Today I was just reading an article about critically-acclaimed Singapore-born violinist Siow Lee Chin’s performance with the RGS String Ensemble at the Esplanade Concert Hall. The concert took place on Monday evening. Anyway, my main point is that in the article, the writer mentioned something to the effect that it is no exaggeration to say [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Classical Musicians In Singapore
Wednesday, 29 April, 2009
Anatomy Of A Song
Tuesday, 28 April, 2009
I always enjoy being tasked to write a song. It gives me a purpose to write, a fixed deadline to finish it by, and guidelines to work with. And it also sets me standards to work towards. (NB: By the way, the rest of the post is just my personal ramblings on the entire thought [...]
Bulls-Celtics
Tuesday, 28 April, 2009
Just wanna say one thing about the NBA Playoffs so far: How about the Bull-Celtics series eh!!! Easily the most unexpectedly intriguing series of the first round. Ben Gordon is just out of this world. Go Bulls! (I think the series is going to go to seven games. And even if the Celtics make it [...]
Sub 21
Monday, 27 April, 2009
I heard on the radio this evening that the impossible has happened – man has broken the 21 second mark over 50 metres. It’s not Eamon Sullivan who broke it. And though it was a Frenchman, it wasn’t Alain Bernard. It was Frederick Bousquet who became the only man in history to have gone over [...]
Wilson Phillips
Sunday, 26 April, 2009
I was chatting with an (older) friend of mine over dinner last week and a Wilson Phillips song came on. And I asked her if she knew the song (I can’t remember which song it was…”Release Me” was it?), and she said yes. And she asked me how come I knew these songs, cos wasn’t [...]
“If There’re Seasons…” – Excellent
Saturday, 25 April, 2009
Today while watching “天冷就回来” (“If There’re Seasons…”) at the Drama Centre Theatre, I was introduced to the songwriting genius of 梁文福 (Liang Wern Fook). I’ve heard a lot about this legendary local xinyao composer, but have never really sat down to listen to his songs. Apparently this musical was not drawn up from scratch…but rather, [...]
The Importance Of Being Humble
Friday, 24 April, 2009
This week it dawned on me the importance of being humble, of not letting things get to my head. I was chatting with a friend and was I was self-reminded not to let myself get too swell-headed about what I’ve done and achieved, cos one, it’s nothing that great, and two, all glory should always [...]
“Britain’s Got Talent” – Pure Television Gold
Thursday, 23 April, 2009
“Britain’s Got Talent” has gotta be a million times better than “American Idol” I tell ya! Too bad we don’t get it on telly here, but judging by the YouTube clips, I reckon it’s one of the greatest things in recent TV history. Pure television gold. The clip above was so good I had to [...]
“S Factor” – Is This Representative Of Singaporean Girls?
Wednesday, 22 April, 2009
So MediaCorp’s done it again with a hit English comedy TV series called “S Factor”. Oh wait, it’s supposed to be a reality show, not a comedy. But seriously folks, the only way MediaCorp produces a good English TV show is when it’s of a so-bad-that-it’s-good variety. In other words – unintentional comedy. The official [...]
Simple Pleasures Of Life
Wednesday, 22 April, 2009
I think in life, everyone needs to have at least one restaurant or cafe which they can call their “safe haven” (or “secret getaway”, or whatever you call it). Which means however hectic or stressful life is, when you go to this place you can be assured of peace and tranquility even if it’s just [...]
