About Us

trip·tych /ˈtriptik/ Noun
1. A picture or relief carving on three panels, typically hinged together side by side and used as an altarpiece.
2. A set of three associated artistic, literary, or musical works intended to be appreciated together.
3. This seemingly schizophrenic weblog authored by three entirely different personas with a diverse cornucopia of topics ranging from popular culture to current affairs, and everything else in between.

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Disclaimer: This blog is authored by three very different individuals and is strictly meant for entertainment purposes only. Contrary to popular belief, any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Text may contain materials some readers may find objectionable; read at your own risk.

Now that that's out of the way, let's get down to business. Just sit back, relax and enjoy your ride as we transport you to where it all began; a land far, far away, in an almost antediluvian age, when dragons still existed and Glinda was still a sorceress-in-training.

Wait, maybe not. Maybe the story didn't really begin there; rather it all started in the year 2349, where dystopia, dictatorship and dementia are all epitomized in the form of a Nineteen Eighty-Four-esque, oligarchical city-state.

Reality check: that wasn't when the story began either. Nope. The existence of this weblog began with a simple, saffron "Create Blog" button on Blogger.com and a caffeine-fuelled urge to write; there's been no stopping since. What must be made clear is that this isn't merely a weblog; it's a collection of dissertations of the zeitgeist, theses of pseudo-delusional thoughts and most importantly, chronicles of life.

Welcome. We hope you enjoy your stay.

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Jiawin Huang

Hailing from fresh-out-the-oven UNESCO Heritage Site Penang but currently residing in its ex-settlement sibling Singapore, the almost-16 teenager, at first glance, resembles your stereotypical Asian nerd. Don't be fooled by this deceiving facade; he thinks that cubic functions are meaninglessly complicated, has double eyelids semi-hidden beneath his glasses and generally has no problems socializing. Also, he doesn't have a battle hymn-reciting tiger mother (although he admittedly enjoyed the book thoroughly). As you might have already guessed, this firm grammar believer harbours a profound love for all genres of books, ranging from utopian fantasy to postmodern non-fiction. A fan of history, literature, philosophy and linguistics, he more often than not finds everything to be confusingly contradicting, yet immensely intriguing. He's striving to be rationally positive and achieve an equilibrium between rose-tinted optimism and Murphy's Law-embracing pessimism, while living life as it is.

Kelvin Kazuhiko, B.S., M.S., M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D.
This multilingual multi-instrumentalist has been described, on numerous occasions, as "a seventy-year-old soul trapped in a seventeen-year-old's body"; those comments don't deviate far from the truth, actually. The only son of a British sailor and a Japanese geisha, he was born merely years after World War II and spent most of his childhood in London, Tokyo and everywhere in between. The rest of his life was spent obtaining degrees, penning commentaries and books, and researching on Period 7 radioactive isotopes, that is, until an accidental discovery of the elixir of youth drastically altered his life. Forced to go through his adolescence once again, he finds himself confused amidst the Harajuku-loving teens of Japan and the young Londoners bobbing their heads to seemingly incomprehensible electro-pop - whatever happened to the Beatles?! Despite possessing an eidetic memory, he exhibits a tenuous understanding of irony, sarcasm and humour, and, being the overtly loquacious professor he is, often unwittingly uses verbiage. Notwithstanding those shortcomings, the egocentric, over-thinking atheist is, in the strictest sense, knowledgeable, especially when it comes to, well, just about everything. Also an advocate of humanitarianism, secularism, environmentalism and freedom of speech, although his outspoken manner on such matters might rub some the wrong way.

Barbarella
Her last name changing with every appearance, the self-proclaimed American Chinese crossly refused to reveal any details about herself after an innocent question regarding her age was posed. Contrary to popular belief, she is in no way related to the character on The Noose ("That bitch copied me!" she declares proudly). Beneath the bimbotic smile, however, lies a witty, humorous mademoiselle who often spices up conversations with her trademark sarcasm. Possessing an extensive knowledge of popular culture and knowing her Whitneys and Britneys, she's not your average die-hard follower of the subculture; she refuses, in fact, to be associated with those prepubescent mindless drones that make up a majority of the following and is vocal in her criticism of the Kardashian clan, Twilight and Beliebers. The Autotune-hating miss finds aural euphoria in the likes of Lady Gaga, Adele and Beyonce, and raises an eyebrow when it comes to Katy Perry, Rihanna or Ke$ha. Also, she finds Glee and The Big Bang Theory worthwhile of her time, and thoroughly enjoys movies like Black Swan, Avatar, American Beauty and Inception.

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