Tag: Singapore

Chin Hin Eating House Bites the Dust

Nestled among four now-empty HDB blocks at 75, Commonwealth Drive is an old-school coffeeshop (known colloquially as kopitiam) called the Chin Bee Eating House. It’s one of the last few eating places that still retained that old, traditional look and feel. Everything from the stall placement to the interior layout, to the way the coffee/toast… Continue reading Chin Hin Eating House Bites the Dust

Frozen

My friend David recently shared this blog post on my Facebook timeline. It features Adam Magyar‘s mesmerising slow motion footage of commuters at the platform of Tokyo’s Shinjuku station (the busiest in the world) as the train rolls in. Filmed at high speed, it captures a slice of the commuters’ expression as the train moves past… Continue reading Frozen

Starlight Express Rolls into Singapore

One of the longest-running and most unique musicals, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express opened on 13 Nov 2013 at the MasterCard Theatres at Marina Bay Sands. Thanks to my friend Janice, I had the opportunity to attend the special media event as well as the evening’s show. The musical tells the story of a toy… Continue reading Starlight Express Rolls into Singapore

Lithuanian Accordionist Martynas Levickis In Yellow Lounge Singapore

Usually when people think of classical music, they think of performers in tuxedos in a concert hall performing “boring” music of dead musicians. Established seven years ago in the Berlin club scene, Yellow Lounge attempts to change this by breaking all the rules in the classical music rule book, and bringing classical music into the… Continue reading Lithuanian Accordionist Martynas Levickis In Yellow Lounge Singapore

An Evening With The Piano Guys

On Monday 2 Sep 2013, YouTube sensation The Piano Guys performed in the Star Theatre in Singapore to a 4,000+ strong audience. The group shot to fame on YouTube, garnering a total of over 260 million views on their YouTube channel. Ever since I discovered their superb performances via a video of pianist Jon Schmidt… Continue reading An Evening With The Piano Guys

A Spectacular End to the Singapore Night Festival 2013

After 2 weekends of nocturnal activities, the Singapore Night Festival 2013 drew to a close with a spectacular performance by local illusionists JC Sum and “Magic Babe” Ning. Titled “Ultimate Inversion”, the performance had the duo strapped up in 2 strait jackets each, suspended upside down and hauled up 75 ft into the air on… Continue reading A Spectacular End to the Singapore Night Festival 2013

Singapore Night Festival 2013 Week 1 Highlights

Now renamed to Singapore Night Festival, this year’s festival is the 6th installation and my 2nd visit. I was impressed with last year’s festival, particularly with the La Argentina series of performances, and was looking forward to this year’s. The Singapore Night Festival 2013 is billed as the largest so far, stretching from Plaza Singapura… Continue reading Singapore Night Festival 2013 Week 1 Highlights

Remembering the Queenstown Cinema and Bowling Alley

In 2010, a group of friends and I went to Queenstown to take some photos of the place as I’ve heard that several buildings there were going to be demolished soon. Maybe I wasn’t that inspired by the photos that I’ve made on that day but I chucked the photos away on my hard disk… Continue reading Remembering the Queenstown Cinema and Bowling Alley

A Very Different Marina Bay

A little over 9 years ago, a group of photographers and myself got into a room at the Swissotel the Stamford to do a shoot of the skyline at a high vantage point. It was slightly hazy and overcast, but thankfully cleared up by the evening and we were able to get some decent night… Continue reading A Very Different Marina Bay