Discover The Peranakan Gallery at Orchard Road, Singapore

Travel

by Patricia Hului - May 11, 2019May 11, 2019

Phoenix in flight, dancing dragons and peonies in full bloom; visitors to The Peranakan Gallery at Orchard Road will be enthralled by artful depictions of these colourful and iconic Peranakan symbols throughout a gallery

How the story of SS Vyner Brooke will break your heart

Culture

by Patricia Hului - January 18, 2019January 18, 2019

SS Vyner Brooke started her service as the royal yacht of Sarawak. The Scottish-built steamship also worked as a merchant ship used between Singapore and Kuching. However at the beginning of World War II,

8 artworks you should watch out for at i Light Singapore – Bicentennial Edition

Travel

by Patricia Hului - December 13, 2018December 12, 2018

Happening this Jan 28 till Feb 24, 2019, the sustainable light art festival i Light Singapore - Bicentennial Edition will feature a total of 32 artworks. 31 of these artworks will comprise light art installations

5 fast food chains we wish would come to Sarawak

Lifestyle

by Patricia Hului - June 11, 2018June 11, 2018

Sarawakians are known to be proud for our own local food but we also appreciate foreign flavours even - and in some cases, especially - if it comes in the form of fast food chains. While Sarawak

Get animated with Cartoon Network in Singapore

Entertainment

by KajoMag - May 23, 2018

The Powerpuff Girls, We Bare Bears, Adventure Time and Ben 10 come to life with giant inflatables, carnival games and workshops Animate Your Life @ Gardens by the Bay, Singapore 26 May - 10 June 2018;

Asian horror movies based on real haunted places

Entertainment

by Patricia Hului - May 8, 2018May 7, 2018

Art imitates life, even in Asian horror movies, which shows how movie-makers draw their inspirations from their surroundings when making a film. And what more inspiration for a horror movie other than an actual

The Eastern Seas, the book which inspired James Brooke to explore

Culture

by Patricia Hului - April 23, 2018April 20, 2018

For an idea of how Borneo looked like before the Brookes, have a read of The Eastern Seas written by George Windsor Earl. An English navigator, Earl was the first one to provide a European account of north-west

Light to Night Festival returns bigger, bolder and brighter at Singapore’s Civic District

by KajoMag - January 7, 2018January 6, 2018

Light to Night Festival returns from 19 to 28 January 2018 and looks set to paint Singapore’s Civic District in a dazzling array of colours as it transforms iconic cultural institutions and parks into a creative canvas