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Yuna – Crush ft. Usher

Yuna – Crush ft. Usher

| STAFF – “Crush” is a February 2016 release from Malaysian singer-songwriter superstar Yuna and features American RnB icon, Usher. The song is gentle, takes its ...

Ricepaper Magazine – Call for Submissions: Time and Space

Ricepaper Magazine – Call for Submissions: Time and Space

| STAFF – Reproduced from our friends at Ricepaper Magazine | In our latest submission call, we invite you to speak about time and space. Together, they create the universe. And ...

Singapore Cares – Signs

Singapore Cares – Signs

| STAFF – Singapore is the poster child for economic miracles. Once part of Malaysia, ideological differences led to separation in 1965 and the two embarked on two very diffe...

Black and White – Go Soo (고수)

Black and White – Go Soo (고수)

| One of our visitors sent in some black and white photos of Go Soo (고수) that caught their eye. They thought they might catch ours and they did. We thought they might catch you...

ARTS


Strokes of Genius – Battle of the Brush | Season 6 Begins This Fri. Feb. 26
Feb 25, 2016 | by | Comments Off on Strokes of Genius – Battle of the Brush | Season 6 Begins This Fri. Feb. 26 | Read →

| When Kevan Seng realized he had no change for the bus, it was decision time: (1) turn back (2) carry on and have faith the flock in front could break a ten. It would be the latte...

SCIENCE


Simin Qiu – Mainstream Ambition
Mar 8, 2015 | by | Comments Off on Simin Qiu – Mainstream Ambition | Read →

| At certain points in history, communities of art and science have found themselves at odds: one focused on function, the other on form. We have seen that when the two work togeth...


FASHION, FILM & MUSIC

  • Yuna – Crush ft. Usher
    Yuna – Crush ft. Usher

    | STAFF – “Crush” is a February 2016 release from Malaysian singer-songwriter superstar Yuna and features American RnB icon, Usher. The song is gentle, takes its ...

  • Black and White – Go Soo (고수)
    Black and White – Go Soo (고수)

    | One of our visitors sent in some black and white photos of Go Soo (고수) that caught their eye. They thought they might catch ours and they did. We thought they might catch you...

  • Spitz – Gerbera, Mikazuki Rock (2002)
    Spitz – Gerbera, Mikazuki Rock (2002)

    | STAFF – In 2002, bricks and mortar music stores were not extinct. In what used to be the original Metrotown Mall there was a specialty shop called POLY that marketed Asian ...


SOCIAL SCIENCES

Priyanka Yoshikawa / Ariana Miyamoto: Japanese Beauty Queens, ハーフ, and Pop-Culture Disconnect
Priyanka Yoshikawa / Ariana Miyamoto: Japanese Beauty Queens, ハーフ, and Pop-Culture Disconnect

  | This week, one of our readers tipped us off on a story about beauty in Japan. For the second straight year, Japan will be represented in one of the Big 4 beauty pageants b...

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FOOD

Hanoi – Value Eats – Sticky Rice Bowls
Hanoi – Value Eats – Sticky Rice Bowls

| STAFF – Hanoi is many things. Search online and you’ll find lists upon lists of positive, often superlative, descriptors. To me, I’ll say it’s my favorite...

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LITERATURE & VOCAB

Ricepaper Magazine – Call for Submissions: Time and Space
Ricepaper Magazine – Call for Submissions: Time and Space

| STAFF – Reproduced from our friends at Ricepaper Magazine | In our latest submission call, we invite you to speak about time and space. Together, they create the universe. And ...

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TRAVEL

Singapore Cares – Signs
Singapore Cares – Signs

| STAFF – Singapore is the poster child for economic miracles. Once part of Malaysia, ideological differences led to separation in 1965 and the two embarked on two very diffe...

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ARCHITECTURE, HOME & GARDEN

Hut Contemporized – Muji
Hut Contemporized – Muji

| Back in November 2015, design specialists Curbed and designboom featured stories about household and consumer goods retailer Muji entering the micro homes space. Muji Hut will ta...

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gallimaufry \gal-uh-MAW-free\ - noun

a heterogeneous mixture : jumble

The essay collection covers a gallimaufry of subjects, from stamp collecting to Portuguese cooking.

"Upon entering the gallery, one of the first things that catches my eye is a gallimaufry of vibrant, oversized collages."
— Rosalie Spear, The Las Vegas Weekly, 29 Mar. 2016

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