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, 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, 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, Singapore Dreaming, SINGAPORE on November 5th, 2007 No Comments »
Hello friends,
We are proud to announce that our multiple-award winning Singaporean film, SINGAPORE DREAMING 美满人生, is premiering on Friday, November 9th, 2007 in Taipei and Kaohsiung.
SINGAPORE DREAMING 美满人生 is the first Singapore film to have a commercial release in Taiwan since ‘I Not Stupid’ in 2002, and is a great opportunity for Singaporeans based in […]
Posted in SINGAPORE on October 9th, 2007 No Comments »
We’re urging all of you to sign up to repeal the manifestly unfair section 377A of the Penal Code.
Some of my GLBT friends have been bugging me to write about this in my ST column for ages, but I have to keep telling them I can’t.
In 2004, before this movement to repeal section 377A began, […]
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 […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE on September 10th, 2007 No Comments »
The following piece was published in the Sunday Times on 9 Sep 2007:
Sunday Times 26 August 2007
Help! I’m a Pokemon!
by Colin Goh
“Who are all these people poking you?” asked the Wife, looking over my shoulder at my laptop screen.
Now, there are contexts in which being asked such a question by one’s spouse could land one […]
Posted in FILM, Singapore Dreaming, SINGAPORE on August 8th, 2007 No Comments »
Hot on the heels of our win at the Asian American International Film Fest, we’re very happy to announce that Singapore Dreaming has been invited to compete in the Tokyo International Film Festival 2007 for the Best Asian/Middle Eastern Film Award. Naturally, this is a huge deal for us. Yasujiro Ozu’s ‘Tokyo Story’ was a […]
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