The occasional car or bus Rushes by But mine is the only heart beating On this lonely stretch Towards Punggol Beach. Out of the forest The sky spreads out Like a blank sheet To rewrite a blemished life story. The sun is just rising And the sea pulls out A distorted imitation. Longer and more […]
Sky burial is an ancient Tibetan ritual in which the deceased’s body is chopped up and the flesh is fed to the vultures at the burial site. Many foreign cultures will see such a practice as barbaric, but the Tibetans view it as a means to nobly share one’s body even after death and in […]
It starts at 3:25. Not surprisingly, Sherman received many negative comments on YouTube. Too eager to impress the judges with his vital capacity, he appeared as “angry”. Ken actually thought he was not good enough. At that point in time, Sherman probably thought that Singapore Idol was his only way to start a singing career […]
After my most unflattering comments on Mata Mata, some folks out there may think I’m a snob who looks down on local talent. That can’t be further from the truth. Just listen to the MV above. Slow, soothing, sentimental. A very listenable, unpretentious effort from unknown local singers. Talented locals like these deserve our attention […]
Is it not reasonable to think that the only gas in the syringe is oxygen? That’s what the question seems to indicate, isn’t it? Is there anything else that is compressible in the syringe? Yet, the answer at the back of this assessment book says: How on earth do we read the mind of the […]