Photo (“Michael Phelps après une superbe course”) by sagicel By now you’ve probably read that Michael Phelps will be attempting to make history at the Beijing Olympic games by possibly being the first athlete to win eight gold medals at a single Olympic Games. Most athletes would consider winning a single gold medal the highlight [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Can Michael Phelps Get His 8 Golds?
Wednesday, 30 July, 2008
Only If You Pack The Stadium!
Wednesday, 30 July, 2008
I was at the Brazil-Singapore match at the National Stadium on Monday night. The turnout was slightly less than what I had expected. I estimated the actual turnout to be around thirty-plus thousand. True enough, the papers reported that there were 33,650 in attendance that night. Today, I saw this article in the Straits Times: [...]
Support Local Music…Why?
Tuesday, 29 July, 2008
I’ve never really been very comfortable whenever I see people exhorting others to “support local music!” Now don’t get me wrong…those who know me will know that it is my sincere desire that local music flourishes and we would all one day be able to truly celebrate music made in Singapore. However, I always get [...]
To Move The Listener
Tuesday, 29 July, 2008
I was recently reading a book about the great composers (“The Great Composers” by Jeremy Nicholas) and came across this particular paragraph written of the great opera composer Giacomo Puccini: “As a manipulator of audience emotions, Puccini was second to none. He has been much criticized for this, but moving the audience is a large [...]
“76% Of Drivers Who Do Not Pay ERP Daily Benefit From 15% Road Tax Cut”
Thursday, 24 July, 2008
I found this news article on Monday a little bit puzzling: “76% of drivers who do not pay ERP daily benefit from 15% road tax cut“ (source: CNA website) In particular, the first two paragraphs: “SINGAPORE: Only a quarter or 24 per cent of all drivers in Singapore incur daily Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charges. Speaking in Parliament [...]
“Where I Belong” By Tanya Chua
Wednesday, 23 July, 2008
I was just revisiting some of our previous NDP songs over the last few years, and I realised that the 2001 NDP song entitled “Where I Belong” written by Tanya Chua is brilliant. The more I listen to it, the more I like it. It’s a fantastic song. Great job, Tanya Chua!
Lewis = Special
Wednesday, 23 July, 2008
I’ve been following F1 pretty closely for a good ten odd years now. I’ll say that, apart from Michael Schumacher, there are basically two drivers in the last ten years whom I consider to be “special”. One is Fernando Alonso, simply because of what he did in 2005 and 2006. The other is Lewis Hamilton. [...]
“My Singapore” (My Little NDP Song For This Year)
Saturday, 19 July, 2008
My Singapore Music & Lyrics by Jeremy Yew When I take a look around me in this city that I love In our island so beautiful and free See the red and white, the stars, the crescent flying high above I think of how it flies for you and me Hand in hand we’re marching [...]
The Songcraft Dilemma
Thursday, 17 July, 2008
Photo (untitled) by simple mike The Songcraft Songwriting Circle has grown quite a bit since it was first started in April last year. Grown, not necessarily in the “numbers” sense, but definitely in the sense of “passion”, “chemistry” and “spirit”. This is definitely something which I had not expected, but neither can I say that [...]
NDP Song Music Video – The Plot Thickens!
Wednesday, 16 July, 2008
This is good stuff. I saw this letter in the Straits Times Forum section today which really piqued my interest: N-Day song’s music concept video a copycat? I WAS proud of Singapore when I first read the lyrics to this year’s National Day theme song Shine For Singapore. The song made me reminisce about songs [...]
