Ahead of his peers

An MRT employee with a sense of humour?

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Reading without rhythm – 24/4/08

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Thanks TokyoMango!
- Vom leisen Inferno der Depression und von der Unheimlichkeit des Glücks.
- Vantan gets a sneak preview of the Peranakan Museum. The museum occupies the old Tao Nan school building at Armenian Street, next to The Substation.
- PingMag pays homage to Tony Silver, one of the first to identify and capture the [...]

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Fountain pens for kids

A colleague asked me about fountain pens today, and as she has young children who have yet to learn handwriting, she was interested in fountain pens for kids. If you’re keen too:

Pelikano Jr.

Lamy abc

red model / blue model

Faber-Castell Schulfüller
There’re other children’s pens too, but the Lamy abc and the Pelikano Jr [...]

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Interview with Salman Rushdie

From The Independent:
Everyone, fan or foe, invokes their own imaginary Rushdie. We dream him up, and he duly takes shape: as blaspheming apostate for many still-outraged Muslims; as cocky subcontinental pseud for old-school British racists; as martyr to free speech for liberal literati. With the announcement of his knighthood, last June, this parade of straw [...]

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SIFF 2008 — Milky Way Liberation Front, Keronchong for Pak Bakar, After the Rain

(cross-posted on the SFS blog. To see all cross-posts, click on the “SFS Blog” tag or category)
Leaving the cinema after the end credits for Milky Way Liberation Front rolled, that was the end of SIFF 2008 for me. I was already tired when we sat down to watch that movie. It was a good way [...]

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SFS History in “Latent Images”

A couple of weeks ago, while reading up to prep for the Perspectives Film Festival, I discovered that Jan Uhde and Yvonne Ng Uhde had already compiled a comprehensive account of the Singapore Film Society’s history since 1958, in their book Latent Images: Film in Singapore. I contacted them, and they were kind enough to [...]

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SIFF – Quick Cuts – 8 April 2008

(Cross-posted on the SFS blog.)
Yep, got a lot to catch up on. I’ll be working backwards from my most recent viewings. Hopefully I can get to NTU’s Perspectives Film Festival (31 Mar – 4 Apr 2008) before too long.
(Darn it Stefan, don’t you sleep? )
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Vivid
Singapore / 2007 / 30 mins
dir. Sam Loh
Another example [...]

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Lamy Vista review

JetPens graciously sent me a Lamy Vista. In addition to stocking this excellent pen, JetPens also provides a whole range of Japanese pens at reasonable prices, with prompt service.
What’s a Lamy Vista?
When Manfred Lamy took over the company from his father, he decided to focus on creating original pens that would fuse utility with [...]

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BooksActually reopens!

As of yesterday at No.5 Ann Siang Road.
And they’re throwing a little cupcake party this Saturday too.
The cupcakes start sprouting from 3pm till they run out, while the tea fountain flows all day. There will be a 10% discount off all books only on Saturday, go crazy! We are stocked to the brim, with [...]

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Life Before Death

German photographer Walter Schels was terrified of death, but felt compelled to take these extraordinary series of portraits of people before and on the day they died. His partner Beate Lakotta recorded the poignant and revealing interviews with the subjects in their final days.
Haven’t you seen these yet? Or at least read the article?
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There’s a [...]

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