Join Tiger Beer in supporting our local F&B
Tiger Beer has very rightly launched a ‘Support Our Local F&B’ initiative as part of the #SupportOurStreets campaign to raise funds to support our F&B businesses during this very difficult time. As a nation, we are extremely fortunate to have such a strong food culture, and it is only fitting that we collectively support one another to protect this food culture.
Preparing For The Departed
You will need to be detached in order to do the things that need to be done when a loved one dies. It’ll be easier when you’re prepared with a checklist before they leave. Here are some of the things my siblings and I had to prepare when our parents passed away in 2011 and this year:
Magna Carta World Tour
I’m excited, not only because this is an 800-year-old literal ‘piece’ of law — one of only four surviving copies– but also because the last time English law came round these parts, they left us with s377 and other such delights of the Penal Code, which we have tweaked just a little bit so that gay sex is now sandwiched between sex with corpses and animals.
Adding To Our Melting Pot
It is part of Singapore life to have foreigners in our midst, and that there are people grumbling about how there are too many of them. There are also terms first used by the Government – such as “Foreign Talent”, that have taken a derisory and derogatory tone when used by the same grumblers. You […]
For Cartophiles – Map Mania at the NLB
I love maps, and I was pleasantly surprised when I made my way up to rehearsals at the Drama Centre Theatre yesterday, because there was this display in the lobby of the National Library (Central) featuring the first topographical map of Singapore. That is part of an exhibition on maps called “Geo|Graphic: Celebrating Maps and their Stories“. […]