I made a plea, of sorts, on my Tumblr: PLEASE READ.
Let’s do it then.
Will Lyssa zampa, the tropical swallowtail moth, make a big appearance this year?
28 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
The tropical swallowtail moth flew in to the corridor outside Starbucks at NUS MD11 last Saturday amidst a meeting about the Evening of Biodiversity.
The next morning I received two other sightings from the south-west, Keppel and Marina, and just now another and another. Looks like its time to post a reminder about submitting sightings though the Habitatnews webpage sidebar (http://tinyurl.com/habitatnews-records) and email me photos at habitatnews@sivasothi.com.
Lyssa zampa appears in urban environments every year and on many months, but in some years it peaks with large occurrences around May – August and the last such peak was observed in 2005.
We are always not he look out for the next big emergence.
Excerpt: ‘Looking for Trouble’ by Joyce Chng
28 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
This week, we’d like to share a few excerpt’s from the short stories in ‘Insignia: Chinese Fantasy Stories’. Joyce Chng contributed two stories to this anthology, both are Young Adult urban fantasy stories.
Looking for Trouble by Joyce Chng
The old man is watching me. A pair of brown eyes set in a face crisscrossed with wrinkles. His hands rest somewhat elegantly on the walking cane knob. I blink. A dragon. The knob was carved in the shape of a Chinese dragon: curled beard, bulging pearl eyes and open-fanged maw.
Mind you, he looks really nondescript. Your typical ah pek, out on a MRT jaunt, probably going to the kopitiam for a cup of kopi and coffee house politics. It’s the eyes. Dragon eyes. A tian lung is looking at me. I stare back, typical teenager bravado. And mind you, I am not ah lian material, either.
The old
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Happy Release Day! ‘Insignia: Chinese Fantasy Stories’ is now live on Amazon!
26 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
Oh, happy day! I always love publishing day, when all the hard work comes together and we finally get to share our little book with the world!
I want to say a big THANK YOU to Joyce Chng and Holly Kench for contributing stories and for being awesome ladies to work with. 😀
~Kelly Matsuura~
INSIGNIA Vol.2 includes 6 Chinese fantasy stories with a mix of urban, literary, contemporary, myth-based, and historical fantasy pieces.
PART I: Young Adult / Adventure Tales
The Bones Shine Through With Light by Joyce Chng
Looking for Trouble by Joyce Chng
The Great Qilin by Kelly Matsuura
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PART II: Adult / Literary Tales
The Red String of Fate by Holly Kench
Maidens of the Yangze by Kelly Matsuura
The Ghost Bride by Kelly Matsuura
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Insignia: Chinese Fantasy Stories is now available from:
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So, I started submitting stuff again.
24 Apr 2014 3 Comments
With work being work, and my health being – well – dramatic, I have started submitting stories again. I had another scan done today – the technician was confident and the procedure was done in about 20 minutes. Now, it’s nervous waiting for results.
But, yes, I started submitting stories.
A snippet of it:
I wonder how Singaporean honey tastes,
You know, does it taste
Like car fumes, cigarette smoke
And urban housing as thick as forests
Over taking real trees and real flowers
That still grow along the roadside
Brave like the sun.
Chapter 4 of Starfang is UP!
15 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
Chapter 4: Captain Francesca receives a message.
Health scare (not)
07 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
The scan came up clean. Negative. But my specialist, being ever cautious, slotted me for another scan on the 24th this month.
So, health scares are not funny.
In the papers and Vellum & Ink
03 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
I was in the local Chinese papers yesterday!
And… due to work commitments, Joelyn Alexandra has left Vellum & Ink. I am now helming it. Give me some time to get it organized again.
A Wolf's Tale 
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