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 [...]

Electric Flying Tram-Car

Dr Igor Mortis
Available at www.ethosbooks.com.sg
Dr Igor Mortis travelled with Voyage 51 as the ship’s surgeon from March to June 1958.
From the seas of London to numerous cities in Asia, all his experiences were carefully recorded in a journal - and now immortalised in the Electric Flying Tram-Car.
There is nary a dull entry in the book, [...]

Still Travelling

Edwin Thumboo
Available at Books Actually,  Kinokuniya, and Times Bookstores
Edwin Thumboo’s sixth collection of poems, Still Travelling, aims to provoke the readers’ thoughts.
The overarching message, which is that the point of travelling lies in the journey and not the arrival, is powerfully iterated, and the adroit prose invites contemplation.
This brilliant collection of poems brings its readers [...]

Escaping from the crowds

It is a scenario that students are all too familiar with.
You need a quiet, comfortable place to study or do work in, and the first spot that pops into your head is either OurSpace@72 or the library. Happily, you trot off, only to realise when you arrive, that there is not an empty seat in [...]

Death of a Red Heroine

Death of a Red Heroine
Qiu Xiaolong
Available at Lien Ying Chow Library
Set in a post-Tiananmen Square Shanghai and during the beginning of China’s economic reforms, the body of a young beautiful woman is found discarded at an unused canal outside the city. Chen Cao, head of the Shanghai Police Bureau’s Special Case Squad, takes on the [...]

Trauma: A Novel

Trauma: A Novel
Patrick McGrath
Available at the Lien Ying Chow Library
If the world is our stage, and life is a play, then our mind must be its playwright. At least that is what it seems to be, according to this timelessly dark, twisted love story, set as a psychological thriller by Patrick McGrath.
A psychiatrist by profession, [...]

The Home Song Stories

Directed by: Tony Ayres
Starring: Joan Chen, Qi Yu Wu
Rated: M18 (some sexual content)
Available at the Lien Ying Chow Library
“I write these stories about my mother,” Tom says. “Trying to understand her and all the things that she did.” He adds later, as an afterthought, “Or perhaps to punish her, or just to remember, to feel, [...]

The sweetest sin

Meiji Milk Chocolate
$1.80 for 65g
Available at Co-op

Under the dull dark brown wrapper of Meiji Milk Chocolate, lies a delectable slab of chocolate that is heaven for sweet-tooths. Boasting an incredibly smooth and velvety texture, it glides easily down your throat leaving behind a wonderful, satisfying feeling.
However, those who do not like their chocolate too [...]

FIFA Online 2: A winning formula

Since FIFA 98 debuted 11 years ago, the series has certainly improved in terms of graphics and gamer control. Nonetheless, its closest competitor in football video games, Winning Eleven, has always had the upper hand when it comes to interplay and control, well until now.
With FIFA Online 2, players are given the choice of playing [...]