Alwyn Lau3 ways to check if an academic journal is legitWhat follows are a few ways academic writers can evaluate if the journal(s) they are submitting their articles to are legit and free from…1 min read·Apr 24, 2024----
Alwyn LauThoughts on Parasyte: The GreyThis was surprisingly good. After the disappointment of Sweet Home Season 2 (whose episode 1 I gave up after about 30m) I wasn’t expecting…2 min read·Apr 21, 2024----
Alwyn LauReview of “2 Views of the Doctrine of the Trinity”This book is only for those who enjoy swimming in butt-deep waters of complex Christian theology. I sorta enjoy this stuff but even I gotta…4 min read·Apr 4, 2024----
Alwyn LauFasting from social mediaRumour has it life begins to feel wondrously different if we take a (long?) break from the usual apps, timelines, news and infinite…1 min read·Mar 12, 2024----
Alwyn LauQuotes that stuck (Feb ‘23)“If a diplomat says ‘yes,’ he means ‘perhaps.’ If he says ‘perhaps,’ he means ‘no.’ And if he says ‘no,’ he’s the hell of a diplomat.” —…1 min read·Feb 7, 2024----
Alwyn LauReview of “Born to Run”“Running is an absurd past-time upon which to be exhausting ourselves. But if you can find meaning in the kind of running required to stay…7 min read·Jan 23, 2024----
Alwyn LauReview of“Sleeping Beauties”Picked up this book — O’Sullivan, Suzanne. The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery Illness. Pantheon, 2021. — to kill time…6 min read·Dec 28, 2023----
Alwyn LauQuotes which stuck (Dec ‘23)“Over the last decade of the stock market, only ten days really mattered in terms of gains and losses.” — Scott Patterson1 min read·Dec 15, 2023----
Alwyn Lau“What is God’s will for me?”Still kinda geeks me out that in the New Testament there are only three occasions which talk about what God’s will is for Christians.1 min read·Dec 4, 2023----
Alwyn LauThe 4 Horsemen in MalaysiaThis is Peter Attia’s term for the chronic diseases which are the world’s biggest killers as people age: Heart disease, cancer, type-2…3 min read·Dec 4, 2023----