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I like the concept of desire lines.
It incorporates two principles which I believe in very strongly i.e.
So I held a contest a few weeks back.
Five people took part in it. Wow – overwhelmed at the overwhelming support. Haha!
Anyway, the answer to the question I asked:
Hill Street, just outside the Central Fire Station.
Where is this place I speak of?
I’ve included a helpful Google Map for your reference (click on this link if you can’t see the embedded image):
Why did I hold the contest?
I thought it’d be fun to be random, as well as to force all you hamsters to be a bit more aware of Singapore and its landscape.
I also recently visited the Civil Defence Heritage Gallery for a Learning Journey.
One of the things I learnt from the Journey was that Singapore fire-fighters have a unique way of sliding down their firefighter-poles (there is no way of writing this without it sounding like innuendo).
Check it out in this YouTube video (click on this link if you can’t see the embedded video):
Anyway, back to the contest. The winners are: Dexter Lee and Lucas Ho!
As I mentioned, I’d choose the winners arbitrarily, so this time round, I decided to choose the winners based on who responded and who came to visit me while I was recuperating at home.
Their prizes: they each get a copy of Ceriph Issue #3!
I also mentioned I’d give an arbitrarily chosen prize. This time, I thought I’d give them each a copy of the latest issue of Ceriph cos one of my poems has been published in this issue, heh heh.
If you’re free tomorrow (Sat, 18 Jun 2011) and you’re in the Orchard area, do pop by Kinokuniya around 4pm cos Ceriph Issue #3 will be launched then.
There’ll be readings and stuff; I’ll be there but I won’t be reading because I’m still quite unintelligible at times.
Nevertheless, do say hi if you’re there.
In any case, keep your eye out for the next contest – we’ll be guessing my new weight after being on a liquid diet for the last fortnight.
Just kidding (about the contest, not the diet or the weight loss).
In case you didn’t know, all the geography in Full Tank! is real. (It has to be; I wouldn’t sell you a lie.) So the route that the tank takes is one that can actually be mapped out.
I’ve saved everyone (i.e. scholars who might want to study my works next time, LOL) the trouble of mapping the route by using Google Maps to show you how the tank travels. I’ve included placemarks in the map, so please click on them. There’s some very valuable information in there, including pictures, which might help you visualise the geography a bit better.
For those inclined toward academia, you may want to think about how geography is mediated in literature. Or perhaps how Web 2.0 tools might be used to bring literature/drama a bit closer to everyone?
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