Sigh, I hate to do this but it looks like I have to call out Sumiko Tan once again over her latest column in yesterday’s Sunday Times. I just couldn’t stop shaking my head while reading it. Why do you do this to us, Sumiko? Y’know, I can’t figure out if she’s trying to be [...]
Archive for May, 2011
Sumiko Tan: “Call Me A Tiger Wife”
Monday, 30 May, 2011
2011 Barca or 1996 Bulls?
Monday, 30 May, 2011
I didn’t watch the Champions League final a few days ago, but I heard that Barca was just on another planet altogether, somewhat like the final in Rome two years ago. In fact, some say this is the greatest football team ever assembled. I’m no football expert, but I guess there has to be some [...]
Sports Oddities
Thursday, 26 May, 2011
Sometimes I watch those old sports clips on YouTube, such as say the Bulls-Suns NBA Finals of 1993, and I’ve always wondered – why did they not have a permanent scoreboard on the TV screen back in those days? Nowadays you turn on any game on TV, and immediately you want to look for the [...]
Review: The Adventures of the Mad Chinaman
Wednesday, 25 May, 2011
Event: Fantastic Entertainment Presents “The Adventures of the Mad Chinaman” (starring Dick Lee) Venue: Esplanade Recital Studio Run: 24th May – 26th May 2011 It’s hard to believe that Dick Lee, by far Singapore’s most accomplished and well-known singer-songwriter and composer of musicals, has not performed in a formal concert setting since his Kallang Theatre [...]
Planking
Tuesday, 24 May, 2011
I’ve seen fads come and go, and some of them were interesting while others weren’t, but I’ve got to say that planking is just plain silly. There’s no other way to see it really.
Cutest Thing I’ve Seen On The Internet In Months
Friday, 20 May, 2011
The commentary is equally compelling as well.
General Election Talk (Part 11)
Thursday, 12 May, 2011
Overseas Voting In order to have been eligible to vote in this year’s GE, Singaporeans residing overseas had to register as an overseas voter before 19th April. There were 9 overseas polling stations worldwide: Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Canberra, London, Washington, San Francisco and New York. (Which basically meant that any Singaporean living in [...]
The Chang Tou Liang vs. ACS(I) Saga
Wednesday, 11 May, 2011
And you thought our local classical music scene was boring. There was a furore generated recently regarding a certain Life! review written by Dr Chang Tou Liang, one of Singapore’s most knowledgeable and respected classical music reviewers. The full review can be read on Dr Chang’s blog (here). The concert in question here is “Poets [...]
General Election Talk (Part 10)
Monday, 9 May, 2011
Kate Spade Will the Kate Spade jokes never end? Am I the only one who thinks they’re getting a bit old by now? Does Kate Brosnahan Spade have any idea what the perception of her brand in Singapore has turned into the last few weeks? To be honest, I’m not sure how competent Tin Pei [...]
Pacquiao vs. Mosley
Monday, 9 May, 2011
I sat through the entire 12 rounds of Pacquiao-Mosley today. I hate to say this, but for what is probably the biggest fight in boxing today, it totally failed to get me excited one bit. I was nonplussed and unaffected by it all. It was rather dull and uneventful, and failed to capture the imagination. [...]
