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 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, WRITING, Colin's Blog, Yen Yen's blog, FOOD, CHINA, Singapore Dreaming, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE on January 4th, 2007 3 Comments »
Happy New Year, everyone!
A view of the Times Square New Year fireworks from our friends Chris and Julie’s roof. Silhouetted against the fireworks is 55 Central Park West, aka ‘Spook Central’ in the Ghostbusters movie.
Slightly belated greetings to our far-flung friends and family: we know it’s a tad impersonal to have directed you to […]
Posted in WRITING, Colin's Blog, FOOD, CHINA on December 2nd, 2006 No Comments »
The Chinese sure like their lamb! Here we are at our umpteenth lamb hotpot during our visit. And American portions have nothing on Chinese portions!
The following piece was published in the Sunday Times on 2 December 2006:
Sunday Times 2 Dec 2006
Whining about Dining in Beijing
by Colin Goh
The Wife and I are still in […]
Posted in WRITING, Colin's Blog, FOOD, CHINA on November 18th, 2006 No Comments »
The following piece was published in the Sunday Times on 19 November 2006, and chronicles our first visit to Beijing:
Sunday Times 19 Nov 2006
China: Brave Niu World
by Colin Goh
“So,” asked our Beijing friend as we sat over a platter of donkey meat (if you like horse, you’ll lurve donkey). “Beijing PK Shanghai – which is […]
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