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Drink savvy; drink safe
May. 18 | Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) has recently embarked on a first-of-its-kind campaign that aims to put the fun back into drinking whilst keeping a firm eye on safety and responsibility. Instead of leaving the advising to the authorities, APB – the...
Getting into bed with Jack Neo
Mar. 12 | By Lee Song Kwang, with additional reporting by Ravi Philemon Mr George Yeo, Minister for Foreign Affairs, wrote in his personal blog recently that he was concerned for Jack Neo’s wife (Rallying around Jack Neo and his family). Was not Mr Yeo concerned...
Electric Scooter now available in Singapore!
Feb. 25 | By Bhavani Prakash, founder of Eco Walk The Talk Zeco Systems Pte Ltd, a Singapore born and bred clean technology company, is paving the way for a quiet revolution in the way we move around. The firm launched a global rollout of its EV charging solutions...
Limited-time trials on Singapore’s first synthetic ice rink
Feb. 8 | Working in collaboration with the Singapore Ice Hockey Association (SIHA), Stamford American International School (SAIS) has is offering Singapore’s first synthetic ice-skating rink on the school’s Foundation Campus at Lorong Chuan. This trial of...
Fail; Fail Again; Fail Better…
Feb. 5 | By Song Kwang Photo courtesy of Singaporean Says Few would know who Samuel Beckett is – well, I didn’t know who he was either. But what caught my attention was his quote “Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better” that I came across whilst...
Three cheers for Act 3!!!
Dec. 29 | Ng Yi-Sheng Now that 2009’s drawing to a close, I’d like to take a moment to honour three unsung heroes of the Singapore theatre scene. You see, this year marked the 25th anniversary of the founding of our country’s very first professional theatre...
Review: The Confounded Composer
Dec. 28 | Ho Rui An The narrative set up is dubiously derivative. The tormented, condemned artistic genius. The charismatic rogue and his multiple scandals. The secrets and betrayals. The sexual escapades. The plot of The Composer, written by Ken Kwek and directed...
Red Tiger
Dec. 11 | Sonia Suka So the Tiger who is touted as the most successful golfer in history is actually a cheetah…erm I mean cheater – and he clearly has a thing for red. Perhaps after the major upset at the hands of Yang Yong-eun, Tiger thought that...
Eniminiminimos: Artists who make things small II
Nov. 20 | Bathing in the last light of Polaris (2004), Thomas Doyle, Mixed-media sculpture Ho Rui An Size matters. Even the most mundane and insipid object can inspire awe by its magnification. In this sound-bite society where our mental spaces are cluttered...
Afghan Star – risking their lives to sing
Nov. 16 | Review by Jewel Philemon In Afghanistan, you risk your life to sing. “I have to hurry this interview. There are security problems when you become famous.” Celebrities worldwide will be familiar and agree with this statement. But for those...
Anime Festival Asia comes to Singapore
Nov. 11 | Jeremy Assous >> TOC Lifestyle Last thursday, industry leaders in the promotion of Japanese pop culture gathered to express the reasons behind their support of Anime Festival Asia 2009 (AFA09) as well as the prospects for the future of the Japanese...
Windows’ Heaven, or still back on earth?
Nov. 6 | Ivan Chan >> TOC Lifestyle It has been a fortnight since Windows 7 reached our shores with PC sales increased by 3.5% in the past week. Following its immediate release, mass media reviewers gave the inevitable nod of approval that Windows 7 is...
Singapore: a strange brew
Nov. 5 | Ravi Philemon >> TOC Lifestyle Singapore has been listed alongside cities in America and Europe as one of the “top (ten) cities” to visit in 2010 by Lonely Planet – an internationally acclaimed travel guide. The publication “The Best...
The Führer’s gnomes
Oct. 31 | KJ >> TOC Lifestyle Photos by Werner Scheuermann (with permission from Cornelia and Ottmar Hörl) THE LIGHT falls upon the great square, upon the rows and rows of barely discernible silhouettes, immaculate in their tight formations. There they stand,...
ARTiculation: A Conversation with Jane Lee
Oct. 29 | Ho Rui An (Top: Denim III (2009), Oil on epoxy canvas, Photo Credit: Osage Gallery) In this exclusive interview, hear from Singapore visual artist Jane Lee, who was awarded the Singapore Art Prize for her work at the Singapore Art Show in 2007. Most...
Celebpreneur Uncovered
Oct. 20 | Report by Jewel Philemon / Photos by Jeremy Philemon “THE PRESSURE to succeed is even higher because people are watching you every step of the way. People do notice you and they do judge you in a different scale,” says Vernetta Lopez when asked if...
Life in excess: The works of Jane Lee
Oct. 19 | Report by Rui An This article was first published on http://opencontours.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/life-in-excess-the-works-of-jane-lee/. Jane Lee is an event of the Singapore Art Show 2009 and is currently on display at Osage Singapore from 26 September...
