Posted in Colin's Blog, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE on March 30th, 2007 No Comments »
There’s an interesting, if somewhat incomplete, piece on Wal-Mart in the New Yorker. I recall sometime back, the Singaporean business papers raving consistently about Wal-Mart and how companies should strive to be like them. Of course, at the time I was also reading material by folks who were less enthused about their shocking labour practices. […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, CHINA, Singapore Dreaming, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE on March 29th, 2007 1 Comment »
So Ong Sor Fern, the redoubtable arts and movie reviewer of the Straits Times (who thought Curse of the Golden Flower and the Banquet were good movies - oh well, I guess everyone’s entitled to his or her own opinion), emails me with a bunch of questions for a April 1st piece she’s doing on […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, Singapore Dreaming, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE on March 26th, 2007 No Comments »
Yen and I just came back from a speaking engagement organised by the Singaporean student association at the University of Pennsylvania (’Club Singapore’). We’re very fond of UPenn - this is the third time they’ve invited us, and it’s always fun. It’s also one reason why we were very happy to hold the […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, SINGAPORE on March 26th, 2007 1 Comment »
So the Gahmen of Singapore thinks our Ministers, who’re already the highest salaried politicians in the world, should earn about $2m a year, instead of the approximately $1.2m they do now. This takes me back (again!) to a piece I wrote in 2003…. (Sigh!)
Why the fish should they peg public sector salaries to that […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, SINGAPORE on March 25th, 2007 No Comments »
This article was published in the Sunday Times on 25 March 2007. I always find these alarmist pieces annoying. Guess it comes from being a comics fan and knowing something about the history of alarmism over youth pursuits, like Fredric Wertham’s Seduction of the Innocent campaign which set comics back by generations:
Sunday Times 25 […]
Posted in FILM, Singapore Dreaming, SINGAPORE on March 20th, 2007 1 Comment »
A hearty congratulations to our good friend, the super-talented YEO YANN YANN for winning Best Actress at the Life! Theatre Awards for her performance in Lei Yu (Thunderstorm).
That makes three Life! Award-winners in the Singapore Dreaming cast, alongside Serene Chen and Lim Yu-Beng!
For readers in the US, don’t forget: you have a chance to see […]
Posted in FILM, Singapore Dreaming on March 19th, 2007 2 Comments »
Here are the dates for Singapore Dreaming’s US premieres:
Our East Coast premiere will be as part of the Philadelphia International Film Festival on:
Saturday 14 April at 5:00 at the Ritz 5 Theater
Sunday 15 April at 12:15 at the Ritz 5 Theater
Wednesday 18 April at 6:15 at the HiWay Theater
Click here to buy tickets!
Meanwhile, our West […]
Posted in FOOD, NEW YORK on March 19th, 2007 2 Comments »
So I’ve been seeing red velvet cakes everywhere recently, but resisted picking one up because, oh, I’m told I need to resist anything I might possibly enjoy.
But after reading the recent New York Times story on it, I knew I had to try some, especially when I’m living near one of America’s top red velvet […]
Posted in FILM, Singapore Dreaming on March 11th, 2007 1 Comment »
We’re proud to announce that Singapore Dreaming will be premiering in the US very shortly.
Our East Coast premiere will be as part of the Philadelphia International Film Festival (April 5-18, exact screening dates to be confirmed).
Meanwhile, our West Coast premiere will be part of the San Francisco International Film Festival at the following dates and […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, Singapore Dreaming, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE, MUSIC on March 11th, 2007 2 Comments »
The following piece was published in the Sunday Times on 11 March 2007:
Sunday Times 7 March 2007
Sounding the same is unsound
by Colin Goh
In a few weeks’ time, our film ‘Singapore Dreaming’ will be premiering in the US, in Philadelphia, San Francisco and later in the year, New York. My cheerfulness was dampened, however, when a […]
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