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Posted on: 河莉秀
March 1, 2008 at 3:54 AMdear user26141, that's exactly the question I was asking myself. Thanks!
Posted on: 河莉秀
March 1, 2008 at 1:35 AMhi lydia1985 and bazza, my cousin underwent the rarer "FtM" (female to male) gender reassignment surgery a couple of years back. He went for the most drastic and risky form of this surgery, which is the construction of a functional penile shaft, with plumbing and nerve work. I must say that it is MAJOR surgery. And risky too, in that the risk of unsatisfactory results is high. For us, his family, the long process was educational. We learned that it is not a procedure that anybody goes into lightly. Most surgeons would not attempt such surgery without a clear medical opinion from at least one psychologist that there are pressing medical grounds, viz. Gender Identity Disorder, for it, and more reports showing that the patient is emotionally, psychologically, and physically able to undergo the surgery. And the adjustments after. I sincerely wish that people who assume that GID is a "lifestyle" issue would go and read some medical journals on the severe mental health risks posed by refusing to treat a genuine GID case. Getting back to a lighter tone, there was one day when my cousin was showing me the "tissue expander" which the surgeons had inserted under the skin of his forearm, to increase the amount of skin required for the extensive grafts that would be needed. He reassured me, "No, it doesn't hurt at all, see, you can touch it..." I had a go, and then said to my cousin, "When we were children, I never, ever thought that I would get to touch your penis..." We laughed so hard that I nearly wet myself. Next question was, "Isn't it a little.... big? Does it have to be so... big?" Answer: "Nah, they need extra skin just in case.".
Posted on: 河莉秀
March 1, 2008 at 12:54 AMHello wennytao. If you were to be offered a role in writing the material for the "con" side, what factors would you like to highlight?
Posted on: Singapore
February 29, 2008 at 6:48 AMHee hee. bilm, were you ever able to overcome the shock of trying to drink Tiger beer "hawker centre style", ie with ice cubes in it? I was born here, but I still can't do it. But recently, somebody persuaded me to try Guinness Stout that way, and it was surprisingly drinkable. The ice chips made it taste... buttery. Only works with the rich, thick "export"-type Guinness in the small cans; the "draft" kind just gets watery. Ken Carroll, who is Irish, is going to ban me for life from CPOD now, isn't he?
Posted on: Singapore
February 29, 2008 at 6:30 AMSorry, I'm obviously delirious. Real Hokkien Mee is fried. I confused it with Prawn Noodles, which have the "fixins" I described. Yum.
Posted on: Singapore
February 29, 2008 at 6:27 AMHello Bill M. I think the dish you liked so much was "chwee kway"; does this sound/ look like it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chwee_kway If you were getting your chwee kway from Tiong Bahru Market, you were eating the best c.k. on the island, IM(humble)O! How do you like your Hokkien mee -- fried, "dry" or "soup"? I like mine "dry", tossed with lots of chilli paste, big sweet prawns, lots of fried shallots, and made with broad rice noodles instead of yellow egg noodles. The kuey teow noodles "catch" the sauce much better; it's the "pappardelle principle"!
Posted on: 河莉秀
February 29, 2008 at 6:17 AMhello changye. For what it's worth, I don't see anything wrong in not being able to find it in you to be "cheering on" something that makes you very uncomfortable, since you obviously support and uphold the idea of sex-change as a basic human right. But that's only my personal opinion.
Posted on: 河莉秀
February 29, 2008 at 2:26 AMtvan, your Mandarin is better than anything I could manage now. I mean it. Was the stripper bar in Singapore? Wow wow wow. "Bar top" dancing has only been legal here for about two years. But strolling up and down Claymore Hill in a beautifully "pulled-together" outfit, and looking very beautiful, has never been a crime here.
Posted on: 河莉秀
February 29, 2008 at 1:36 AM[QUOTE] 我等 Auntie68 留言， 因为听说新加坡有很多变性人。 [/QUOTE] !!!! tvan, 没错! I think that Singapore may be the only country in the world where one of the toniest neighbourhoods -- Claymore Hill -- has been totally colonized by ladyboys (变性人), at least after dark. They bring class to the neighbourhood! Hard not to love them. The late Dr Benjamin Sheares, the second President of Singapore (*a country whose very short "national history" could fit into an extra-small Trojan), was an eminent obn-gyn whose claim to fame (*outside the political/ historical spheres) was developing the "Sheares Manoeuvre", a surgical technique for creating artificial vaginas. I am told that this is still being used by surgeons today, decades after he invented it. I bet GWB's cv doesn't include any achievements of this kind... tvan, if only my Mandarin were as good as yours, I would dare to post in Mandarin. Still working on it!
Posted on: Yang Jie's Fury
March 1, 2008 at 5:17 AMDear thomasf, in Chinese, the "green-eyed monster" becomes "眼红" (yan3 hong2) -- literally, "red eyes"! A somewhat more formal word would be, “妒嫉" (du4 ji4). Both of these expressions convey the sense of envy, of coveting a thing or an achievement of another person. Not sure how to say "jealous" in the sense of being possessive, though... Anybody?