The Bear and The Nightingale — A Review
Shi Min Xie When I was a child, I liked reading about Russian fairytales. Some of them were about Ivan (and in Russian fairytales, there was always an Ivan) and his firebird, and…
June 2018
People in real life who resemble characters in my book
It’s quite narcissistic to think that the people I meet resemble the characters in the creative projects I’m working on, but I can’t help it. Usually, I design characters but…
Books I Decided to DNF (Do Not Finish)
There are books that I do not finish, but I don’t remember them. I only remember my favourite books, and those that are particularly wonderful. But I hate not finishing…
We are killing students’ creativity… and here’s what we can do about it
Note: The thoughts in this entry are my own. Before I graduated from university, I was teaching an incredibly smart Primary 5 (and later, Primary 6) kid. He was fascinated…
Why I like One Punch Man
My friend introduced One Punch Man to me fairly recently, and I was not disappointed. Of late, I have been disappointed with anime — I tried getting into One Piece…