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During this time of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is safer to stay at home at all cost, especially when you are able to. But what happens when you have a strong craving for a specialised coffee? We are not talking about instant coffee powder or 3-in-1 coffee, we are referring to the aromatic taste of […]
With K-pop music and K-dramas making waves around the world, it makes sense that Korean fashion is also gaining its own attention. Korean fashion brands are riding the wave of the K-wave phenomenon through product placements in K-dramas. For instance, any hardcore K-drama fans would recognise Korean jewellery brand J.Estina because it occasionally pops up […]
It is easy to identify whether a South Korean drama belongs to the romantic melodrama category by looking at the official poster. It would have the two main characters looking off in two different directions with somber and melancholy expressions. A melodrama commonly features one sad event after another and the characters’ emotions are often […]
If you are not familiar with Flores island, Indonesia, it was the home of Homo floresiensis, a species of small archaic human. This species of human was nicknamed ‘Hobbit’ by its discoverers, after the fictional race popularised in J.R.R. Tolkien’s book The Hobbit. It is believed that the Homo floresiensis lived on Flores island until […]
In 1910, the Japanese empire formally annexed the Korean peninsula through the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910. Until the end of World War II in 1945, Korea was under Japanese rule which was administered by the Governor-General of Korea based in Keijo (now Seoul). While Korea saw a growth in industrialisation and an improvement in infrastructure […]
Outram Prison was one of the earliest prisons in Singapore. Originally, it was known as Pearl’s Hill Prison before being called Outram Prison or Outram Road Prison. Completed in 1882, the jail complex had five blocks for male criminals; four for natives and one for European. Other buildings housed the female prisons, hospitals, employees’ quarters, […]
Behind every traditional food, there is always a story. It should not be surprising that traditional Chinese food such as mantou, Dragon’s beard candy, Wife Cake, doufufa and even guilinggao will have it’s own lore and background story. Here are the legends behind these five famous Chinese desserts: 1.Guilinggao You have seen this jelly-like Chinese […]
Just because international travelling is impossible right now, you can always have a taste of another country through food. How about ‘travel’ to Italy and try their deep-fried pastries by making them yourself? Unlike French pastries which require a lot of time and work, Italian deep-fried pastries are comparatively easy to make. Here are five […]
When it is done right, product placements or PPL in South Korean dramas don’t hurt the storyline. However when it is not, PPLs can annoy and make viewers lose interest in the drama. This type of marketing move is like salt in a dish for any Korean drama. If you put too much salt in […]
‘Sumpit’ or ‘sumpitan’ are what we call the blowpipe or blowgun in Borneo. Some communities in the Philippines and Sulawesi also refer to the blowpipe as ‘sumpit’. In fact, the first written description of sumpit can be found in the works of Italian scholar and explorer Antonio Pigafetta in 1521 who visited the Palawan people. […]
