fiat lux (cahier lukhnos)

Chio-châi (招財), my parents’ cat, who came to live with them since July 2004 when he was just a few days old, passed away this morning.

For this evening I am going to play this in lieu of a prayer. Requiescat in pace.

Wir genießen die himmlischen Freuden,
Drum tun wir das Irdische meiden.
Kein weltlich Getümmel
Hört man nicht im Himmel!
Lebt Alles in sanftester Ruh.
Wir führen ein englisches Leben,
Sind dennoch ganz lustig daneben,
Wir tanzen und springen,
Wir hüpfen und singen!
Sanct Peter im Himmel sieht zu!

Gustav Mahler, “Das himmlische Leben.” From Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Gustav Mahler (piano, on a Welte-Mignon roll). 1993.

Administrator :: May.15.2006 :: announcement :: No Comments »

According to Shanghai Youth Daily, China’s first LGBT Hotline is opened in Shanghai. Full text of the coverage can be found here (in Chinese), although the Internet version of the report missed to mention the number: 800-988-1929 (only in the Mainland).

I didn’t know if it’s actually an LGBT Hotline–in China the word tongxinglian is mostly applied to gay male. The “subverted” term tongzhi is not as widely used as in Hong Kong and Taiwan; in China tongzhi still means comrade in most context. And the Youth Daily report only mentioned male callers and male volunteers. Perhaps it’s more a gay hotline than a general LGBT hotline.

Taiwan’s tongzhi hotline is opened in June 1998.

lukhnos :: May.10.2006 :: opinion :: No Comments »