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it has been 25 years....today is a day to catch up with old friends
(19/10/2009
publié dans : ewheeling
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Tonight I spoke to an old classmate to whom I have not seen for over 25 years and we arranged to meet in December. I felt the years have not changed our relationship - she's still as efficient as ... -
disability art - to be or not to be?
(18/10/2009
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I ve been having quite a few conversations about disability art - what constitutes disability art? do we label certain art disability art..is it art fuelled/inspired by our being disabled. At what ... -
Divali and schooldays remembered
(17/10/2009
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Today is Divali/deepavali and brings me back to the days when we celebrated it in Malaysia - where we took advantage of the open houses of our Hindu friends and visit each and everyone in their ... -
Rest in peace, Sam and his parents
(02/06/2009
publié dans : ewheeling
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I've been following Sam's progress for a long time - well, since 2005 when there started a website to fundraise for equipment for him http://stuff4sam.wordpress.com/ and had a link to this site ... -
Settling down in Coventry
(31/03/2009
publié dans : ewheeling
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i've been neglecting this blog because I have so many others to write and administer - I am beginning to feel I haven't got a life! But I think this blog is reserved from the other part of my ... -
snow in Coventry, Lily Allen vs Leonard Cohen
(04/02/2009
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It wasn't as copious as what they had in the rest of the country - certainly not as dramatic as scenes featured on the BBC - with the snowmen etc. or the skis. It wasn't more than a sprinkling ... -
disability portrayal in Asian soaps and films
(13/01/2009
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Christmas has come and gone - the days fly by and new year resolutions come and go - with many hours frittered away. One of the luxuries that I did fritter my time on is catching up on films and ... -
Going home - when home is not a wheelchair user friendly environment
(21/12/2008
publié dans : independent living
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I ve had been chatting with friends back home in Malaysia - because its the Christmas festive season and because class of '76 had a reunion and I was not there. I grew up with many of my ... -
Nothing about us without us
(06/12/2008
publié dans : Opinions/perspective
)
Recently I've come across so many services, information sites etc purporting to help disabled people and making independent living more accessible. And yet upon examination, they are many geeks ... -
what a small world some people live in
(10/11/2008
publié dans : Opinions/perspective
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I just left one disability forum - I think it was the proverbial straw - when somebody remarked on the Obama victory such: I'm not American, I don't live in America and America isn't what it ... -
Obama's acceptance speech
(05/11/2008
publié dans : Opinions/perspective
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I am so tired today. I sat up to watch the live broadcast on the BBC of the election coverage. And I wished I wass back in the US to celebrate it with my American freinds. He mentioned disabled ... -
Equality 2025 public meeting in Birmingham
(04/11/2008
publié dans : Opinions/perspective
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Yesterday I went to Equality 2025 Annual Public Meeting at the ICC. There were more people than last year - just about over a hundred. I don't think there was enough time allocated to 4 hot topics ... -
Being caught parking in disabled car parking spaces
(30/10/2008
publié dans : Opinions/perspective
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Peter Tan in his blog wrote about the inconsiderate drivers in Malaysia who park in bays marked for disabled people. He said its one way for them to catch notoriety and be marked by their behavior ... -
Invitation to Equality 2025 Public meeting in Birmingham, 3rd Nov 2008
(12/10/2008
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Equality 2025, UK Advisory Network on Disability Equality is having its second Public Meeting in the ICC, Birmingham. Tell Us Equality 2025: taking your views on disability equality to ... -
Impact of Icelandic Bank collapse on services
(11/10/2008
publié dans : Opinions/perspective
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Coventry did not have any of its money in Icelandic banks luckily but neighbouring Nuneaton and Bedworth did. I was wondering about the impact of services if the Council has lost so much of its ... -
Malaysian politics on youtube
(11/10/2008
publié dans : ewheeling
)
Lately all the news is full of the global economic disaster, its fightening. I cannot even think what will happen to resources for disabled people, benefit recipients because their councils have ... -
Coventry City Council is providing adequate services
(10/10/2008
publié dans : Opinions/perspective
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According to Coventry Council website today - Coventry City Council is providing adequate services to safeguard adults and some services to support older people, and its capacity to improve these ... -
Choice and control as a disabled person
(30/09/2008
publié dans : Opinions/perspective
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Do I feel I have the same choice and control as a non disabled person? We examined this question at the Equality 2025 Walsall public meeting today. On the face of it, it seems like a silly ... -
Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri
(30/09/2008
publié dans : ewheeling
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Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to friends back home in Malaysia. I am not sure what they wish here - I think it is Happy Eid. Over here I was working - I went to a public meeting in Walsall. -
Eden Project is not that accessible
(22/09/2008
publié dans : travel
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I found myself on a train to Plymouth on the way to a meeting at the Eden Project, St Austell Without going into the boring details, I ended up staying in a Plymouth hotel to take a taxi to St ... -
Norvegian visit
(16/09/2008
publié dans : travel
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I was in Norway to attend a seminar and visited ULOBA - the only co operative for personal assistance in Norway if not the world. They look like a great success which is sustainable, they own ... -
Liberty Festival, London
(31/08/2008
publié dans : Events
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Yesterday I was at the Liberty Festival 2008 in Trafalgar Square. It was a lovely day, very warm and sunny. I saw a bit of wheelchair dancing, Liz Carr and Laurence Clark with his comedy act but ... -
Hastings buses will be accessible
(31/08/2008
publié dans : advocacy/campaigning
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Following my complaint to Hastings bus company about my being unable to get on their low access buses, I recieved this e-mail from the manager: Dear Ms.... I have checked all the vehicles and ... -
Something Should be Done - recommended amendment to the DDA
(31/08/2008
publié dans : advocacy/campaigning
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I recieved this in my e-mail from Wheelchair Steve, Steve Wilkinson. I thought this sounded like a great idea! Let's see if it gets taken up. Actually there is a local Chinese restaurant near me ... -
Edinburgh Fringe - one year of culture packed into 3 days
(24/08/2008
publié dans : films/dvd/radio/music
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Well not quite because I do go to other cultural events during the year but it felt like that. I went on my own. My tastes can be eccletic. Not wishing to compromise on my choice of shows for ... -
Tom Olin - photojournalist and social documentarian for disability movement in the USA
(18/08/2008
publié dans : ewheeling
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When I was working in Massachusetts, I had the fortune of contacting and talking to Tom Olin who was kind enough to give me permission for one of my favourite photos from the disability movement - ... -
Access auditing interview video
(18/08/2008
publié dans : ewheeling
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At last this is finished. This is my own access auditing video of the interview with David Bancroft of the Herbert - -
Paris on public transport
(06/08/2008
publié dans : travel
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I went back to Paris on Monday - this time armed with travel guides and a half formed plan about specific places I wanted to check out. I had wanted to stay 3 nights but as luck would have it I ... -
Chinese restaurant in Far Gosford Street
(02/08/2008
publié dans : ewheeling
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After my gym today (I have some work out exercises with a trainer at Coventry Sports Centre) I thought I'd explore further afield and I went to try Golden Parlour Oriental Restaurant. I heard it ... -
when racism raises its head
(02/08/2008
publié dans : Opinions/perspective
)
Yesterday, an old friend invited me for lunch in a coutry pub and a walk in the park. He said I needed the fresh air and to get out of the country. We went to some 16th century (I think) pub in ... -
Being Chinese in Britain
(30/07/2008
publié dans : Opinions/perspective
)
I found these two short video clips about what it means to be Chinese in Britain. Sometimes we integrate or appear to integrate so well, that people do not realise that there is a big cultural ... -
Shakespeare - open air theatre at Regent's Park
(26/07/2008
publié dans : films/dvd/radio/music
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I cannot remember the last time I went to an open air theatre and certainly the last Shakespearean play outdoors was some more than 20 years at Ludlow Castle and it was Macbeth. I was carried ... -
Congratulations Simon Stevens!
(25/07/2008
publié dans : Opinions/perspective
)
First of all, I would like to congratulate (if he gets to see this post) Coventry's own hero - Simon Stevens who won UK Catalyst award 2008 (community awards for social technology). The ... -
Hastings and the accessible buses which are not....
(15/07/2008
publié dans : ewheeling
)
P/S This incident while frustrating is nothing compared to what my compatriot, Peter Tan, has to face in Malaysia. Read his blog entry. PPS read the response of the manager of the bus company in ... -
Godiva Procession, Greyfriars Road 2008
(05/07/2008
)
Its on every year and today, I caught up with the Godiva Procession on my way home from buying fish at Coventry Market. Unlike last year there was a Chinese contingent this year. They were a ... -
London - from the perspective of a wheelchair user!
(01/07/2008
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I am busy researching and writing to create a website to sell and promote London, and Paris and then Strasbourg. In the mean time, I did this video with the images I took of London " from a ... -
Saturday last night drinks at Liquid bar
(22/06/2008
publié dans : Opinions/perspective
)
Last night we went for the last drinks at Liquid before it closed for good. There were quite a few people there. I think they will come up with something else but in the meantime, its going to be ... -
Paris by Eurostar
(18/06/2008
publié dans : travel
)
Rachel and I went to Paris by Eurostar. We set off quite early at 6am to catch the train to Euston - we nearly got locked up in the lift instead when the lift in my block of flats jammed. Luckily ... -
Possible closure for Liquid bar
(16/06/2008
)
My favourite local bar is in danger of closure by Coventry Council and we do not know why. I am no normal bar propper, I don't really drink apart from the odd whisky - I go to meet people and ... -
At the Mobility Roadshow 2008
(15/06/2008
)
I went to the Mobility Roadshow 2008 in Coventry (this is where I live after all) and looked at the different types of wheelchairs, adapted cars and accessible travel on offer. It was easy to get ...
Recent articles
- it has been 25 years....today is a day to catch up with old friends
- disability art - to be or not to be?
- Divali and schooldays remembered
- Rest in peace, Sam and his parents
- Settling down in Coventry
- snow in Coventry, Lily Allen vs Leonard Cohen
- disability portrayal in Asian soaps and films
- Going home - when home is not a wheelchair user friendly environment
- Nothing about us without us
- what a small world some people live in
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Xiaolu Guo
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
A love story - cultural differences, misunderstandings and yes, I see what she is saying.
Su Tong
Binu and the Great Wall
Binu And The Great Wall is a wonderful myth retold in the words of Su Tong, the author of ‘Rice’. The myth of Binu and how her tears washed away the Great Wall have been passed down through the ages. It is a tale of hardship, brutality and undying love. Su Tong’s version of the myth, brings to the reader the harshness and brutality that led to the constuction of the wall and the terrible effects it had on the common people.