Light taps on the hi-hat, the brushing of the snare drum accompanied by a face-scrunching bassline. Light and twangy chords being played on a Gretsch, a piano piece that serenades [ … ]
Month: July 2024
The Symbolism of Space, Place, and Landscape in Singapore
Figure 1: Raffles Marina Lighthouse, Singapore, 2019 (own photo) A hidden gem in the west, Raffles Marina Lighthouse is nestled in the shrubs of Jurong, far from civilization. This privately-owned [ … ]
Cold Songs: Snow Trekking through Alvvays, Florence + The Machine, Björk and More
Swaying drowsily in bus 179 in the middle of December, I envision a winter season that melds Singaporean rain and my mind’s yearning for snow. With Airpods popped into each [ … ]
A Question Of Nuance
Designed by Freepik Acclaimed author David Levithan (2013) asserts in his novel Every Day, “Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.” [ … ]
A Witness to ONE OK ROCK’s Influence at Their Luxury Disease Asia Tour 2023
Was it the end of an era? Or perhaps the beginning of something completely new? Before attending ONE OK ROCK’s concert, I could not be sure of an answer. Their [ … ]
A Sky Full of Stars: A Review of Coldplay’s Stellar Discography
Photo Credit: Anna Lee With over 120 shows played and 7,000,000 tickets sold worldwide on their ongoing tour, there’s no band hotter in the world right now than Coldplay (ironically). [ … ]
Afterlife: The Play
I recently watched a play that my friend acted in. It is called Afterlife, and it was adapted from a 1998 Japanese film of the same name. The story follows [ … ]
“Adulting” and the Fear of Growing Up
“Even when I was little, I knew that teenagers sparkled. I knew they knew something children didn’t know, and adults ended up forgetting.” (Yelich-O’Connor, 2016) — Lorde, “A note from [ … ]