kixes

@kixes@kopiti.am

She/her. 🇸🇬 Journalist, activist, food wench to three cats. Managing Editor of Mekong Review, an #Asia-focused literary magazine. Writing about #Singapore at wethecitizens.net. Member of the Transformative Justice Collective. A #StrayKids #Skzoo Leebit and HAN Quokka enthusiast.

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kixes, to random

This week’s We, The Citizens wrap reflects on the prevalence of poor mental health in Singapore: is it really so surprising when costs are rising, familiar landmarks are disappearing, and the city is such a stressful place to live in for so many people? https://www.wethecitizens.net/mental-health-and-loneliness-in-singapore/

kixes, to kpop

I've been collecting Minsung dolls for most of the past year. I've occasionally branched out to include Jiniret to get PaboRacha. Recently I added a couple of PuppyM dolls to the mix and now I realise I have SKZ Fam CheaterRacha dolls

hobiis, to kpop
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Well, I saw that one of the themes for is , so naturally I've gotta dive right in with my best boys!

This song is a great little intro to the members, and it's so clever the way they're introduced in reverse age order by the next-youngest. Also, it's just a bop.

Fam - Stray Kids
https://youtu.be/D8WwqWS2E6E?si=eAZf0ozG0EN5ZMCD

kixes,

@hobiis yaaaassss I came to check the hashtags just to see if this song is already in the mix

kixes, to random

I know it's only September but I'm already hooked on a Christmas song... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2uR0Gr0yNI

liztai, to random
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My review of a that I dropped mid way, but picked up again (which I rarely do) and binged until the end. So, will it be worth the while to watch it?

https://wp.me/pf6C2d-17

kixes,

@liztai I feel like your blog can make friends with our newsletter https://passionprocrastination.substack.com

kixes, to Mongolia

Spent most of the work day today going over the line-up of pieces that we have for the November issue of . It’s looking to be a pretty cool magazine: we’ve got pieces on/from , , , , , and more. 🥰

kixes,

#MekongReview depends on subscriptions and advertising to keep going, so if you’re interested in #Asia, #literature, #history, #politics, #art, #writing, please consider getting a subscription to our little quarterly magazine: https://mekongreview.com/subscribe/

hobiis, to kpop
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To wrap up the last few hours of in my time zone, here are some songs that made me think of the theme! (Or anti-gravity, as it may be.)

My first choice for tonight:

We Go Up - NCT Dream
https://youtu.be/LV1Es22E0RI?si=bqOq2f69DR-0DGqF

Not gonna lie - this chorus loops in my head ALL THE TIME.

kixes,

@hobiis I love this song so so so so much.

kixes, to random

It's a real crapshoot these days. I could be minding my own business and doing whatever and then suddenly bam! ANXIETY!

What am I anxious about? I am not sure! But ANXIETY!

I was enjoying my newfound iced americano drinking habit but I've stopped because the caffeine rush also triggers ANXIETY!

kixes, to kpop

One of the happiest and silliest things I’ve done recently is to write this GIF-laden round-up of , ’s ridiculous recurring variety concept where they dress up as members of a very dysfunctional (yet happy) family: https://passionprocrastination.substack.com/p/cant-live-without-skz-family

kixes, to random

I haven’t done any work-work today yet and am running behind my schedule. But I have built a cat tree that was taller than me, with no instructions apart from the photo I saved from Shopee when I ordered the damn thing.

My cats' initial reaction was to inform me that lunch was late.

kixes, to random

I am not ready for it to be Monday so soon. It’s been a terrible weekend of sadness and anxiety and I am not done melting into my bed.

kixes, to singapore

So pleasantly surprised to see a 4-star of my , ‘The I Recognise’, in The Straits Times. I hope this means it can reach more people beyond the networks we’ve been relying on, and that it can provide food for thought for those who might never have thought about , or in Singapore before. https://www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/book-review-three-non-fiction-books-on-singapore-s-policy-issues

liztai, to Cats
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I think we really need to have honest conversations about what it's like to have as pets. It'll help prepare people, especially those who are inexperienced with cats, about the realities of ownership.

http://elizabethtai.com/2023/09/17/politically-incorrect-lessons-about-cat-ownership/

kixes,

@liztai I have scars all over the place from cat scratches. If there’s a wound on me at any given point of time it is almost always because one of my cats was playing and jumped on me or did something by accident. It can be hard to catch them to trim their claws to prevent this sort of thing!

The point about personality is really important—cats and humans have to adjust to live with each other and sometimes that doesn’t work out…

kixes, to Korean

I wrote a new about the ‘Meow, the Secret Boy’. It involves and : https://passionprocrastination.substack.com/p/would-you-date-your-cat

kixes, to singapore

My has held steady in the #3 spot for the second week running on the Books Kinokuniya bestseller list, yay! I did not make the Sunday Times' non-fiction bestseller list, though, because, to my surprise, they do not collate data from Kinokuniya, the biggest bookseller in . Weird. But oh well.

kixes,

In other news, one of my cats has gone for his dental surgery today and needs to extract 3 teeth, and I just had to order new cat trees to replace the old crumbling ones, so any money I might be making off my book is probably gone already 🫠

samuel_wade, to random

I'm playing with the Arc browser https://arc.net/ and there's a lot to like. The nice, clean, vertically-stacked split view is especially nice on a tallscreen (LG DualUp). I'm worried about longevity, though: don't want to fall in love if it's not going to stick around. Apple should buy it, but won't?

kixes,

@samuel_wade I've been using it for most of this year and have found it really helpful in separating the tabs for personal stuff, work and civil society stuff that I do rather than have it all crushed together, and the ability to have two panes has been amazing when I need to copy-paste stuff from one place to another.

kixes, to singapore

I wrote about G*d Is A Woman, a new about and in : https://www.wethecitizens.net/g-d-is-a-woman-the-ins-and-outs-of-a-cancellation/

kixes, to random

I love writing. I love that I get to write for my work. But sometimes I also want to write about something completely different from what I have to write for work. Which is why it fills me with so much joy to start Passion Procrastination, a fun newsletter, with a couple of friends. It’s meant to be whimsical and impulsive and messy—totally different from the responsibilities we have at work.

https://passionprocrastination.substack.com

kixes, to writing

I wrote a thing about . https://kirstenhan.com/2023/09/03/writing-for-myself/

kixes, to uk

If (IF!) I were to be in the at the end of the year, would there be any interest in having me talk about my on somewhere or something…?

kixes,

@skuppr I might not be sufficiently anarchist for them but as long as it’s not right-wing fascist bookshops I’m quite open!

kixes, to singapore

My , The I Recognise: Essays on home, community and hope, has been officially launched! It’s now available in bookstores in Singapore. For people who read , you can find it in these webstores:

Ethos Books: https://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/products/the-singapore-i-recognise-essays-on-home-community-and-hope

Barnes and Noble:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1143981925

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Kirsten_Han_The_Singapore_I_Recognise_Essays_on_ho?id=IbzSEAAAQBAJ&hl=en

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-singapore-i-recognise-essays-on-home-community-and-hope

Thalia:
https://www.thalia.de/shop/home/artikeldetails/A1069496129

Apple:
https://books.apple.com/gb/book/id6463201303

kixes, to random

I have Google Alerts on my name to keep track of when pieces with my byline are published, or when people might cite my writing in their own articles. Sometimes, though, Google Alerts sends along some real howlers

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