Welcome to my user page! If you want to contact me, feel free to post to my talk page or to send me email.

I am a Postgraduate Student living in Singapore, in the middle of a Master of Arts in Late Antique & Byzantine Studies at King's College London, having previously acquired a BA in Classics from the same institution. I am an alumnus of the Anglo-Chinese family of schools in Singapore, specifically Anglo-Chinese Junior School, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and Anglo-Chinese Junior College in turn.

My research interests include Byzantine History, Late Antique Greek and Byzantine Palæography, Culture and Religion in Late Antiquity, Theology & Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, Byzantium after Byzantium, Postclassical Greek and Latin.

While on sabbatical in Singapore, I teach Greek & Latin as a private tutor, and Greek Tragedy at Anglo-Chinese Junior College.

I have a particular interest in Eastern Christianity, specifically in its Byzantine form, being a member of the Russian Catholic Church. I am a chanter trained in various traditions of church music both East and West, but particularly in Slavonic (Russian, Galician etc), Byzantine and Gregorian Chant.

In my free time I fence Sabre, Rapier and Broadsword. I also play Lute - both the smaller Renaissance 7-course Lute, the Baroque Archlute and Theorbo (which means I also play Basso Continuo).

WikiProject Involvment

edit

Received

edit
  A Barnstar
I proudly award you "The Saints' Barnstar" for creating and improving articles on saints and Eastern Christianity. Majoreditor 16:52, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Articles Started

edit

Category:Eastern Catholic saints

Articles With Substantial Contributions

edit

Ah Lian, Akribeia, Amice, Anglo-Chinese School, Armenian Church, Singapore, Army Daze, Blessed Virgin Mary, Canonical hours, Clerical celibacy, Clerical celibacy (Catholic Church), Charalampus, Chorbishop, Christianity in Singapore, Cosmas of Aetolia, Constantine XI, Council of Florence, Cyriacus of Athens, Dalmatic, Dikirion and trikirion, Eastern Catholic Churches, Ecumenical Patriarch Joseph II of Constantinople, Ektenia, Eucharistic discipline, Gemistus Pletho, Gennadius II Scholarius, George Acropolites, Glory Be to the Father Hail Mary, Hakka, Holy Qurbana of Addai and Mari, Holy Week, Infant communion, Isidore of Kiev, Jonah Metropolitan of Moscow, Johannes Bessarion, Kliros, Kyrie, Lamb (Liturgy), Latin spelling and pronunciation, Lestovka, The Lord's Prayer in different languages, Lute, Maniple (vestment), Mapo dofu, Maximus the Greek, Menander Protector, Metropolitan Vitaly Ustinov, Michael Panaretos, Mitre, Old Believers, Omophorion, Orarion, Otak-otak, Pancras of Taormina, Phelonion, Prayer of Saint Ephrem, Raffles Institution, Roti john, Sabbas the Sanctified, Saints Cosmas and Damian, Sakkos, Sticharion, Subdeacon, Sub tuum praesidium, Teh tarik, Theorbo, Transubstantiation, Trisagion, Typica, Vestment, Znamenny Chant

Articles Needing Work

edit

Chinese Orthodox Church, Ethnic Russians in China, Isidore of Kiev, Maximus the Greek, Patriarch Nikon, Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Easter Vigil, Euchologion, Missa Sicca, Canonical hours, Greek Catholic Church, Aumbry, Reserved sacrament, Pyx, Paschal Tide, Severus of Antioch, Moleben, Zemnoy poklon, Exapostilarion, Kassia, John Michael Botean

Articles to start

edit

Sacrament house, Epistle book

Obligatory Userboxes

edit
 This user is from Singapore.
 This user lives in London.
GMT
?
This user's time zone depends on whenever they decide to get up today.
vn-2This user page has been vandalized twice.
vn-2This user's talk page has been vandalized 2 times.
 This user is an academic.
 This user is a graduate student in Classics.
 This user attends or attended
King's College London
BAThis user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Classics.
This user is an ageless immortal.
ACSThis user was from Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
 這個用戶是華人
这个用户是华人
This user is of Chinese ethnicity.
華夏兒女
 這個用戶是龍的傳人
这个用户是龙的传人
This user is a Descendant of the Dragon.
 該用戶認為漢字簡化破壞了漢字之美。
This user thinks that the beauty of Chinese characters is ruined by simplifying them.
enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.
la-5Hic usor professio latine loquitur atque contribuere potest.
grcὍδε ὁ χρήστης ἐκ γενετῆς τὴν ἀρχαίαν ἑλληνικὴν λαλεῖ.
en-GB
-5
This user can contribute at a professional level of British English.
it-2Quest'utente può contribuire con un livello intermedio di italiano.
ke-3Ὁ χρήστης οὗτος δύναται συνεισφέρειν μετ' ἀνωτέρας γνώσεως τῆς Κοινῆς Ἑλληνικῆς.
zh-4該用戶能以地道中文進行交流。
该用户能以地道中文进行交流。
wuu箇个用户个母语吴语
箇個用戶個母語吳語
yue呢位用户嘅母语粤语/广州话
呢位用戶嘅母語粵語/廣州話
got-2Sa niutands mag rodjan midjai gutiskai.
hy-1Այս անձը տիրապետում է հայերենին սկսնակի մակարդակով:
cu-2Сь польѕевател҄ь глаголѥтъ словѣньскы трьпимо.
ro-1Acest utilizator poate contribui în română la un nivel de bază.
ru-1Этот участник владеет русским языком на начальном уровне.
pigIsthay userway ancay ontributecay ithway away ativenay evellay ofway Igpay Atinlay.
uk-1Користувач може робити внесок українською мовою на початковому рівні.
fgn-4This user speaks several dialects of foreign at a near native level.
LE-0This individual still maintains a shred of dignity in this insane world by adhering to correct spelling, grammar, punctuation and capitalisation.
Cyrs-5
Ѭ
This user has full understanding of the Early Cyrillic alphabet.
Armn-5
Թ
This user has full understanding of the Armenian alphabet.
 This user is a musician.
vocThis user is a singer.
 This user plays their music in the bass clef.
 This user is a thespian, and shouldn't be wished "good luck".
 This user is interested in drama and acting.
 This user is an Eastern Catholic Christian.
  This user is a Byzantine chanter.
  This user supports the Reconciliation of the Churches.  
 This user is interested in
Ancient Greece
 This user is interested in Ancient Rome.
 This user is interested in the Byzantine Empire
 This user is interested in the
Middle Ages
 
This user is interested in the Renaissance period.
 This user is interested in the Baroque period.
 This user is interested in Russia and is capable of speaking in a Russian accent.
 This user is interested in drama and acting.
  This user is a monarchist.
 This user is a participant in WikiProject Eastern Orthodoxy.
 This user is a member of
WikiProject Saints.
 This user is a member of the Middle Ages WikiProject.
 This user is a carnivore.
 This user prefers rare steak.
 This user likes to eat
borscht
 This user would likely die without eating the occasional curry.
 This user drinks. Period.
 This user prefers the world of sparkling wines.
 This user enjoys classical music.
 This user listens to World Music.
 This user enjoys klezmer.
  This user can't stand hip hop music.
cRap This user can't stand rap music.
 This user enjoys Chinese traditional music.
' This user opposes denial of the Armenian Genocide.
  This user opposes denial of the Pontic Greek Genocide.
  This user does not recognize the so-called Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and demands withdrawal of all illegal Turkish troops from the Republic of Cyprus.
 This user smokes tobacco in a pipe.
 This user is addicted to travel.
SCAThis user is a member of the
Society for Creative Anachronism.
enThis user supports the
English English language.
OEDThis user uses Oxford spelling.
əThis user is a Grammar Nazi.
Subj This user prefers that the subjunctive mood be used. Were this user you, he would use it.
"…"?This user thinks "British punctuation is best for quotation marks". Do you?
 
This user maintains a Facebook profile.
 This user has a PowerBook G4 running Tiger.
 This user has an iPod.
MSN This user uses MSN Messenger and his MSN address is available upon request
 This user uses Adium to chat on various instant messaging networks.
 This user uses Soulseek.
 This user uses eMule.
 This user has no understanding of time and does everything at the last minute.
 This user is a fencer.
 This user quite often sighed "Yes Minister"
ACADEMIC JOURNALThis user has had his/her work published in an academic journal.
BOOKThis user is working on publishing a book.
POEMThis user has had one of their poems published.