Blog Detail
Ulaca
http://ulaca-es.blogspot.com/
"Utterly cynical, thoroughly grumpy and completely fun, Ulaca’s disparate posts take aim at everything … politics, culture, literature and more." (about.com)
- Added on: Sep 3rd, 2009
- Country: Hong Kong SAR
- Language: English
- Author: Ullie
- Listed in: Humor Social Commentary
- Tags: sport films hong kong cultural criticism language abuse walks in hong kong
Recent Posts
After Virtue
After Virtue: a Study in Moral Theory, by Scottish philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, was first recommended to me by my PhD supervisor many years ago. Regrettably, along with a number of other suggestions he made, I didn't take him up on this one at the...
Scholesy Shows Frogs How to Do It
No faffing about from the little ginger fellow:...
Green Mist Descends
Sent out of de World Cup by a handball – and to tink Oi'd never don anyting loike dat in me whole loif. ...
Defying Mao
Just as Sebastian Heffner once wrote a book called Defying Hitler, Nien Cheng's memoir could be called Defying Mao. Dipping into my yellowing edition last night, I re-read the two bits I'd marked up when I first read the book."The guard would unlock ...
Life and Death in Shanghai
In the Authorised Version of the Bible, the letter to the Hebrews has the simple yet evocative phrase "of whom the world was not worthy" to describe those men and women who had shown outstanding courage in defence of the faith they upheld.When I firs...
SCMP Slumps to All-time Low as Director Misspells Own Name
I open my Inbox this morning and what do I find? A missive from Hong Kong's world newspaper inviting me to attend a PostGrad Expo next month. I don't want to appear too mean, but it would appear that the person who really needs to go back to school i...
