014)
• Smokers are Bad Parents, Period (04.02.2014)
• The Dangerous Breastfeeding Advocates Network (08.08.2013)
• The Most Dangerous of Worms (19.02.2012)
• Matter Over Mind (22.01.2012)
• My First Successful Surgery (08.11.2011)
• Superstitions in the Sarawak General Hospital (28.08.2011)
• What You Should Know Before Getting Yourself Knocked Up (06.08.2011)
• Sahaja Yoga is a Dangerous Cabal of Quacks (10.05.2011)
• It's Miswritten in the Stars (10.02.2011)
• The World I Want to Live in Within 20 Years (31.01.2011) 
• Losing the Battle for My Soul (21.10.2010) 
• The Danger of the Asian Flush (19.06.2010) 
• The Caveman in Us All (07.05.2010) 
• A Participant's Review of the 1st MIMSC, 2009 (11.09.2009) 
• I Have a Personality Disorder (18.08.2009
• The Dangers of Alternative Medicine, Be Warned (31.05.2009) 
• Let's Talk Shit (07.04.2007)

Miscellany and Et Ceteras

• Back When I was Still Using a Pencil (01.02.2012)
• The Zen of Sparrows and Destinies (14.07.2011)
• I Graduated to the Rousing Refrain of the Imperial March (05.07.2011)
• My Cawing Card (14.05.2011)
• Finding Little Tibet in the Delhi Dark (06.05.2011)
• A 6th of April Miracle at Triund (07.04.2011)
• Courtesy, Good Manners, and Other Endangered Animals (27.03.2011)
• I Let Her Walk All Over Me (28.09.2010) 
• Amnesia and I (30.10.2010) 
• Lost Weight, Won Bet (16.05.2010) 
• The Sound of Her Wings (17.01.2010) 
• Today, I am Happy (28.06.2009) 
• An Eulogy (30.12.2008) 
• In Defence of Fantasy (21.10.2008) 
• A Death on the Anniversary of My Birth (17.07.2008) 
• Memoirs of a Student Council Designer Bitch (30.06.2008) 
• Government Sanctioned Stoning (27.05.2008) 
• The Seedier Side of Oz (12.04.2008) 
• Opium Saturday in the Blue City (02.03.2008) 
• im not drunk lol xD (19.01.2008) 
• My Thoughts on Beauty (21.12.2007) 
• How I Got Attacked and Survived (10.11.2007) 
• Malaysian Punctuality is an Oxymoron (29.10.2007) 
• Once Upon a Time in Kinokuniya (10.06.2007) 
• 10 Essential Items for Surviving the Indian Monsoon Season (27.05.2007) 
• Dear McDonald's (26.05.2007) 
• Idle Doodle (24.05.2007)

This Section is (Mostly) Edible

• Sushi Boat of Dataran Pahlawan Megamall (14.07.2010) 
• Sake Room of Seberang Jaya (15.06.2010) 
• Ingolf's Kneipe of Tanjung Bungah (04.05.2010) 
• Sakura House of Taman Desa Duyung 09.02.2010) 
• The Worst Drink I Ever Forced Down (12.12.2007)

PUPPIES ZOMG!!1!

• My Lost Little Best Friends (19.12.2007) 
• Limerickish Scallywaggery (07.12.2007) 
• Puppy Therapy (28.11.2007) 
• Socks and Little Booties (31.10.2007)