Posted in Colin's Blog, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE, FAMILY on January 27th, 2007 No Comments »
A recent article in the New York Times got me thinking about my grandfather, who passed away when I was seven.
The article, some of you may be dismayed to learn, was about urinals, specifically, that more and more people are installing urinals in their homes, and designer ones at that (check out the pix above)! […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, NEW YORK on January 27th, 2007 1 Comment »
The following piece was published by the Sunday Times on 28 January 2007. I’ve had to disguise names and fudge facts to protect the reputations of the various parties involved in this controversial account. I also had to resist the strong temptation to make jokes about “doin’ it doggy-style”…
Sunday Times 28 January 2006
It’s a […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, NEW YORK on January 26th, 2007 No Comments »
In today’s New York Times, Calvin Trillin test drives the new Lexus - with auto-parallel parking function! Cupholders, GPS - what will they think of next?
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Posted in Colin's Blog, FOOD, CHINA, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE on January 26th, 2007 No Comments »
Here’s a tip for you Singaporeans looking for some new F&B fad to import into Singapore.
Two years ago, Yen and I, accompanied by our good buddies Eddie and George, trekked up to Corona in Queens to experience Pollo Campero, the Guatemalan Fried Chicken chain that had all of New York in a frenzy, especially […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE on January 18th, 2007 No Comments »
In today’s New York Times, there’s an article about how a whole industry is growing up around how to deal with jerks, dolts, nitwits or, as the Times puts it politely, “difficult people.”
We Singaporeans know this state of affairs intimately. Maybe it has to do with the size of our country, but for some […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, FOOD, SINGAPORE on January 15th, 2007 No Comments »
The following essay was published in the 14th January 2007 edition of the Sunday Times:
14 January 2007
He used his noodle, and so did we
by Colin Goh in New York
The past months have seen the passing of many people whose work has given me pleasure and inspiration – the singer James Brown (when you’re BCC, nothing […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, FOOD, NEW YORK on January 15th, 2007 No Comments »
With great apologies to Keats’ Ode to a Grecian Urn, this little entry is to pay homage to positively the best piece of cookware I have ever purchased. Ever. As far as equipment goes, it ranks second only to my Mac Powerbook. Serious!
The item of which I speak is the fabled Le Creuset enamelled […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, FOOD on January 9th, 2007 No Comments »
In Memoriam: Momofuku Ando
The inventor of instant noodles, Momofuku Ando of Nissin, has passed away.
Yes, we know all those doubts about its nutritiousness, but come on, people, admit it: at some point in your life, you were frickin’ grateful - grateful! - for a humble serving of freeze dried noodles resuscitated in water!
I know that […]
Posted in FILM, WRITING, Colin's Blog, Singapore Dreaming, SINGAPORE, MUSIC on January 9th, 2007 4 Comments »
I was recently asked by a JC student for the lyrics to ‘Bong Chun Hong’, the theme song for ‘Singapore Dreaming’. (The song can be downloaded here.)
Most of us know it as a hoary old Hokkien karaoke favourite or the unofficial Taiwanese national anthem (kind of like what ‘Waltzing Matilda’ is to Australia), but the […]
Posted in FILM, Colin's Blog, NEW YORK on January 9th, 2007 No Comments »
David Denby has written an excellent analysis of the current state of the American (and by default, the world’s) film industry for this week’s edition of The New Yorker.
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