Books
Which English translation or edition of The Count of Monte Cristo should I read?
We Love Queenstown, We Love Katong, and We Love Little India by Urban Sketchers SingaporeDecember 8, 2018
Sofia and the Utopia Machine by Judith HuangDecember 8, 2018
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra BrackenDecember 3, 2018
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonNovember 30, 2018
Who Gets What and Why by Alvin E. RothNovember 25, 2018
Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelNovember 17, 2018
The Diamond of Darkhold by Jeanne DuPrauNovember 13, 2018
The Prophet of Yonwood by Jeanne DuPrauNovember 10, 2018
The People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrauNovember 6, 2018
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrauNovember 5, 2018
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainNovember 4, 2018
The House of the Mosque by Kader Abdolah, translated by Susan Massotty
The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore, translated by Surendranath Tagore
The Ship by Antonia HoneywellOctober 26, 2018
Wish You Were Here by Nick WebbOctober 21, 2018
Mostly Harmless by Douglas AdamsOctober 16, 2018
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas AdamsOctober 15, 2018
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy by Douglas AdamsOctober 15, 2018
Ready Player One by Ernest ClineOctober 1, 2018
Threelogy Lah by Casey ChenSeptember 7, 2018
Book launch for The Missing Barbegazi by H.S. NorupSeptember 6, 2018
Solaris by Stanislaw LemAugust 29, 2018
Magician (Master/Apprentice) by Raymond E. FeistAugust 11, 2018
Four more Harry Potter (Azkaban) translationsJuly 31, 2018
Handful of books from Book TreasureJuly 12, 2018
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Princeton University Press translationsJuly 2, 2018
Exit West by Moshin HamidJune 27, 2018
1984 by George OrwellJune 25, 2018
We Love Bedok by Urban Sketchers SingaporeJune 21, 2018
Lu Xun and Evolution by James Reeve PuseyJune 18, 2018
Character names in A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L’Engle
Madeleine L’Engle’s Time Quartet: Various Awesome Covers!
We Love Tiong Bahru by Urban Sketchers SingaporeJune 12, 2018
Burmese Days by George OrwellJune 8, 2018
Many Waters by Madeleine L’EngleJune 3, 2018
A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L’EngleMay 30, 2018
A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L’EngleMay 29, 2018
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (again)May 29, 2018
The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckMay 27, 2018
How We Learn by Benedict CareyMay 23, 2018
Five Kingdoms (Books 1 to 5) by Brandon MullMay 18, 2018
Jumanji by Chris Van AllsburgMay 13, 2018
A Room with a View by E.M. ForsterMay 12, 2018
Bras Basah Complex: Art, Dance, Explore, Sports, Book
The Fugitive by Pramoedya Ananta ToerApril 23, 2018
The Movie BookApril 17, 2018
Junior Page book sale at Novena Square atriumApril 11, 2018
Not out of Hate by Ma Ma Lay (thoughts on postcolonial literature)
Times book sale at the Centrepoint atriumMarch 27, 2018
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’EngleMarch 15, 2018
Beloved by Toni MorrisonMarch 12, 2018
The Third Eye by Mahtab NarsimhanMarch 7, 2018
Mortal Engines by Philip ReeveMarch 4, 2018
Four Reigns by Kukrit PramojMarch 2, 2018
Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyFebruary 18, 2018
Photographically Speaking by David duCheminFebruary 7, 2018
Mots D’Heures: Gousses, RamesJanuary 27, 2018
King Rat by James ClavellJanuary 26, 2018
Harry Potter in RussianJanuary 24, 2018Collecting
Four more Harry Potter (Azkaban) translationsJuly 31, 2018Princeton University Press translationsJuly 2, 2018Junior Page book sale at Novena Square atriumApril 11, 2018Times book sale at the Centrepoint atriumMarch 27, 2018Harry Potter in RussianJanuary 24, 2018Language
Does “oblong” mean “rectangle”?September 8, 2018Threelogy Lah by Casey ChenSeptember 7, 2018
Does your language control you? Lingering questions.August 12, 2018Four more Harry Potter (Azkaban) translationsJuly 31, 2018
HomogenousJuly 21, 2018
Public talk 7 August 2018: Does your language control you?Princeton University Press translationsJuly 2, 20181984 by George OrwellJune 25, 2018
Jang Won’s new signJune 1, 2018
Mobile Phone Protective CaseMay 31, 2018
Isle of Dogs (2018)May 22, 2018
Please push your bicycle across the underpass
Slightly awkward but perfectly serviceable English on this clothes rack box
Health chopsticks cageFebruary 8, 2018Mots D’Heures: Gousses, RamesJanuary 27, 2018Harry Potter in RussianJanuary 24, 2018Movies
City of Ember (2008)November 13, 2018
Collateral (2004)November 12, 2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)November 12, 2018
The Darkest Minds (2018)August 18, 2018
Colony (Complete Series)August 13, 2018
Ant-man and the Wasp (2018)July 9, 2018
Ocean’s 8 (2018)June 28, 2018
Incredibles II (2018)June 25, 2018
Superfast! (2015)June 22, 2018
Ant-man (2015)May 27, 2018
Deadpool 2 (2018)May 26, 2018
Ballerina aka Leap! (2016)May 24, 2018Isle of Dogs (2018)May 22, 2018Jumanji by Chris Van AllsburgMay 13, 2018
Avengers 3: Infinity War (2018)April 26, 2018
The Remains of the Day (1993)April 25, 2018The Movie BookApril 17, 2018
Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)April 9, 2018
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)April 8, 2018
Jumanji (1995)March 30, 2018
Tomb Raider (2018)March 27, 2018
A Wrinkle in Time (2018)March 18, 2018
Evita (2018 musical in Singapore)March 10, 2018
He Named Me Malala (2015)March 6, 2018
Galaxy Quest (1999)March 4, 2018
Black Panther (2018)February 23, 2018
Interview with the Vampire (1994)February 18, 2018
Office Space (1999)February 17, 2018
The Lego Movie (2014)February 16, 2018
The Great Wall (2016)January 15, 2018
Bleeding Steel (2017)January 9, 2018Singapore
We Love Queenstown, We Love Katong, and We Love Little India by Urban Sketchers SingaporeDecember 8, 2018Sofia and the Utopia Machine by Judith HuangDecember 8, 2018Threelogy Lah by Casey ChenSeptember 7, 2018Book launch for The Missing Barbegazi by H.S. NorupSeptember 6, 2018Does your language control you? Lingering questions.August 12, 2018HomogenousJuly 21, 2018
Faulty premisesJuly 12, 2018Handful of books from Book TreasureJuly 12, 2018FINAL EXITJune 25, 2018
We Love Bedok by Urban Sketchers SingaporeJune 21, 2018We Love Tiong Bahru by Urban Sketchers SingaporeJune 12, 2018Jang Won’s new signJune 1, 2018Mobile Phone Protective CaseMay 31, 2018People who sell drinks near where people work or relax outdoors in the heat have a technique for making their drinks look particularly cold: They put the bottles in the freezer for a while, which in addition to actually making the drinks a bit colder, makes the bottles look nice and frosty when they are … Continue reading Cold beer, wet air
Cold beer, wet airMay 17, 2018Sultan Mosque and a cloudMay 12, 2018
Soup Spoon Novena: Cutleries Station is now Cutlery Corner
“Battery”: countable or uncountable?April 12, 2018Junior Page book sale at Novena Square atriumApril 11, 2018Times book sale at the Centrepoint atriumMarch 27, 2018Evita (2018 musical in Singapore)March 10, 2018
Singapore is not in China! How to send mail to Singapore.February 1, 2018King Rat by James ClavellJanuary 26, 2018
Blog of the month!January 13, 2018
Singapore ice-cream sandwich (literally)January 8, 2018