Kong Ming Lantern.

I write my wishes -
lines after lines,
whispering to the skies, my prayers
vocalized and sub-vocalized
within my mind, my heart and my soul.

Then I release it, my prayer lantern
lit with a golden flame, sent aloft
my wish to the gods above.
I want to hope and remain hopeful.

Confuzzled about cons.

Living in Singapore has its own limitations: we do not have con(ventions). No Swancon, no Wiscon, no Gen-con. Sure, we have cosplay events... but as for a large-scale convention, nope. We do have SPORE-con, a gaming convention (run by my husband), mostly focussing on gaming (war-games, board-games and stuff in between). But the fan inside me craves interaction with other fans, say, in literary science fiction/speculative fiction. I would like to attend a panel discussion...

I used to attend Swancon for a couple of years when I was studying in Western Australia and all the Swancons I'd attended were fantastic (one being quite memorable when I met my future husband). Now, back in Singapore, I wonder when I would attend a con again...