24 Nov
After watching a snippet of Sissi in class, I went home to see the rest of the film on YouTube. It is the first of a classic trilogy of romantic films about the iconic Empress Elisabeth of Austria, also known as Sissi.
To my horror, the videos stop at 6/10! Grahhhh…
Nobody else has uploaded the original German [...]
18 Aug
Did you ever wonder why McDonald’s hamburgers are dirt cheap?
If you haven’t seen or read Food, Inc., please do. You’ll be surprised at how much (or how little) you know about the food you buy at supermarkets and eat with your family or friends.
18 Jul
A summary of my past couple of weeks and the next one.
The Unguarded Moment by Steve McCurry
The exhibition at the Asian Civilisations Museum showcases a selection of McCurry’s works, including the world’s most recognised photograph -the above “Afghan Girl”. Most of his displayed photographs were taken in Asia, especially India.
I like how McCurry believes that [...]
12 Apr
The 22nd Singapore International Film Festival is almost here, and I’ve got to say that the choice of films that the Festival is bringing in this year is overwhelming (full list here). Am drooling over at least 5 films, hopefully get to see them all. For a start, let me quote the synopses from the [...]
30 Dec
Inspired by TIME’s List Issue a few weeks back, I decided to compile my own Top 5 lists to wrap up the year.
5 Most Awesome Movies
1. The Dark Knight
2. Sex and the City: The Movie
3. Australia (You gotta love Baz Luhrmann’s style to enjoy this one. Paired with the breathtaking outback view, I’m positive that rugged, [...]
7 Dec
Ooooohhh… I love the snow falling down my blog! Thank you WordPress team for bringing it back =D
Anyway, this is gonna be a humongous backlog of reviews since I haven’t done any recently. Pardon the belatedness.
On the stage front, Coppélia, the Vagina Monologues and Avenue Q were awesome! I know, the first two were like from eons ago, right…
Coppélia by Ballet du Grand Théâtre de [...]
29 Jul
Haven’t updated this space in a gazillion years!
Thank you everyone for the well wishes sent through the website, emails, Friendster, Facebook, sms, etc :) And especially to those who took time off to come down, many thanks! Will share the photos once they’re available, yea?
Unfortunately, the couple of days of formalities itself was plain tiring for me [...]
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