This poem was written for the Melbourne University Mathematics and Statistic Society’s magazine, Paradox. It is about an experience that I experienced as a first-year (freshman) at Melbourne University. When I started maths and stats I also did philosophy in that we studied brains in vats and Descartes’ dual-lology My study habits weren’t the...
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Melbourne This speech was written to be given at the beginning of the 2004 academic year by myself as the immediate past president of the group to the Melbourne University Amnesty International group. It was never actually delivered because the executive made a decision to, instead, start the year with a fun group activity....
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My successor as president of the Melbourne University Amnesty International group, Anthony Nicholas, began a fairly regular weekly poetry reading on something human rights related. As the outgoing president, I was called on to present the first poem. It is not very good. The final paragraph is borrowed from the Norwegian poet Nordahl Grieg....
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It all started when it was decided that the 2003 world inline speedskating championships was going to be held in China. China, being geographically close to Hong Kong, was an ideal location for the first world championships to be attended by skaters from Hong Kong. Although I wasn’t aware of it at the time,...
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This poem was delivered to the volunteer crew of the Amnesty International comedy gala “Stand Up For Your Rights” by Daniel Yeow about two hours before curtain, in an attempt to inspire them and also as a sound check for the microphone on the lectern. Committee, Crew, Comedians, lend me your ears! I come...
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Spinning lights, lights sparkling spinning turning burning crashing wooshing, feel like falling, twisting weightless windless in a vacuum, blinding streaking blurring breaking It was a clear day. I had finished my last exam of the semester a fews prior and was enjoying the luxury of sleeping in after many sleepless nights. But not this...
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