There are some things which must be mentioned even if it’s futile to do so. Hong Kong students refuse to behave. I hope the pro-China folks can stop reminding us of the futility of the students’ actions. We know how powerful the Communist Party is and it would be crazy for us to think that […]
Watched this movie on my flight to Taipei recently. It’s about a dentist who can’t find fulfillment in life because his profession prevents him from pursuing his passion. To bravely follow his heart into the unknown or to stay where things are more stable? It’s a tough decision, but at least for him, there is […]
I regret to admit that I’ve always seen Arnold Schwarzenegger as all brawn and no brains. This little documentary changed my mind. He broke the rules and emerged a hero. Can we have heroes like that in Singapore? I doubt so. He went AWOL when he was in the army. He stole food from the […]
He may be in his 70s and some people are already suffering from dementia or senility at that age, but 刘家昌 still has it. He is really a master when it comes to handling the media. There is so much that people (supposedly scholars) who say the darndest things on TV can all learn from […]
She may be a university student from a humble background, but everyone in China knows 苏紫紫. Her real name is Wang Yanyun 王嫣芸 and she does nude modelling with some socio-political agenda. The stir she created in China after she went public with her nude photos was probably matched only by Ai Weiwei’s antics. Her […]
It’s the same story of forbidden love. Why are people disgusted when they read it from the news but are moved to tears when they read in from novels or watch it from movies? Is it because we see the person in the news clearly as someone else and the protagonist in the story as […]
Here’s another 20-year-old video of superstar Chow Yuen Fat that brings us back to the days when Chow was better known as a comedian than a hitman. Oh, very nice. More seriously, Chow, unlike his well-off Hakka compatriot Eric Tsang, was born in a poor Hakka farming community on Lamma Island in 1955. In the […]
What does it take to be a great comedian? Why are there so few successful comedians in Singapore? Why are there no shows like 今夜不设防 in Singapore (smoking and alcohol to bring out the best in the hosts and guest)? Simple answer. Not allowed. Like Dickens, Eric had a very happy and opulent childhood. Things […]
If Richard Gere were to be your only source of information on Tibet, then the “real” Tibetans shown to you in this video may disappoint you. Indeed, this documentary seems more like reality TV than a documentary. Indian-born Lopsang Wangyal is an event producer and photojournalist. We see how flamboyant this man is from this […]
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”. […]