books

[Book Review] Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story by Arnold Schwarzenegger

We all have fixated views about beefcakes and supermodels don’t we? When you hear the name Arnold Schwarzenegger, what comes…

11 years ago

[Book Review] Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich

Singapore is a fast becoming a nation of widening wealth disparity. In the 2013 World Bank report, Singapore has the highest…

11 years ago

[Book Review] Year of the Tiger by David Miller

David Miller is a former Straits Times journalist and I got to knew him while he was working in corporate…

11 years ago

Spend and Save with The Entertainer

To be able to spend and save at the same time is an oxymoron, but it is true with The…

12 years ago

[Book Review] Mitchell Zuckoff’s Lost in Shangri-La

Here's a great book which I picked up at the Los Angeles International Airport earlier this year - Mitchell Zuckoff’s Lost…

12 years ago

[Book Review] Boomsday by Christopher Buckley

Boomsday is a 2007 novel by Christopher Buckley, which is a political satire about the rivalry between squandering Baby Boomers…

13 years ago

[Book Review] Uncle John’s 24 Karat Gold Bathroom Reader by the Bathroom Readers’ Institute

I picked up this brilliantly titled book, Uncle John's 24 Karat Gold Bathroom Reader by the Bathroom Readers' Institute (24th edition) at…

13 years ago

[Movie Review] The Flowers of War (金陵十三钗)

The Flowers of War (金陵十三钗), is the latest big screen offering from international film auteur, Zhang Yimou (张艺谋). I missed the omy.sg…

13 years ago

Lianhe Wanbao and omy.sg launch Fong Fei Fei commemorative multimedia e-book《告别凤飞飞》for free download worldwide

Plugging this for omy.sg and Lianhe Wanbao. The press releases in both English and Chinese are available below: Singapore, 8…

13 years ago

高橋美起 (Takahashi Miki) 陪你來吃丼飯 Cookbook

Rachel and I bought this Chinese-translated Japanese cookbook,高橋美起陪你來吃丼飯 that boasts of many recipes for 30minutes, easy-to-cook, delicious meals. We tried…

13 years ago