What to get for Brenda’s bridal shower? Up to last night I had no idea what it was about – until her sister called to tell me there was going to be one … today!
But the good thing is that I’m back in touch with my old friend and partner in crime, Wanxi. We’re going to be shopping today (at different times in different places) and hopefully we can find something worthwhile.
Wish me luck.
Jack Neo’s movie (literally translated as Run, children, run) didn’t move me enough to tears, unlike its predecessor I Not Stupid, but it is still good enough by local standards. The plot is adapted from an Iranian (?) story and tugs at the same old heartstrings. Children once again are the stars of the show,…
We interrupt this transmission of the second Gulf War to bring you news from the driving range: Vanessa Tan has finally broken the 170 metre barrier with her new driver. It was a straight and powerful drive which shot past the left side of the 167 metre flag. Tan was exuberant as she exclaimed to…
I only popped by this evening for a short while, but this was my first time at WOMAD and I didn’t even have to sit on the grass, thanks to the hospitality of the Singapore Tourism Board which supplied us with food, drinks, cushions and mats. The African music was pleasant. The Indian dance workshop…
I finally watched The Matrix Reloaded yesterday night. Well I missed half of the first movie on the plane, so I didn’t expect to understand what was going on in the second movie. The fight scenes were extended; the plot was thin, yet complicated; and the scene with that architect / Colonel Sanders lookalike was…
I finally watched X Men 2 with Hedy, being possibly the only people left in Singapore who hadn’t watched it yet. It was excellent! If, however, you have not watched it yet, DO NOT PROCEED beyond this point.
Over the last half a year, I’ve fallen in love with Moleskine notebooks. I bought my first Moleskines on my birthday last year while at the Museum Centro de Arte Reina Sofía shop in Madrid. I soon regretted not buying more notebooks then, because they were cheaper in Spain than in Singapore – where small…