Singapore: The Art of Ray

Thank life for poetry, chilled theatres and Satyajit Ray films. Nothing is a better cure for a stormy mood than a good art film - viewed by oneself, of course. The National Museum of Singapore is retrospecting(!) Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray (1955-1992). I knew very little of Ray before today - the Bengali Bergman, a Kalkutta Chekov. I was transcended from weekend misunderstandings. I caught the first film in his Kalkutta Trilogy - The Adversary (1970). The story of Siddartha (Dhritiman Chatterjee), as a young idealistic medical student looking for work after his father's death. Dhritiman Chatterjee was there to introduce the film - unbelievable luck! What an extraordinary time in India's history, Kalkutta's urban landscape (modernization), intellectuals and working artists. Ray! Ray!

Hong Kong: Fast Taxi to Chek Lap Kok Airport

Hong Kong: Dinner at W

Hong Kong: Super Typhoon Megi

Super Typhoon Megi is headed toward Hong Kong. It’s currently among the most intense tropical cyclones ever recorded. It made landfall on Monday in northeastern Luzon at Sierra Madre, becoming one of the strongest storms in recorded history to make landfall anywhere in the world. Don't worry mom! I leave on Friday and it's to arrive on Saturday. Actually, that doesn't sound too promising.

Hong Kong: A Room with a View

Lan Kwai Fong Hotel at Kau U Fong, Central District. Next to the Cat Street galleries & mid-levels. This brings back memories of my trip two years ago. Very happy to explore the city again.

Singapore: Regionalism

It takes a Monday trip to Singapore Airport's proud display of regional architecture - coffee table book style - to remind me that - tropical paradise - is at my fingertips. Altough this week, my fate takes a mega metropolis turn - Hong Kong!

Singapore: The Cult of Ray

Thank life for poetry, chilled theatres and Satyajit Ray films. Nothing is a better cure for a stormy mood than a good art film - viewed by oneself, of course. The National Museum of Singapore is retrospecting(!) Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray (1955-1992). I knew very little of Ray before today - the Bengali Bergman, a Kalkutta Chekov. I was transcended from weekend misunderstandings. I caught the first film in his Kalkutta Trilogy - The Adversary (1970). The story of Siddartha (Dhritiman Chatterjee), as a young idealistic medical student looking for work after his father's death. Dhritiman Chatterjee was there to introduce the film - unbelievable luck! What an extraordinary time in India's history, Kalkutta's urban landscape (modernization), intellectuals and working artists. Ray! Ray!