What’s your idea of a perfect day?
Being alone and lazy in a lovely foreign city, reading a good book, and listening to my favorite music.
If you could invite any four people (living or dead) to a dinner party, who would they be?
Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung, James Dean and Marilyn Monroe.
What are you reading now?
‘Formation of Modernity’, edited by Stuart Hall and Bram Gieben.
And writing?
I’m writing a book about the late Hong Kong superstar Anita Mui.
Who is one of your favourite writers?
Rey Chow.
What’s playing on your headphones?
Anita Mui’s ‘Sunset Melody’.
If your house was on fire and your family was safe, what would be the three first things would you save?
My passport, some cash and some of my old records (LPs).
What virtue do you most admire in others?
Integrity.
If you could travel to any place on earth, where would you go?
“Anywhere that I have never been to is interesting.” (from Wong Kar Wai’s film ‘Happy Together’).
What is one word you would use to describe Macau?
Incurable.
And your wish for 2014?
Less suffering, more understanding.
