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dry grass singing: February 2005
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Wednesday, February 09, 2005. For Ben and Mels, with apologies for the very purple prose]. Watching a spate of close friends' weddings take place, one after another, and anticipating The Next Big One (a beach party, complete with SPG outfits - the horror! And seaside salsa), it's almost inevitable that my thoughts should turn to luurrve sweet luurrve, and marriage, and other generally soppy yet life-changingly momentous things that are not really soppy at all once you. Start thinking about them. It i kno...
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dry grass singing: November 2004
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Monday, November 29, 2004. The making of "the adventures of a horny widow". Fortunately, what we were both getting into was a gem of a film that is as sweet as it is hilarious, and that is even more about love and family than it is about sex and the porn industry. But above all it is a loving tribute to the art of cinema - with a tongue-in-cheek sideswipe at the cheesy Seventies, complete with campy disco lights and even campier music. Posted by eothen @ 1:53 AM. Saturday, November 27, 2004. They sang ab...
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dry grass singing: March 2005
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Friday, March 25, 2005. Out of the mouths of babes. Gems of wisdom from student essays:. When people marry, they expect care, tension, and unconditioned love.". An odd mixture of cynicism and idealism, this. Too many cares will result in tension, certainly - but to also expect, in the face of this rather grim certainty, love that emanates, pure and unconditioned by social mores or gender expectations. Well, all i can say to the writer of the essay from which this was taken is, "Good luck.". Is it ethical...
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dry grass singing: October 2004
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Wednesday, October 27, 2004. There are many differences between Singapore and America. (i am aware, of course, that this is one of those statements that means about as much as "There are many differences between cats and dogs." Still, one has to start somewhere, and why not the obvious and banal? Ladies and Gentlemen, put your hands together for. Exhibit A: The Declaration of Independence. Exhibit B: The National Pledge of the Republic of Singapore. That depth and emotional power should have their roots ...
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dry grass singing: January 2005
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Friday, January 21, 2005. It's the thought that does it,. Cruising near the height. Of cloud-nine heaven how our faith hangs. By the slimmest of silver linings,. Gossamer light skimming light as fireflies. Across an air-thin sky. No Icarus, we know that to soar. Too near the sun. It’s never the flying that causes fear. Of white feathers floating. Upon a grey sea. Posted by eothen @ 1:37 PM. I am a little world made cunningly. Of elements, and an angelike sprite.". From 'Holy Sonnets', by John Donne).
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dry grass singing: December 2004
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Thursday, December 23, 2004. This used to be my playground. Outrage. There is no other word for it. The Powers That Be have dug up the basketball court behind my house and in its place are planting a Landscaped Garden, that in my humble opinion will serve no greater purpose than to become a breeding ground for mosquitoes and other creepy-crawlies. Perhaps. But there are times when cynicism seems a well-justified and perhaps even natural response, and this is one of them. Posted by eothen @ 1:43 PM. Not s...
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dry grass singing: May 2005
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Friday, May 13, 2005. Walking out of the workplace i am always struck by nature's extravagant beauty. The sky - bright youthful blue in the afternoons, dark dusk in the evenings. Outside at the bus-stop, i see the delicate beauty of rain tree leaves silhouetted against the night sky, like a fine lattice of intricate black lace set against rich grey velvet. After rain, the fallen leaves are a glossy black against the concrete pavement. Posted by eothen @ 8:59 PM. Saturday, May 07, 2005. Despite its compos...
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dry grass singing: September 2005
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Sunday, September 11, 2005. But the greatest of these is love. The film was selected as the opening film for the Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival 2005. It premiered to a full house and a standing ovation.]. Hype The four-letter word that ought to strike fear into every film-maker's heart. The high expectations that accompany a critically-acclaimed film can sabotage an otherwise perfectly satisfactory viewing experience, and it is the rare film that survives unscathed. Viewers who are unac...
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dry grass singing: July 2005
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Sunday, July 24, 2005. The end of innocence. Radical Muslims are] determined to destroy our way of life and substitute for it a fanatical vision of dictatorial and theocratic rule. At its root, the struggle is an ideological contest, a war of ideas that engages all of us.". By Stephen Hadley, Frances Fragos Townsend. The New York Times. It is therefore puzzling that this same world appears intent on couching what is essentially a political and economic issue in cultural and religious terms. Or is it?
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dry grass singing: April 2005
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Sunday, April 24, 2005. The light in the east. To my gentle readers:. I find my writing getting more and more stilted, more and more cliche-ridden. It seems now that i have nothing important to say. This is the worst yet that i am allowing myself to 'publish' on this blog. So why publish, you ask? I wonder if anyone has ever tried to capture the light in the east on camera. Does there exist a camera sensitive enough to record each nuance and shade of dust-refracted solar energy that comes our way? Not so...
