I Don’t Want to Write as a Girl! and Other Gender Related Problems at Work
said all the boys I teach. I teach young children to write picture compositions, and sometimes, the image shows that the main character is a girl. I always ask them…
Kubo and the Two Strings is such a beautiful movie!
I recently had the pleasure of watching Kubo and the Two Strings in a quiet movie theatre, and boy, was I blown away. When I watched the trailer (it wasn’t…
Why is everyone in Dragonhearted Chinese?
My dear, lovely editor, Daphne, who is always pushing me to write better, asked me this question: “Why is everyone in Dragonhearted Chinese?” I almost wanted to answer I don’t…
I have a book. Everything’s different, but still the same.
I had sushi (yay!) with a friend and he asked me how the book launches went. The best I could muster up was, “Ok lor.” “Really ah? Just okay lor?”…
Singapore is too loud!
and it’s driving me crazy. Everywhere I go, the volume is turned up to the max. In the trains (or subway, as my US friends refer to it) it’s an…
Finding Dory Review
I watched Finding Nemo when it first came out, and thought it was pretty okay. I didn’t particularly like it, but I didn’t particularly hate it. But oh boy. Finding…
Clothes that I will never understand: The Romper
I have no idea why something as hideous as the romper was created. It’s like a fickle-minded aunt who makes you wonder if all sense has left the world, because…
So I Had This Great Idea To Make A Book Trailer
and I didn’t realise what I was getting into. I was enamoured of all the book trailers of the Young Adult books that I’d seen on YouTube, and I wanted…
Hollywood has no original ideas
As the holidays are coming up, I’ve seen many movie trailers that are re-tellings of stories that we know and love. The Beauty and the Beast trailer came out yesterday,…