I'd been invited to the premiere of a locally produced movie Home Song Stories tonight. I didn't know much about the movie except that it starred Joan Chen and Qi Yuwu, a hot China-born actor who had launched his career on Singapore TV shows. I went because a client had invited me and the reviews had been pretty good. I'd invited Mark Zee and ( Read more... )

My friend Jim in NYC told me about this hilarious TV series called "Extras" which stars Ricky Gervais, the actor who was star and creator of the series "The Office."  In "Extras" he plays an extra on various TV and movie sets, and meets all these celebrities. The stars parody themselves each week and in one of the episodes, Sir Ian McKellen stars ( Read more... )

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I know it's been a few months since the Miss Universe contest in May but I was thinking recently of how pissed off the outgoing Miss Universe, Zulyeka Riviera, looked when she was crowning the new winner, Riyo Mori of Japan. Anyone watching the show on TV could see that for some reason, Zulyeka was really cheesed off. I googled some pics and ( Read more... )

SUNDAY 22nd:

I had arranged to meet Mark at the Drama Centre before 3pm, when the matinee began. But I was running late and was pulling it close and nearing the location with five minutes to spare when thecab driver missed the exit from the highway and we were roaring into the wrong area. I was frantic and furious, and as the taxi zig-zagged through ( Read more... )

SATURDAY 21st:
On Saturday night I had to do another restaurant review, this time Min Jiang at the Goodwood Park Hotel. I'd invited my regular fellow reviewer Wilfred, as well as two of his friends, Rick and Isabel. The meal was very good - excellent food and exceptional service. The service was so attentive and flawless that we all wondered again ( Read more... )

It was the gala night for the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) staging of King Lear, at the Esplanade Theatres tonight and I'd been invited, as Tatler is the official magazine for this production. They only gave one ticket so i purchased an additional one for my sis as she really wanted to watch the play and we went together.

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June 15
I'd been invited to the Hermes private sale and thought I should stop in as they area client and I've been remiss at attending their events. I was expectiing to find some good buys there, and was especially hoping for their men's leather belts to be on sale. I was looking for the one with ( Read more... )

I went to the pharmacy today to buy some chewing gum - after banning gum a decade or so ago, the Singapore Government had to relent because of the Free Trade Agreement with the US and allow its sale but only in pharmacies. So I guess in Singapore gum  a controlled substance, like Prozac. I went to the pharmacy and pointed to the packets of gum that ( Read more... )