Posted in Colin's Blog, COMICS, SINGAPORE on June 30th, 2008 1 Comment »
Today, 30 June 2008, marks an ending of one of the most significant and prolonged phases of my life. Today, after 20 years, I finally stop cartooning for The New Paper. It was a complicated decision, the details of which I don’t have time to go into at length at the moment, but […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE on January 29th, 2008 No Comments »
The following was published in the Sunday Times on 27 January 2008, with some editing (if you’ve seen the published version, amuse yourself by spotting the differences!):
Sunday Times 27 Jan 2008
In Defence of Our ‘Dumb’ Kids
by Colin Goh
Two weeks ago, this august newspaper polled 60 Singaporean students about the US elections, and discovered that - […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, FOOD, NEW YORK on January 13th, 2008 No Comments »
The following was published in the Sunday Times on 13 Jan 2007:
Sunday Times 13 Jan 2007
Henry and The Keropok of Death
by Colin Goh
Those of you who are pantang about the Year of the Rat might want to skip this column.
New York City is famous for its rats. According to some statistics, there are between 6 […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, FOOD, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE on January 6th, 2008 1 Comment »
So enough of you have messaged me about my Facebook status update concerning my attempt at making durian pengat, which effectively derailed my New Year’s resolution to lose weight. So here’s a photo:
I’m not sure why I’m on a nyonya dessert-making binge at the moment… two weeks ago, I made tau suan, and I’m now […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, NEW YORK on December 16th, 2007 No Comments »
The following was published in the Sunday Times on 16 Dec 2007:
Sunday Times 16 December 2007
All I want for Christmas is to stop shopping
by Colin Goh
Since this is my last column before Christmas, I thought I’d write something apropos of the season.
There was a time when the highlight of Christmas for me was going for […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, FOOD, CHINA, SINGAPORE, BRITAIN on December 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
The following was published in the Sunday Times on 2 December 2007:
Sunday Times 2 Dec 2007
Betrayed by my darling Maling
by Colin Goh
It now seems like every week, some made-in-China product is being recalled or banned for reasons of toxicity or unsafe manufacture. So far it hadn’t really affected me: dog food, Thomas the Tank Engine […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, FOOD, Singapore Dreaming, SINGAPORE, TRAVEL, JAPAN on November 18th, 2007 No Comments »
The following was published in the Sunday Times on 18 November 2007:
Sunday Times 18 November 2007
Maid in Japan
by Colin Goh
“A what café?” I said to my friend Ichi-san while visiting Tokyo three weeks ago. (‘Ichi’ is not his real name. To avoid potential embarrassment, I’ve had to fudge certain bits to protect the identities of […]
Posted in FILM, Colin's Blog, CHINA, Singapore Dreaming, NEW YORK on October 20th, 2007 No Comments »
The following was published by the Sunday Times on 21 October 2007:
Sunday Times 21 Oct 2007
A Tale of Twisted Tongues in Taiwan
by Colin Goh
The Wife and I are in Taipei, where tonight, our film, Singapore Dreaming, will be having its Taiwanese premiere at the Women Make Waves Film Festival, ahead of a commercial theatrical release […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, NEW YORK on October 7th, 2007 No Comments »
The following was published in the Sunday Times on 7 October 2007:
Sunday Times 7 Oct 2007
Marching with the Monks
by Colin Goh
No, not those monks. (Much as I have great sympathy for their cause.)
Rather, last Sunday, I found myself walking alongside a group of Shaolin monks in a Mid-Autumn Festival parade held in Flushing, home to […]
Posted in WRITING, Colin's Blog, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE on September 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
The following piece was published in the Sunday Times on 23 September 2007.
This was a really rough week, with two of my Alien Talent strips being rejected for, I guess, critiquing the CPF policy changes and certain associated events. That really showed me how thin-skinned the powers-that-be are at the moment.
So while I […]
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