If someone were to ask me what my favourite duet is, I would, without much hesitation, say that it is “Only You” (from the musical “Starlight Express”) composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and sung by Michael Crawford & Frances Ruffelle. It’s Track 11 of my “Michael Crawford performs Andrew Lloyd Webber” CD, and I have [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Only You
Tuesday, 14 October, 2008
“Do You Think You’re Good Looking?”
Monday, 13 October, 2008
You know in every week’s Urban supplement of the Straits Times (it used to appear every Thursdays, now it’s on Fridays), there will be a column somewhere around page 5 whereby they take a photo of two stylish people and ask them three questions? Usually it will be one male and one female interviewee. I [...]
FUJI GP
Monday, 13 October, 2008
Today’s Fuji grand prix must have been one of the most thrilling races this season (well, apart from the last few laps of Spa). But I particularly liked this race the best because the result was more favourable. =) Such an incident-packed race, I don’t even know where to begin! Some thoughts: – I have [...]
Christmas Song
Thursday, 9 October, 2008
Because I only just completed a piece which I spent the last few weeks working on, I thought it would be a pretty good time to start on a new song tonight. After much deliberation, I decided to perhaps scrap the children’s Christmas song which I took about one month to write back in August [...]
Obama = Hamilton, McCain = Ferrari/Massa
Thursday, 9 October, 2008
The US Presidential Election is just weeks away, and tensions are clearly mounting. The stakes are higher than ever. Same goes for the conclusion of the 2008 Formula 1 championship season. You could argue that Obama’s situation is exactly like Lewis Hamilton’s, and that McCain’s situation is exactly like the Ferrari/Massa situation. Well, apart from [...]
True Wealth
Wednesday, 8 October, 2008
“All man’s efforts are for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.” – Ecclesiastes 6:7 Tonight I was particularly moved by the Pastor’s bible exposition, in a way that I have not been for a long time. It seemed as if almost every word cut right to the bone. On a day when the [...]
Film Scoring
Tuesday, 7 October, 2008
You know how in life sometimes the discovery of one thing tends to lead to another and stuff. Anyway about a month ago I learnt from a friend that the NUS Wind Symphony (which he plays in) will be putting up their annual concert “Da Capo” at the Victoria Concert Hall on 17th Oct (plug [...]
It Doesn’t Add Up
Tuesday, 7 October, 2008
Something doesn’t add up. On the one hand, I’m reading about how “World markets slide as governments struggle to stem panic” and how “Singapore shares close more than 5% lower”…and yet on the other hand I’m reading about “Households to see average rise of about 21% in electricity bills from Oct” as well as “SingTel [...]
Awkward Wedding Dinner Conversation Topic Of The Year
Monday, 6 October, 2008
“Does a chicken have one or two breasts?” (I chose to remain silent on that particular discussion.) Talk about awkward wedding dinner conversations! But it was all in good fun, and we had a good laugh about it. Anyway, on another note, remember how I talked about this being “wedding season”? Well, I just attended [...]
Greatest Hits (Without The Best Song)
Sunday, 5 October, 2008
Have you had a situation where you pick up a “Greatest Hits” CD at a record store, and you look through the list of songs, and then suddenly wonder how come a particular song was excluded from the CD? As in, a really obvious choice of song but yet it was excluded from the album? [...]
