All posts in category Singaporeana

Fantasie Passionée – A performance by the NUS Symphony Orchestra

Fellow Friend of Yesterday.sg, PY, will be performing in concert next week. PY plays the double bass. I was unable to attend her previous performances. This time, I am able to make it. Let’s hope nothing crops up from now ’til then! ———- Join the NUS Symphony Orchestra for a relaxing afternoon of flowing melodies [...]

Blogging Bishan & Sketches, Visions and Impressions of Tiong Bahru

Some people collect stamps. I collect blogs. To be more precise, I start new blogs or contribute to them.* The latest addition to my burgeoning blog collection is Blogging Bishan. This blog will focus on estate developments, heritage features and random observations through the eyes of someone who has lived here since the estate’s early [...]

The Trainee

A funny short film starring local actress Qiaoyun. Hmmm… who’s this Craig Rosenthal fella who directed it? Direct link to the video page at Portable Film Festival. P.S. I realise this might take a long time to load, so press play to start the video. Once it starts playing, pause it and let it load [...]

Hidden Treasures – Raffles Hotel Museum and The Cathay Gallery

I was at the Raffles Hotel for the MIS Asia IT Excellence Awards today. While I was there, I noticed that the hotel has a museum *! It is a small gallery on the 3rd level which focuses on the history of the hotel and the romance of travel. There are artefacts from the hotel [...]

Goodbye, Angsana

It was a cloudy, windy morning when they cut you down. I watched from a distance as they removed your branches. You still looked majestic as they stripped you of your crown. Each branch looked like a tree in its own right. You must have seen so many things over the past 80 years. Countless [...]