Having cable and HD means that I hardly ever watch Channel 5. However, this new series about old buildings, Listen to our walls, is reason for me to stomach the free-to-air English station for half an hour every week. Today’s episode covered mixed use buildings, particularly housing/shopping mixes. The show began with shophouses, covering some [...]
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Listen to our walls
Posted by acroamatic on January 13, 2009
http://deadpoetscave.com/2009/01/listen-to-our-walls/
About Singapore
On Saturday, I went on a mini shopping spree. I came back with a few treasures – books and DVDs about Singapore. None of these are likely to become required reading or viewing as part of National Indoctrination Education. Nevertheless (or is it ‘Because of’?), this unlikely quintet are more authentic than most of what [...]
Posted by acroamatic on August 19, 2008
http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/08/about-singapore/
Posterous: blog via email, and then some
The idea behind Posterous is preposterously simple: blog by email. (hat tip to Michele Martin). Anyone who can email can now blog. Just send a email to post@posterous.com from your regular email address. (Hmmm… wonder how they filter out spam!) You’ll get a reply which tells you that you’ve posted successfully. The first time you [...]
Posted by acroamatic on June 30, 2008
http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/06/posterous-blog-via-email-and-then-some/
Singapore 3 Uzbekistan 7
Not the kind of scoreline you see every day. I made my way down to the National Stadium for what will probably be the second-last time. (The last time should be Singapore v Saudi Arabia two Saturdays from now, by which time the game might be inconsequential to our qualifying hopes.) A colleague, my boss’ [...]
Posted by acroamatic on June 3, 2008
http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/06/singapore-3-uzbekistan-7/
New Zealand Retrospective
A documentary I watched yesterday about whales brought to mind my family’s trip to New Zealand last year. We went on a whale watching trip with Whale Watch Kaikoura – which was featured in the film- towards the end of the trip. I had fully intended to write about my New Zealand experience when I [...]
Posted by acroamatic on May 20, 2008
http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/05/new-zealand-retrospective/
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