Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
There are a couple of issues in the national consciousness these few days that are regularly showing up in the local newspapers. For instance, there’s the increasing level of anxiety about Singapore citizenship and permanent residency. That issue has been
Happy Feet (2006) – on rental. There were two Penguin-esque animated films released within 9 months of each other just 3 years ago: one was Happy Feet, the other Surf’s Up – and that’s not counting still Madagascar which had
Open Season (2006) – on rental. Ling was asking the other day if I could start renting a few more animated films that she can watch with Hannah at home. So, I’ve been looking through the past couple of years
As part of the preparation for my upcoming staff-exchange trip to Japan in December this year, I’ve been translating about 30 hours worth of lecture material into, well, Japanese. The students I’ll be lecturing do know English, but – or
There’s a large wave of netbooks showing up in preorder listings off Amazon and flyers here since Windows 7’s release last Thursday, and boy do they look tempting LOL. Many of them have somewhat similar specifications – they possess 11.6
Windows 7 has been finally released just a few days ago. I wasn’t quite so “bo eng” (that’s ‘not so free’ in Hokkien, Matt :)) to have queued up at midnight to be the first in Singapore to get a
In Her Shoes (2005) – on rental. This was a pleasant find on DVD rental that arrived together with The Clone Wars several evenings ago. And fortunately too, as In Her Shoes was a wonderfully sweet and thoughtful film that
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) – on rental. There’s a lot of bad films based off great franchises, but few of them have been as painful watching as The Clone Wars has been. The original trilogy of Star Wars
Toyota just unveiled their new hybrid luxury sedan called the ‘Sai’. The Hokkien in me bursts into laughter when I read about it on the papers. Would any self-respecting ‘towkay’ (boss in Hokkien) buy this car? ‘Sai’ in Hokkien means
I’m not a soccer fan – but there’s a bizarre bit of news making the English soccer circuit right now. Apparently about how a young boy from the Liverpool side threw a large red balloon ball into the pitch, and
There aren’t a lot of video games that interest Ling, and certainly not to the point where she’ll give me the evil eye if she catches me playing the game without her! The one game that she likes a lot
Kung Fu Hustle (2004) – on rental. I haven’t followed kung fu films for at least 15 years now. Heck… one of those things I never figured out was why Westerner movie-goers were so enamored with Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger,
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