More than a drop of hope

Organised bi-annually by the Red Cross Humanitarian Network (RCHN), the three-day event at OurSpace@72 saw a 41 per cent increase in students wanting to donate blood to 576, from 409 in May.

Over three days, 358 packs of blood were collected.
Many like See Xuan Bin, 17, a first-year Business Studies student and first-time blood donor responded [...]

A slice of the Big Apple

With the same melodious tunes that charmed the hearts of many New Yorkers, Johnny Rodgers Band showed aspiring musicians in NP how it should be done
The humble Atrium was transformed into the grand Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York as the Johnny Rodgers Band took the stage with a diverse line-up of jazz, blues, [...]

Cut the calories, go green!

According to the 2010 National Health Survey, one in 10 Singaporeans is overweight from unhealthy diets. Bryan Toh & Sylvia Koh introduce four greens that will not only soothe those hunger pangs but also help you to keep obesity at bay

Sashimi Salad from Sushi Tei

Price: $10.90 per serving
Location: Paragon, Orchard Road, 290, #05-04/05
Operating Hours: 11.30 am [...]

American Devil

Oliver Stark
Price: $17.07 (with GST)
Available at Kinokuniya, Times and Borders bookstores

The premise of Oliver Stark’s debut thriller novel, American Devil, is simple enough. There is a serial killer on the loose in New York, who is butchering young, blonde and wealthy women. The NYPD is baffled and brings in detective Tom Harper, who was suspended [...]

No and Me

Delphine de Vigan
Price: $18.94 (with GST)
Available at Kinokuniya and Borders bookstores

A bittersweet tale about friendship, imperfect families and neglect, No and Me revolves around a 13-year-old child prodigy, Lou Bertignac, who befriends a destitute teenager living on the streets, No, for a school presentation on homelessness.
Their friendship carries long after the project ends, and [...]

The Sacred Vault

Andy McDermott
Price: $17.07 (with GST)
Available at Kinokuniya, Times and Borders bookstores
Andy McDermott’s latest addition to his Eddie Chase and Nina Wilde series is perfunctory, if nothing else, and could easily be mistaken as yet another Dan Brown novel. It sees the return of beloved ex-SAS operative, Eddie, and his trusty archaeologist sidekick, Nina; this time, [...]

Reaching for Stones: Collected Poems (1963 - 2009)

Chandran Nair
Price: $19.26 (with GST)
Available at Kinokuniya (Takashimaya store), Books Actually, Select Books and online at www.ethosbooks.com.sg

Most creative writers tend to find themselves falling into the dangerous trap of regularity and monotonicity as they continue to write, but Mr Chandran’s third collection of poems is anything but contrived.
The arrangement of the 101 poems he has [...]

All the world’s their dance floor

Having won third place in an international dance competition, Joyce and The Boys are all set for their next one in Japan.
Whirling in rapture and disbelief after winning bronze at an international dance championship in Las Vegas last August, Joyce and The Boys (JATB) is all set to bedazzle the hip-hop fraternity in the Land [...]

Izzi-ly the best fine dining option around NP

Tucked in a cosy corner of NP’s Alumni Clubhouse is the latest epicurean thrill, a place that looks classy but not pretentiously so.
Just two months old, Izzi Restaurant & Bar (not to be confused with Indonesia’s casual dining restaurant chain) is immaculately furbished and serves an eclectic fusion of Western and Italian cuisine, alongside standard [...]

Fifty on 50

Edwin Thumboo
Available at Times Bookstores and Kinokuniya
To mark Singapore’s 50th year of self-governance in 2009, 50  local poets compiled their cherished memories of the country in the form of poems, photographs, and illustrations, hence the title, Fifty on 50.
Each poem and picture allows readers to see Singapore through the eyes of the authors. Edwin [...]