Have I mentioned I’m loving every minute of reading “One Day”? It’s been weeks and I’m barely even at the halfway mark (oh, the horror!), but just as well…cos I’m enjoying every page so much I want the experience to last as long as possible. Some great lines which I recently came across: “He (i.e. [...]
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More On “One Day” (The Book)
Monday, 5 December, 2011
“One Day” The Book
Saturday, 26 November, 2011
I have been slowly working my way through the book “One Day” by David Nicholls, of which the recent movie starring Anne Hathaway was based on. As I’m an outrageously slow reader, I’ve only covered a small portion of the book, although I’ve always believed that one should not take too long to finish a [...]
Alan Jay Lerner Book
Wednesday, 29 June, 2011
I finally finished my Alan Jay Lerner book, and boy was it a read. One of the most enjoyable books I’ve ever read, largely attributable to the sheer wit and eloquence of Mr Lerner. There were three main chapters in the book, and while the first one which chronicled the life and times of “My [...]
Musicals And Stuff
Saturday, 18 June, 2011
So many thoughts about musicals and songwriting these days, but because I’ve been busy with preparations for my church’s musical concert, I’ve not had any time to pen them down. I managed to get my Alan Jay Lerner book renewed recently, and I have been completely drawn into the book. I’m now at the part [...]
Alan Jay Lerner’s “The Street Where I Live”
Tuesday, 7 June, 2011
I was at the library recently and stumbled on this book called “The Street Where I Live”, which is a book written by Alan Jay Lerner chronicling his Broadway exploits, with specific regard to his experiences working on the shows “My Fair Lady”, “Camelot” and “Gigi”. And I then obviously borrowed it. Alan Jay Lerner [...]
Read More Books
Saturday, 8 January, 2011
I’ve never been much of a reader of novels. I average between 0 to 1 novels a year, to be honest. (I think the exact number lies closer to 0 than it does to 1.) Non-fiction stuff I read a lot of, but novels…hardly. But this year I think I want to start reading more. [...]
“A Single Tear” by Dr K K Seet
Tuesday, 14 December, 2010
(Reproduced from the “Buttons in the Bread” blog) Event: “A Single Tear” Book Launch Venue: TheatreWorks @ 72-13 Mohamed Sultan Road Date: 11th Dec 2010 Dr K K Seet – theatre doyen, NUS senior lecturer and often dubbed as “Singapore’s most glamorous academic”, and who is also a dear friend of mine, has recently published [...]
“The Musical From The Inside Out”
Monday, 1 February, 2010
I just finished this book entitled “The Musical from the Inside Out” by Stephen Citron a few days ago. It took me awhile to finish it, cos I’m a slow reader, but I’m glad I finally did. Now I’ve read my fair share of books on musicals over the years, and I’ve got to say [...]
“The Definitive Guide To Singapore Weddings”
Monday, 25 May, 2009
I’ve been telling my friends this for quite awhile now – I think someone should actually write a comprehensive guidebook on weddings in Singapore. As in, really do some research into all the little wedding customs and idiosyncracies that we’ve come to develop over the years here in Singapore. There is just so much information [...]
Have You Seen My Book?
Thursday, 12 July, 2007
I once bought this huge book – The Beatles Complete Scores. I bought it as my birthday present (well, actually I got my parents to buy it for me) way back when I was in Sec 4 or something. That’s like, more than ten years ago. (Yeah, I was a huge Beatles fan even from way [...]
