Panel: Playwriting to Directing (Sat, 23 Feb 2013)

Fri, 15 Feb 2013
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All In! Young Writers Media Festival 2013

As part of the activities for the All In! Young Writers Media Festival 2013, I’ll be moderating this panel next week:

Playwriting to Directing
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013
Time: 2pm – 3pm
Venue: Imagination Room, Level 5, National Library, 100 Victoria Street, Singapore 188064

Join Chong Tze Chien and Zizi Azah, who have both served as playwright and director in their turn, as they discuss the nuts and bolts of the details involved in the production of a play. How much of a say do actors get? How strong is the influence of lighting and sound direction? Where does the playwright’s voice end and where does the director’s vision begin? These burning questions and more will be answered during this session.

Please join me!

#SGTipsyTrivia Round 3 (Thu, 28 Feb 2013)

Thu, 14 Feb 2013
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I’m organising this with a bunch of friends so come on down and join us for the only pub quiz in Singapore with a Singaporean theme!

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Singapore-themed Tipsy Trivia

Not everyone bothers about the important things – like what the name of the dinosaur formerly known as Brontosaurus is, or how many MRT interchanges there are in Singapore.

But if matters like these are everyday knowledge for you and your friends, then come on down to Earshot Cafe on Thu, 28 Feb 2013 at 7pm for a night of Singapore-themed Tipsy Trivia!

It’s the only pub quiz in town with a Singaporean theme – each category has six Singapore-themed questions and four international-themed questions.

For $5 per player, your team of six players gets to flex your brains over six rounds of trivia.

What’s more – the winning team stands a chance of bringing home six drinks vouchers courtesy of Earshot Cafe, along with 60% of the pot for the evening!

So join us – because, really: how much more fun can you get up to along the Singapore River on a Thursday night?

Singapore-themed Tipsy Trivia!
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#SGTipsyTrivia

Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013
Time: 7pm
Venue: Earshot Cafe (The Arts House, 1 Old Parliament Lane)
Price: $5 per player (max. 6 players per team. Teams with more than 6 players will have 3.5 points deducted per extra player.)

Top Prize: Six drinks vouchers from Earshot Cafe + 60% of evening’s pot
Second Prize: 40% of evening’s pot

Contact Earshot Cafe at 6338 8220 to reserve a table for your team. Spots fill up fast; ‘chope’ your place today!

Esquire Singapore: Confronting Non-Confrontation in Singapore

Mon, 4 Feb 2013
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Confronting Non-Confrontation in Singapore

My first column in Esquire Singapore!

Confronting Non-Confrontation in Singapore

Singaporeans bitch too much. Or so the saying I’m loosely paraphrasing goes.

Case in point: how often do you see updates like this from your Singaporean friends on your social media networks?

“Get your daughter’s head out of my vagina, bitch.”
(Context: It was a crowded bus; the mother was seated and holding her baby girl in her arms. Unbeknownst to the mother, her baby’s head was pressing against someone else’s crotch.)

“Just boarded an empty train when a lady pushed me from behind and let out a loud ‘TSK’. So impatient for what? Bitch, right!”

Indeed. And that’s one of the reasons why I term such posts “bitch-rants”.

But before the feminists get on my case, let me further clarify that:

  1. The epithet “bitch” is usually – but not always – bandied about in a bitch-rant, because the rants are about bitchy people, regardless of gender; and
  2. The people ranting do so in order to bitch i.e. to get something off their chests.

Bitch-rants are so common nowadays that when I wake up and I don’t see any bitch-rants in my social networks, I actually start worrying and searching for one…

I can’t post the full text because of copyright reasons so please get a copy of the February issue of Esquire Singapore from newsstands today!