*Sumiko Tan’s full column on 5th Feb can be read (here). There is also a healthy debate on her column going on (here). I’m usually highly critical of Sumiko Tan’s columns. Over the years, she’s written stuff that I just could never wrap my head around, and I’ve called her out on a number of [...]
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“You’re What You Eat” By Sumiko Tan
Tuesday, 7 February, 2012
Review: “iChestnuts 15″
Wednesday, 11 January, 2012
Event: “iChestnuts 15″ by Stages Venut: Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel Run: 5th Jan – 21st Jan 2012 A Good Ol’ Roasting It’s kinda amazing when you think about it – the “Chestnuts” spoof comedy franchise has lasted for 15 years, and on this 15th anniversary of the show, “iChestnuts 15″ goes the whole nine yards [...]
Review: “Aladdin” by Wild Rice
Monday, 28 November, 2011
Event: “Aladdin” by W!ld Rice Venue: Drama Centre Theatre Run: 24th Nov – 17th Dec 2011 A Dazzling Place You Never Knew (All For Under $70) W!ld Rice’s big year-end production “Aladdin” sees Glen Goei directing this incredibly colourful extravaganza, with two of the biggest stars from Singapore’s pop music world headlining the show. This [...]
What’s Height Got To Do With It? A Lot, Apparently
Monday, 21 November, 2011
I guess this topic just doesn’t seem to go away. Recently there was a spate of articles based on some findings done by Lunch Actually that concluded that “Singaporean women are not open to dating shorter men”. You can read the readers’ comments for yourself on the Yahoo article (here). And today’s Sunday New Paper [...]
Remember The “Great Singapore Workout” Song?
Friday, 4 November, 2011
Well, this is a bit disappointing. I recently heard this really old song called “You’re Sixteen” on the radio. Must have been Gold 90.5FM or something. Apparently it was a song by Ringo Starr, and I’d never heard of it before until recently. (Ringo didn’t write it, but he did cover it. The song was [...]
SlutWalk
Monday, 31 October, 2011
I shall have to tread carefully here. When it comes to topics such as these, I recognise the potential for fierce emotional debate, so I shall attempt to present my ideas as carefully as possible. I really don’t wish to ruffle anyone’s feathers. All I wish is to present my own thoughts in as cogent [...]
More On “Singapura, Lion City”
Monday, 17 October, 2011
More on the saga. To use a boxing analogy, last Monday Adeline Chia knocked the musical “Singapura, Lion City” down onto the canvas, and just as it was making its way back up to its feet again, today she delivered another brutal knockdown blow. If last Monday’s scathing review wasn’t enough to knock the show [...]
The “Singapura, Lion City” Debacle
Monday, 10 October, 2011
(NB: Even though this post is about a brand new Singapore musical, I choose to abstain from posting this on “Buttons in the Bread” because I feel it would be a tad inappropriate to post it there. You’ll see why soon enough.) Adeline Chia’s scathing review of the “Singapura, Lion City” musical, currently playing at [...]
Top 10 President “Tan” Jokes
Monday, 22 August, 2011
I’m sorry…but there are none. It’s just impossible to make a “Tan” joke sound even half clever these days. Most of them are just cringe-worthy. I’ve seen at least a few dozen different “Tan” jokes the past one week, and I’m sure you’ve had the same too. If there’s one thing worse than “curry” jokes [...]
Let The “Tan” Jokes Begin
Saturday, 13 August, 2011
Now that we’ve officially got the four Tans running for President, I guess we’ll probably be exhuasting every single “Tan” joke we can think of from now till 27th August. As it is I’m seeing a lot of them on Twitter already. Let the games begin.
