Statue in Park, Curitiba
Iguaçu Falls, Foz do Iguaçu
Muqueca with rice, Bahían restaurant, São Paulo
Catedral de São Pedro de Alcântara, Petrópolis
Sexy tourist beach boys, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro
Churrascaría (buffet steak restaurant), Leblon, Rio de Janeiro
Pavement, Curitiba
Wire Opera, Curitiba
Lamp post, Rio de Janeiro
Graffiti, São Paulo
Manaus Opera House
Tree stump, Ipanema Beach, Rio de Janeiro
Street corner, São Paulo
Sandcastles, Ipanema Beach, Rio de Janeiro
Japanese crafts shop, Liberdade, São Paulo
View from favela condominium, Rio de Janeiro
Bus stop, Curitiba
Politically incorrect (but useful!) suntan warning sign, Ipanema Beach, Rio de Janeiro
Cute tour guide, Manaus Opera House
Botanical Garden, Curitiba
Lamp post, São Paulo
Museu Imperial, Petrópolis
Grilled prawns for breakfast, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro
Subway, Rio de Janeiro
Fat-friendly bus notice, Rio de Janeiro
Jabuticaba berries, sweet flavour, Curitiba
Para Ti Community School, Favela of Vilas Canoas, Rio de Janeiro
View from Novotel São Paulo Jaragua Convention
View of Sugarloaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro
Cacao juice, Manaus
Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba
Insect, hotel interior, Amazon Jungle
Coixinha, between Curitiba and São Paulo
Christ the Redeemer (facsimile), Rio de Janeiro
Japanese Cultural Centre, Liberdade, São Paulo
Fruit shop, Favela of Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro
Phone booth, Manaus
Favela Chapel, Vilas Canoas, Rio de Janeiro
No Smoking Sign, São Paulo
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Not a good day for the Singapore gay community
1. Stuart Koe, founder of Fridae, has been arrested for meth possession. Possible jail time of 13 years.
2. Tan Eng Hong, a 47 year-old man, has been charged under 377A for public sex.
Major downer this Hari Raya.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
August Texts!
Gah! I'm actually getting a bit tired of my Around the World in 80 Books project. The books are amazing, sure, but I can't keep updating every week.
*POETRY*
+Robert Browning’s “The Pied Piper of Hamelin”
+Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s “Poetry as Insurgent Art”
*FICTION*
+Luís Sepúlveda’s “The Old Man Who Read Love Stories”
=Andrew Grant’s “Singapore Sling Shot”
+Laura Restrepo’s “Delirium”
+John le Carré’s “The Tailor of Panama”
+Miguel Benavides’s “The Children of Mariplata”
=Christine Suchen Lim’s “A Bit of Earth”
*DRAMA*
=“5 Plays From the Third Stage”
+Jean Tay’s “Everything But the Brain”
*NON-FICTION*
+Christopher Caldwell’s “Reflections on the Revolution in Europe”
*POETRY*
+Robert Browning’s “The Pied Piper of Hamelin”
+Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s “Poetry as Insurgent Art”
*FICTION*
+Luís Sepúlveda’s “The Old Man Who Read Love Stories”
=Andrew Grant’s “Singapore Sling Shot”
+Laura Restrepo’s “Delirium”
+John le Carré’s “The Tailor of Panama”
+Miguel Benavides’s “The Children of Mariplata”
=Christine Suchen Lim’s “A Bit of Earth”
*DRAMA*
=“5 Plays From the Third Stage”
+Jean Tay’s “Everything But the Brain”
*NON-FICTION*
+Christopher Caldwell’s “Reflections on the Revolution in Europe”
+Jin Xing's "Shanghai Tango"
*HARD TO CLASSIFY*
=Rubén Darío’s “Azul”
*FILMS*
Boris Boo's “Phua Chu Kang: The Movie”
+Christopher Nolan’s “Inception”
=Muhammad Azhar Mohd. Shukor’s Baju”
=Sherman Ong’s “When the End of Winter Is Almost Spring”
=Sookoon Ang’s “Mosquitoes”
Daniel Hui’s “One Day In June”
+K Rajagopal’s “I Can’t Sleep Tonight”, “The Glare”, “Absence”, “Brother”, “The New World”, “Timeless”
+Eytan Fox’s “Yossi and Jagger”
=Remi Lange’s “Devotee”
+Feng Xiaogang’s “Aftershock”
*PERFORMANCES*
=Short+Sweet Singapore’s “Gala Finals”
=Toy Factory Theatre’s “December Rains” and “White Soliloquies”
+Amrita Performing Arts’ “Khmeropédies I and II”
=Singapore Repertory Theatre’s “Fried Rice Paradise”
=Jean Tay and Wee Lilin’s “Under the Sun”
=STAGES’ “Chestnuts 3D”
Play Den Productions' "Shopping For Chopin"
*EXHIBITIONS*
=IndigNation’s “Rooftop Access”
=Asian Civilisations Museum’s “Sumatra: Isle of Gold”
=Singapore HeritageFest’s “Diverse Threads, One Humanity”
+National Art Gallery’s “The Story of Yeh Chi Wei”
+Evil Empire’s “Negaraku Boleh”
*HARD TO CLASSIFY*
=Rubén Darío’s “Azul”
*FILMS*
Boris Boo's “Phua Chu Kang: The Movie”
+Christopher Nolan’s “Inception”
=Muhammad Azhar Mohd. Shukor’s Baju”
=Sherman Ong’s “When the End of Winter Is Almost Spring”
=Sookoon Ang’s “Mosquitoes”
Daniel Hui’s “One Day In June”
+K Rajagopal’s “I Can’t Sleep Tonight”, “The Glare”, “Absence”, “Brother”, “The New World”, “Timeless”
+Eytan Fox’s “Yossi and Jagger”
=Remi Lange’s “Devotee”
+Feng Xiaogang’s “Aftershock”
*PERFORMANCES*
=Short+Sweet Singapore’s “Gala Finals”
=Toy Factory Theatre’s “December Rains” and “White Soliloquies”
+Amrita Performing Arts’ “Khmeropédies I and II”
=Singapore Repertory Theatre’s “Fried Rice Paradise”
=Jean Tay and Wee Lilin’s “Under the Sun”
=STAGES’ “Chestnuts 3D”
Play Den Productions' "Shopping For Chopin"
*EXHIBITIONS*
=IndigNation’s “Rooftop Access”
=Asian Civilisations Museum’s “Sumatra: Isle of Gold”
=Singapore HeritageFest’s “Diverse Threads, One Humanity”
+National Art Gallery’s “The Story of Yeh Chi Wei”
+Evil Empire’s “Negaraku Boleh”
Friday, August 27, 2010
21st century enlightenment
Watch this, dude. It's a whiteboard-illustrated lecture. Fascinating ideas, captivating images.
In other news, my sister's just flown back to the States. The cat is sad. :(
In other news, my sister's just flown back to the States. The cat is sad. :(
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Participants of "I Hate YOG" Facebook Group Arrested by Police [UPDATE: Actually, there might have been just cause.]
The main target seems to have been Abdul Malek, who was charged with "inciting violence and public disorder" for a comment he left on Facebook.
Oh lord. I knew we'd try and learn from the Beijing Olympics, but I really didn't think the Singapore government would be so frickin' STUPID. This is going to lead to incredibly bad international press for the country.
I'm really hoping there's been some kind of misunderstanding, but it doesn't seem possible. At least some news sources (The New Paper!) are reporting on this. I'm really ashamed of our country now.
Via The Temasek Review.
UPDATE: My friend tells me I should read the New Paper article, which outlines the specific threat that Malek made to a Cabinet Minister, which the police would have the right to at least check out. Phew. Less ashamed now. But I don't have a copy of TNP, so I can't make up my whole mind yet.
UPDATE TO UPDATE: Here's the story from Channel News Asia:
It seems that Malek said it was time to "burn" Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, i.e. make him suffer. The police can say they couldn't afford to assume this was a metaphor, considering that this happened. But it's still pretty ridiculous, and the overreaction will make Singapore look even worse in the press.
(Why do I feel obliged to blog about these things? I could say I hope negative international attention will teach the government not to be so stupid... but that really doesn't seem to work. I suppose my sense of duty to justice is stronger than my sense of loyalty to country. Or perhaps the country that I love is a utopian Singapore, one that has sane governance with regards to freedom of speech, rather than the panic-stricken government we've actually been blessed and cursed with.)
Friday, August 20, 2010
ROJAK 16: next Saturday night!
I'm hosting again!
It'll be on:
28th August 2010,
Saturday, 7pm
Blk 263,
Waterloo Centre,
Singapore 180263
1st storey void deck
It'll be on:
28th August 2010,
Saturday, 7pm
Blk 263,
Waterloo Centre,
Singapore 180263
1st storey void deck
Monday, August 16, 2010
Ever since I became Facebook friends with students in Bengaluru, I've been getting chain letters like this:
“Every successful person has a painful story!
colonels enterprises
Every painful story has a successful ending!
So accept the pain and get ready for success! "
Money Coming Your Way
Money Goddess
This is a Money Goddess Lakshmi. Pass it to 6 of your good friends, or family and be rich in 4 Days.
Pass it to 12 of your good friends or family and be rich in 2 Days.
I am not joking.. You will find an unexpected windfall. If you delete it, you will never know!
SHE WORKS SHE REALLY WORKS
colonels enterprises
Sunday, August 15, 2010
If Michael Jackson had lived in Communist China
Actually, the original title of this video is "迈克杰逊要是知道这视频肯定从棺材里飞出来" - i.e. "If MJ knew about this video, he'd definitely come flying out of his coffin."
Oh yeah, and ContraDiction's tonight! 7-9pm at 72-13 Mohamed Sultan Road! I just baked cookies!
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
I've been extremely behind with my updates.
But here we go:
1. I'm going to be a torchbearer for the Youth Olympic Games on Friday 13 August, roughly around 10:35am on Kallang Road, slot number 6081. You can stand by the road and support me if you like!
Announcements
Yes, I know it's ridiculous and that the YOG itself is really pretty fucked up, and the uniforms are fugly: baggy grey and orange, with clear stipulations that we are not to alter them or wear them in a non-uniform manner or promote any socio-political-cultural agenda with them while we're running.
But NAC Literary Dept asked me to be a teensy part of Singapore history, and since they've generally been pretty cool people, how could I ever say no?
2. My interview with Boo Junfeng about his upcoming film "Sandcastle" is up on Civic Life.
It's showing in Cinema Europa, VivoCity from 26 August onwards. Go early so you can convince the cinema to keep it in the theatres longer.
3. I never mentioned the fact that I've got a story up there myself: Last Kampong Boy, a brief summary of my father's memories of growing up in Tiong Bahru.
I think I'll talk about ContraDiction in a separate post.
1. I'm going to be a torchbearer for the Youth Olympic Games on Friday 13 August, roughly around 10:35am on Kallang Road, slot number 6081. You can stand by the road and support me if you like!
Announcements
Yes, I know it's ridiculous and that the YOG itself is really pretty fucked up, and the uniforms are fugly: baggy grey and orange, with clear stipulations that we are not to alter them or wear them in a non-uniform manner or promote any socio-political-cultural agenda with them while we're running.
But NAC Literary Dept asked me to be a teensy part of Singapore history, and since they've generally been pretty cool people, how could I ever say no?
2. My interview with Boo Junfeng about his upcoming film "Sandcastle" is up on Civic Life.
It's showing in Cinema Europa, VivoCity from 26 August onwards. Go early so you can convince the cinema to keep it in the theatres longer.
3. I never mentioned the fact that I've got a story up there myself: Last Kampong Boy, a brief summary of my father's memories of growing up in Tiong Bahru.
I think I'll talk about ContraDiction in a separate post.
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
I've done an interview with Royston Tan.
It's about his upcoming movie, OLD PLACES/老地方, co-directed with Eva Tang and Vitric Thng. It's up on the Civic Life Tiong Bahru blog, commissioned by the British Council.
The movie itself is being shown on TV: it'll be on Sunday 8 August at 8pm on Okto (wah, so many eights, must be auspicious). It's a series of personal stories told by ordinary Singaporeans about the vanishing places in Singapore.
Trailers here:
Loads of photos on the website. Tune in!
The movie itself is being shown on TV: it'll be on Sunday 8 August at 8pm on Okto (wah, so many eights, must be auspicious). It's a series of personal stories told by ordinary Singaporeans about the vanishing places in Singapore.
Trailers here:
Loads of photos on the website. Tune in!
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