Yan Sham-Shackleton

A Gift to the dead from Pre-school

My son's pre-school is lovely, gentle, caring, and culturally diverse. They have an international potluck after their Christmas recital, which I found amusing as some parents wrote "American" next to their dishes despite we are in the US. So today, for Chinese New Year, my son’s teachers kindly gave our children Lai See. Traditionally aContinue reading “A Gift to the dead from Pre-school”

More of Me.. than you care..

My journalism classmates keep saying if I wanted to write more in 2013, I need to have a higher profile, thus need to have a blog etc. etc. Fine. I now have revamped my blog (http://glutter.typepad.com/glutter/) that's linked to; my twitter (https://twitter.com/YanShamS), that's linked to; my FB blog page, (https://www.facebook.com/YanShamS), that's linked to; my instagram (http://instagram.com/yanshamshackleton),Continue reading “More of Me.. than you care..”

I heard part of the NRA statement and I thought it was fitting because it felt like the end of the world.

Stop Playing Hero in Your Head, you gun enthusiasts.

I want to go up to every single person who is bragging about "If I was there and I had a gun," and say, "You were not. You probably won't be. So stop playing hero in your head. It's disgusting that you use this event to boost your own ego."

Sep 7, 2012

This is so depressing. Our generation might be able to push back but what about the next? The future of HK is subsumed under China now. It’s a dictatorship, no one has any power to make changes on a national level and barely on a local one. All the reasons that democracy is the onlyContinue reading “Sep 7, 2012”

“Not Forgotten” both metaphorically and practically.

It was June 4th, the anniverssary of Tianenmen square uprising being crushed by the Chinese government. I have not forgotten. I have been working on a piece. I just haven't finished it because I am probably over working it. Will post soon.

Coming to a stance on “gay marriage”

Coming to a stance on "gay marriage" So.. I never ever gave much thought to the "gay marriage" issue mainly bc I think everyone should have non denomination civil unions gay or straight. So Sat I was dancing at a gay club and this girl just moved to LA from Alabama she said to me,Continue reading “Coming to a stance on “gay marriage””

I am still fearful but “Hello” again anyway.

Awaiting a Democratic China Six years has passed since I last worked on Glutter. In between, I moved to the US. I didn’t end up in law school because I had a baby. I separated from the baby’s father -a man who was in Tiananmen on June 4th 1989. I moved out on my ownContinue reading “I am still fearful but “Hello” again anyway.”

Wang Dan: Government is created by the people.

王丹网站 Wang Dan's Page 有人說“其實大陸只是關閉評論三天”，言下之意好像沒什麼。這種心態可謂被壓制慣了，居然只被關三天也當作樂觀的基礎。完全想不到，原來是一天都沒關閉啊。今天關三天，人民無所謂，以後就敢關五天了。人民抱著這種心態，就會有這樣的政府。一句話，政府都是人民慣出來的！ (It's going to be a while before I am brave enough to translate in public!)

News: NYT China Hems In Social Networking

Maybe they are clamping down because "the day of those who passed," is Monday? We know the Chinese government doesn't like her citizens remembering those who passed in political terms.. there is always a clamp down. They have learnt their lesson in 1989 with Hu Yang Bo China Hems In Social Networking By IANContinue reading “News: NYT China Hems In Social Networking”