Category Archives: Arts

Film, Music, Theatre, Arts…

Mummies & Pterodactyls

Mummies and pterodactyls. That was what the DVD cover promised us. We had missed this movie in the theatres a couple of months ago; sometimes there just doesn’t seem to be time nor inclination to go to a cinema thronging with hundreds of other people, loud and carrying boxes of popcorn several sizes too large.

Every Breath We Take

O, how life takes different turns. Sometimes it’s the unexpected things in life that makes us wonder and move into a new, exciting direction. Other times we just want to be left well alone, in our comfort zone. Sometimes we just need that extra bit of energy to push us forwards. Or so we think.

Harajuku Girls in Love

Getting out of the Harajuku Station on a Sunday morning can be quite a challenge. For one thing, there are thousands of people in front of you, trying to get our also but not in any particular hurry. They are here for people-watching, yes, but most of them are here to be watched also. Confused?

London

. London Calling London’s calling. Heathrow, here I come. The plane soars from Changi and our vacation begins good and proper in the air, I think. Here and now, surrounded by clouds and clarity, we forget our troubles and the toil of a 9-to-5, Monday-till-Friday workweek. A new leash of life. I have been travelling

50 First Movie Dates

. There’s a new Star Trek movie out. I hear Captain Kirk does the doozy with a hot green alien chick in it. What more do we need? But you’re not convinced. “What’s Star Trek?” “Well, it’s based on this 70′s TV series with Federation Starfleets and warp drive and ooh! the Vulcan nerve pinch

Fried Chillies & Feisty Chicks

. The ladies, they do, of course, spice up your life. With their smiles enchanting and their wiles beguiling, we are gladly snared in their soft and tender snatches, their slow swooning upon our big, strong arms (even if ours aren’t, not really). Women made of iron, of steel, sleek and shiny but never cold

Oxtentatiously Oxpicious

. Gong Xi Fa Cai! 新年快乐 Xīn Nián Kuài Lè! Chúc mừng năm mới! Gung Hei Faat Choy! And of course, the good ol’ “Happy Chinese New Year!” . Now I would normally end this post with these greetings, but it felt right for once to begin where we should begin. To greet everyone with