Tag: Music

  • Tony And Antonia Bennett In Singapore

    There’s something quite special happening on Wednesday night (11 Sep) – the legendary Tony Bennett sings with Antonia at the Star Performing Centre at 8pm. Sure he’s sung songs with other stars like Faith Hill, k.d. lang, but there’s always something special about a Dad and Daughter Duet. Tickets are available on Sistic. Go get…

  • When Quando Fails No Matter How Many Times You Say It

    I was inspired by this video I saw on FB the other day about nursing home patients who reacted very positively to music from their era and decided to try it out on my father who is convalescing in hospital. The trouble with doing that was that my father was never known to like music…

  • Papa made up this song

    I felt strangely proud this morning when I drove Kai to preschool. The car stereo had yesterday switched to The Hossan Leong Show CD (in the CD changer since 2009). When I started the car after strapping him into his kiddie seat, this song started playing, and Kai was mesmerized, and when it ended, asked…

  • Two kinds of horror

    I got diaper duty Sunday afternoon when we were at Paragon because Naomi was busy at some shop – so Kai and I made our way to the diaper change room at level 5 to get him cleaned up. He knows the drill, and he’s familiar with the change room, which is small, functional, and…

  • The music they play in hell

    We had to go out to Paragon today because Kai had to see the doctor to get some medication for his cold. We’re all a bit under the weather, but we managed to soldier on because Paragon’s common areas didn’t play that infernal racket known as Chinese New Year music. The individual shops and the…