Author Archives: Yan Sham-Shackleton

Manhunt, the New VO, HKbloggers.com, & bad Chinese characters

Glutter plugs. The Bi-Monthly Salon Blog zine Virtual Occoquan #68 is now online. I have been meaning to this for months. But I think I forgot. Tian has created a site where he shows the misuse of Chinese and Japanese characters in Western culture. Some of them are a bit strange, some of them areContinue reading “Manhunt, the New VO, HKbloggers.com, & bad Chinese characters”

Visitors from El Salvador? Sudan? Brazil?

According to the Geomap, someone is currently visiting the site from El Salvador. Beunos!! Comastan!!!! (That is if he or sheis actually on Glutter and not chanced in through bad search). Now that is cool. I love central America. — PS. In the last five minutes, we also had someone from Brazil and then Sudan.Continue reading “Visitors from El Salvador? Sudan? Brazil?”

Without a Paddle: Dax Shepard and need I say anything???

Glutter Plugs and Doodles On the plane back from Australia, I finally got a chance to watch “Without a Paddle,” my college bud Dax Shepard’s first movie, and one with Seth Green and Matthew Lillard no less. I have been following the updates through the last year, excited that Dax’s first film was a starringContinue reading “Without a Paddle: Dax Shepard and need I say anything???”

Asia Blog Awards: Results.

The Results are In! In the "Best Hong Kong Blog" Category. I came second… 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 Thank you!!!!!!! Of the 1480 votes cast Glutter recieved: 300. The winner 307. The two of us shared 40% of the overall percentage. The winner EastSouthNorthWest is awesome. His is my favorite Hong Kong blog and incrediblyContinue reading “Asia Blog Awards: Results.”

Open Letter to the Person or People who posed as “fans of Glutter.”

If any of my readers truly wrote abusive emails to other bloggers over the Asian Blog Awards, claiming to be “fans” of Glutter I suggest whomever you are, to write an apology to the said women, and probably one to me too. I don’t appreciate having to apologize to people I don’t know existed forContinue reading “Open Letter to the Person or People who posed as “fans of Glutter.””

Missing: Ajith Priyantha in Sri Lanka

  Name: Ajith Priyantha Age: 31 Home: Unawatuna (Near Galle)(The rocks that fell through God’s Fingers) Please Give:Crossroads International If I had to pick a moment I was very happy I would undoubtedly choose Sri Lanka. The sun, constant. The scenery, lovely. The country, although poor, had a dignity that persevered through every corner ofContinue reading “Missing: Ajith Priyantha in Sri Lanka”

It’s Nice to Know We (HK) are So Generous..

Glutter’s Hong Kong I just got back to HK, and the first thing I have to do is take back what I said about Australians, making fun of them for being so "proud" of their country for the money they donated. The headline in today’s SCMP is "Hong Kong Leads the World in Tsunami Relief,"Continue reading “It’s Nice to Know We (HK) are So Generous..”

Hong Kong Based Charity Cross Roads needs Goods

I just got back.. didn’t see anything on the plane because a) it was dark, b) I was asleep, c) my geographical understanding of flight paths is limited. But on the way here, I just remembered an organization that I helped out with previously. It’s a HK based charity, very established but doesn’t have theContinue reading “Hong Kong Based Charity Cross Roads needs Goods”

The evil side of Human Beings..

Socio-Political Rants Not to put too much of a downer on the current first world "feel good fest" of donating unprecedented amounts of money and aid to disaster relief. With governments and parties jostling as being seen as the best and biggest donators, which will help buy political clout both within their own country andContinue reading “The evil side of Human Beings..”