There were debates in the papers recently on what qualifies as art.
Is the sculpture of David in his naked stance confronting Goliath art? Most will agree. But few will view the artist who exhibits his urine in a bottle as an act of defiance (in the spirit of the art movement- dadaism) ART.
Well, if i have [...]
Rainy today and rain always complements those lazy afternoon naps under the quilt, tucked away from the world- only my pillow and me for an hour and a half. When I was still a child, my granny always prepares teatime snacks for us after our siestas. I did the same for myself after the much needed reprieve. [...]
i recall a conversation with a chinaman in a themed coffee house in a chic residential district in southern china. in a nutshell he proclaims that businessmen who cares abt anything but money will never be very successful.
if i may dissect what he said and apply his business anecdote to what happens in china, the [...]
the prattling of the rain on the window sill woke me up from the strangest and most surreal dream. A shapeless apparition with the longest brown hair and molten eyes was chasing me. I tripped and fell from a flight of stairs into a better world, the world that the rain comes in and cleanses [...]
Food…perhaps becos it can give us more curves than desired and having to keep them constantly at arm’s length give them more brownie points in terms of desirability…
Coconut Candy
coconut+evaporated milk+sugar+butter= pure indulgence
(source of pict, and for recipe click here.)
Along Liang Seah Street, just across the road from Xian De Lai Shanghai cuisine, my favourite Sichuan [...]
Life is a journey, metaphorically and literally. Some journeys are forced upon us, which renders it arduous. Others, like the one taken by the female protagonist,traces some of the most picturesque terrain and hauntingly beautiful landscape of northern and central China, that is an emotional awakening by choice.
‘Feet unbound’ is a documentary film based on the LONG [...]
Depending on whether you are an optimist, pessimist or a fence sitter, news from the last couple days would be perceived in accordance.
Being the thinking intelligent adults that we all are, none of us are taking news at face level anymore. Sure, the US government is taking over the debts and waxing lyrical about how it [...]
Beautiful their love may be for the other but it is also held together by a lie. Perhaps love as transient as this is rendered more precious cos it cant possibly come to a good end.
The wall street equivalence of doomsday is here.
Dark clouds strewing across Wall Street as news of the collapses of financial giants follow in tandem, with no end in sight (started by the subprime led credit crunch). News of bankers sobbing over their starbucks coffee after the Lehman Brothers filed for bankrupcy protection came swiftly, and this may just be the start of the [...]
I escaped Wednesday by burrowing into ‘wonder’, which is the theme of the Singapore Biennale 2008.
These are my favourites from the City Hall exhibit site, enjoy:
The overwhelming weight of history and abandonement of the past is found in the video installation piece ‘Emerald’, which is the site of an old Thai hotel, well past its heyday. Accelerating [...]
