Category Archives: Arts

Film, Music, Theatre, Arts…

Airports, Actually

Part I. Arrivals .   I love airports. They are the nexus between worlds, the centres where ley-lines of travel and commerce meet. (Whyfore then do we have ‘business’ class and ‘economy’ class if not for this? Money travels exceptionally well.) Airports are also a waiting place, for us to renew friendships and family ties.

Heaven

It’s been more than eight months since I first posted about my new apartment (now not so new lah). I had just moved in at that point, and ecstatic to finally have a place of my own — just for me, me, me, me, ME. Plans were afoot for a housewarming (mostly by friends and

Night of the Angels

BodyBalancers: Ben, Rachel & me Everyone’s been complaining lately that I’ve been turning down their invitations — to movies, wedding dinners, vacations, and of course, more Christmas parties than you can shake a snowglobe at. (Am I the local Scrooge? Am I so deprived of the jolly ol’ spirit of the season?) So it surprised

Just The Way Things Are

1. Busy, busy, busy. Still alive. I joke to my friends that I have my work life and my social life and nothing in between. No time alone, not when there’s always one more client to talk to, one more party to go to. Not that I’m complainin’ — I could be out of work

Eats, Reads & Leaves

Another month, another round of litty-itty events… :D 1. BC5 From the teaser: “The 5th MPH Breakfast Club for LitBloggers on Saturday, June 23, 2007, will feature Zhang Su Li, an award-winning copywriter who has just come out with her first travel book called A Backpack and a Bit of Luck. She will be introduced

Romance: Chick Flicks vs. Soft Porn

Romance is dead, they say. So, what remains? What is our consolation prize? These days, the world is harsh, or can seem to be, and we need comforting. Body and soul. Taste the anxiety, the needs that empower as much as they threaten to overpower us, like a stranger struggling to get a grip on

Beckett Screwed @ Breakfast?

Time for another literary shot in the arm again. You know you need the juice… ;) 1x: A Bucketful of Beckett My good friend Derek Ong is acting in this one! (Man’s a genius — he’s our BodyBalance mascot and cheerleader too.) Eight short plays by Samuel Beckett. Or, eight shots, if you will. ;)