I wrote a weekly satirical poetry column at Singapore news website, The Middle Ground, from 2015-2017
It's called "Ipster Cafe".
Here are some past issues:
2017
twin cinema of reported civility - reporter/reportage twin cinema
Foreign ladies - Presidential immigrants
A poetic response to the three points of Amanda Chong - why you make Tommy Koh cry?
Amos, amos, why so famous? - This is the story of a boy.
2016
Attack of the kaypoh mafia - Complaining about people who anyhow complain.
We were just an airport - Because the F1 man say us.
lamenting the lack of private spaces in our country - I reuse a poem from sonnets from the singlish
Petition to Remove Teaching From Schools - A modest proposal to improve our education system.
Rubberstamp Requirements - Commentary on the Elected.. No, just commentary on rubberstamps.
Zika Zombie Apocalypse - Imagining if mosquitoes made zombies...
Smooth like butter, fly like Schooling - Lyrics on a national hero
(after a 8 month hiatus, I returned in August...)
Social Media is Starkiller Base - Prose for a change - thoughts on the internet lynch mob.
2015
Our home, our heart, our Singapore - The top 10 events that happened in 2015 in and outside SG - to the NDP tune.
Local Warming - Commentary on the recently signed climate change accord and Singapore's role in it
Everyday Also Christmas - Christmas has been starting a bit too early recently...
Ang moh musical - Les Miz imagined with a local cast of characters!
The Uber Driver complains - Giving voice to the man on the street... well, road.
One ministry Two ministers - life with two ministers for education
Public Relations - A villanelle tribute to PR consultants.
Something is burning - The smell of haze is in the air again!
Cabinet Inventory - The elections are over, and we take inventory of the current Cabinet before shakeups.
A Voter's Confusion - After a week of campaigning, a voter's angst.
Blank Space - Taylor Swift wants you to vote: a summary of the runup to elections.
National Day Rally Theme Song - Kit Chan's "Home", rewritten for National Day Rally.
The Islanders' Election - What life would be like if marooned islanders held an election.
Obituary for PM Li - A fantastical tale of a future Singapore in SG100
Happy Family - A little satire on the ice-cream stealing life up north.
It's called "Ipster Cafe".
Here are some past issues:
2017
twin cinema of reported civility - reporter/reportage twin cinema
Foreign ladies - Presidential immigrants
A poetic response to the three points of Amanda Chong - why you make Tommy Koh cry?
Amos, amos, why so famous? - This is the story of a boy.
2016
Attack of the kaypoh mafia - Complaining about people who anyhow complain.
We were just an airport - Because the F1 man say us.
lamenting the lack of private spaces in our country - I reuse a poem from sonnets from the singlish
Petition to Remove Teaching From Schools - A modest proposal to improve our education system.
Rubberstamp Requirements - Commentary on the Elected.. No, just commentary on rubberstamps.
Zika Zombie Apocalypse - Imagining if mosquitoes made zombies...
Smooth like butter, fly like Schooling - Lyrics on a national hero
(after a 8 month hiatus, I returned in August...)
Social Media is Starkiller Base - Prose for a change - thoughts on the internet lynch mob.
2015
Our home, our heart, our Singapore - The top 10 events that happened in 2015 in and outside SG - to the NDP tune.
Local Warming - Commentary on the recently signed climate change accord and Singapore's role in it
Everyday Also Christmas - Christmas has been starting a bit too early recently...
Ang moh musical - Les Miz imagined with a local cast of characters!
The Uber Driver complains - Giving voice to the man on the street... well, road.
One ministry Two ministers - life with two ministers for education
Public Relations - A villanelle tribute to PR consultants.
Something is burning - The smell of haze is in the air again!
Cabinet Inventory - The elections are over, and we take inventory of the current Cabinet before shakeups.
A Voter's Confusion - After a week of campaigning, a voter's angst.
Blank Space - Taylor Swift wants you to vote: a summary of the runup to elections.
National Day Rally Theme Song - Kit Chan's "Home", rewritten for National Day Rally.
The Islanders' Election - What life would be like if marooned islanders held an election.
Obituary for PM Li - A fantastical tale of a future Singapore in SG100
Happy Family - A little satire on the ice-cream stealing life up north.