Archive for the 'Media' Category

Sing To The Dawn (The Movie)
Tuesday, 21 October, 2008

The movie “Sing to the Dawn” opens in cinemas 30th October, and I am looking forward to it.
(Trailer and screenshots can be found on the official movie website (here).)
I’ve been hearing and reading about this movie for the longest time, but only now is it finally being released in our theatres. 
According [...]

Victor Definitely Paid Attention During Probability Lessons
Sunday, 28 October, 2007

A snippet of an interview with Victor Tang, taken from page 10 of the latest 8 Days magazine:
(This was conducted just before the grand final of “Live The Dream” between Victor and Fendi.)
Q: What do you think are your chances of winning?
A: Right now, about 50-50, because it’s the two of us.

A Funny Article In The Straits Times, About The Straits Times
Wednesday, 15 August, 2007

I came across a very interesting and somewhat ticklish article in the Money section of today’s Straits Times.
(Article: Straits Times tops advertisers’ choice survey)
Let me just quote you the gist of the story.
“THE Straits Times (ST) has emerged as the most popular newspaper in Singapore in the eyes of advertisers and their clients in a [...]

“Live The Dream” Has Hope
Tuesday, 19 June, 2007

I wrote about the upcoming new Channel 5 show “Live The Dream” some time back, and I said there wasn’t much hope in it for the show.
Well, I guess I was wrong. 

If they can find Singapore’s version of Paul Potts, then the show could be a smash hit.
(Paul Potts was recently [...]

Singapore Idol (For Old People)
Tuesday, 29 May, 2007

Not sure if you heard the news a few weeks back about a new “singing competition” TV show on Channel 5 that will be launched on National Day, no less.
It’s called “Live The Dream”, or as I would like to call “Singapore Idol (For Old People)”.
As written in the CNA article: “…unlike Idol, which had a [...]

What Did I Tell Ya?!? What Did I Tell Ya?!?
Friday, 16 March, 2007

(Cover story of today’s Life! section, 16th March ‘07)
Note the headline.
Then refer to my previous post on “Cheesy Headlines…”, written on 22nd Feb ‘07.
Now you know why I’m so cheesed off.

The Laughing Dutchman
Wednesday, 14 March, 2007

Sometimes on the Class 95 Morning Express, The Flying Dutchman breaks out into this horrendous peal of laughter, and you know what it reminds me of?
It reminds me of that creature’s laugh at the end of Thriller.

(As you can probably tell by now, I’m not the biggest fan of FD.)

Goodbye YouTube MTVs!
Sunday, 11 March, 2007

Seems to me like YouTube (now a subsidiary of the mighty Google) has been taking down music videos off its site by the truckloads these few days.
There was a time when you could find not just one, but many instances of literally any popular music video you could think of on YouTube.
But now, every other day when [...]

Pet Peeve: Cheesy Headlines I’ve Had Enough Of…
Thursday, 22 February, 2007

The next time I see the following types of headlines in our local papers/magazines/media, I think I’m gonna throw up:
1. Any article on Stefanie Sun that has the word “Sun” in the headline, e.g. “Rising Sun”, “The Sun Rises Again”, “Sun-ny Side Up”, “Sun Shines”, etc. (The same also applies to articles on Sun Ho, but [...]

The Glenn Ong Riddle
Thursday, 1 February, 2007

Glenn Ong asked a very interesting riddle/trivia question on Class 95 this morning…so interesting that I thought I’d share about it.
His question: Name the rock group (”rock” being the operative word) which had one member assassinated, and whose all four members are now dead.

Of course, the first thought that came to me (and I believe it might [...]