退休的感觉真好
退休的感觉真好。一大早起来跑步。和赶着上班的人们擦肩而过。感觉上好像他们”跑 “得比我还要快。哈哈哈。。。。 © Chan Joon Yee Dewdrop Books
Sexy Novel
China’s new wave of micro films like 干爹 are truly impressive. Sex is the seasoning, but there is, of course, quite a bit of theme, characterisation and substance under the sheets. These films may not be very polished and some of their actors’ performances can be pathetically amateurish, but at least, they are watchable! Unfortunately, […]
How To Tell A Krathoey
In Thailand, appearances always come before substance. School girls modify their school uniforms and spend all their pocket money on makeup and hairdos. There are many office ladies who spend a considerable amount of time in a ran serm suay or beauty salon after work. The men may not be as self-conscious about their appearances, […]
True Love
A pretty cool China-made short film featuring sex, lust, money and true love. In real life, the girl wouldn’t be so simple. She would have moved on to find her next 干爹. When she’s no longer in demand, she may still marry one of the many desperate young Chinese men who outnumber women by the […]
Poor Thing
It was in 1991. I was living alone in a shophouse in Hougang and I bought my first minicompo with a CD player. In those days, when cassette tapes were not fully replaced yet, audio CDs were going for $20-$30. I bought a few at a shop at Ang Mo Kio and one of them […]
Dickens’ Women
Charles Dickens is indisputably the greatest writer of the Victorian era. The term “Victorian” owns a wide range of connotations, most specifically the high and strict moral standards. With corsets and hoops skirts being the fashion of the day, the Victorian era is most often regarded by modern liberals as steeped in “prudishness” and “repression”. […]
The Right Of Reply
I hated it when I wrote to the Straits Times 20 years ago. Back then, I was always making fun of the simplistic interpretation of the “Asian Way” and our bilingual policy causing Singaporeans to be 东不成，西不就. My letters/articles were published, but there were often muddle-headed replies from people who tried to win arguments by […]
游鴻明–餘情難了
This is a song that sounds like a poem. I like his imagery of two people on a crowded street, walking closer and closer towards each other, then bouncing off on their own paths just a moment before collision. Is that how close yet distant we are in a sleepless yet lifeless city? © Chan […]
Lost Innocence
Another almost 20-year-old music video. I like the way MV directors back then incorporated touching and coherent stories into the videos. This is one of Malaysian singer 梁靜茹’s earlier songs. It’s also one of my favourites from her. The story for the MV was well-written and the director did an awesome job. It begins with […]
Lasting Bitter Sweetness
I’m finally satisfied with the manuscript for Spellbound In Chiangmai. The book is now being “typeset”. At long last, I’m repaying my sleep debt and putting on my running shoes again. After printing, which is expected to be completed early next year, the next hurdle would be sales and marketing. Meanwhile, I’m studying the science […]