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Obsessions and flirtations
I will not pretend to know much or anything at all about Fashion, even though that I did very recently find myself flirting with the obsessions of a Fashion label, Juicy Couture, whose velour track...
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Ladies need only apply
Guaranteed to have its audience in stitches at the rate of a laugh a minute is Mediacorp’s brand new talkshow, LOL, which is scheduled to air on Toggle in the second quarter of 2013. Recordings which...
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Rediscovering the Pearl of Chinatown
Stumbling across an old world nestled in the new brings great delight to me. It in a little pocket of space, not so distant from the rush and rumble of the streets of the urban world, where I did...
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The spirit of Chingay 2013
Themed “Fire in Snow”, Chingay this year celebrates the strength of the human spirit in the face of life’s challenges. Presenting a spectacle (as it always does), with fire representing resilience,...
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The faces of Chingay 2013
If anyone reading this appears in any of the photographs below (or in this album), I would be pleased to extend a higher resolution copy of the photograph to you if you can drop me an email....
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Yesterday Once More at the GPO
Take a stroll through a Singapore we have forgotten about through a series of postcards on display at The Fullerton Hotel. The postcards are part of a collection of 500 that were donated to the...
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The Silver Chariot returns
A set of photographs taken stop points along the procession route of the Silver Chariot. The procession takes place on the eve of the festival of Hindu festival of Panguni Uthiram which is celebrated...
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The 1970s playground reinterpreted
Stepping out from the MRT Station at Raffles Place, the sight of swing sets, see-saws and a merry-go-round, set on a bed of sand as playgrounds of the 1970s might have been, would probably seem odd....
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Pairing with Martell on a high
It is in a room with a view that I experienced what has to be one of my high points of the year. It wasn’t just that I was seated in a restaurant, which on the 62nd floor of One Raffles Place, is...
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Seminar by National Geographic Photographer Joe Riis
[See also: The EOS Young Photographer Awards] Event Listing EXCLUSIVE PHOTOGRAPHY SEMINAR BY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHER JOE RIIS! Award-winning photographer in Singapore to share his experiences...
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A sunrise to remember
A sunrise to remember in a part of Singapore we may soon have to forget, the un-manicured and rather wild looking shores of northern Singapore, off the former Kampong Wak Hassan. First light, 6.35 am...
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The rise of the new Ocean
The vantage provided by Stellar at 1Altitude atop One Raffles Place, one of three tallest buildings in Singapore, gives a magnificent view of the new world around Marina Bay, as well as a building...
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Monoscapes: Kampong Wak Hassan beach
What is possibly one of the last natural accessible stretches of sand along the coastline of the island of Singapore lies along the northern shoreline off Sembawang Park, stretching to the area off the...
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Landmarks on my northern journeys
It was in days before the expressways made an appearance that a road trip to Malaysia (and back) would involve that seemingly endless journey along what appeared to be a long and winding Woodlands...
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The EOS Young Photographer Awards
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL AND CANON LAUNCH THE EOS YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER AWARDS First place wins a Canon EOS DSLR camera, EF lens, and a chance to attend a prestigious National Geographic Photography...
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At the zoo with National Geographic’s Joe Riis
National Geographic wildlife photographer Joe Riis who is in town to promote The EOS Young Photographer Awards spent a day at the zoo yesterday with photography enthusiasts at a private workshop...
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A world uncoloured
It is in the colours of a world that has been uncoloured, where we find residues of the many memories there may have been of it. The memories are ones that soon will fade – the world waits the...
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Monoscapes: Moonlight on the Straits
Moonlight on the Straits of Johor, on a night of the full moon, as seen from Pulau Ubin. Pulau Ubin is a granite island off the north-east Singapore, which in its natural state was dominated by...
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Brunch with a zebra
It was probably a little too early for that glass Sangria I had late on a Saturday morning. Especially so, when I had a zebra, and if that wasn’t enough, a few horses thrown in as well, for company. I...
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Edging in with a song cycle
A lighthearted and surprisingly entertaining production which is currently playing at the Drama Centre in Singapore is EDGES the Musical. Produced by Slightlines Productions and directed by Derrick...
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