This is the final instalment of my "Local Sights Through Foreign Eyes" series, which is more or less the pics I took when my Taiwanese friends, from the music company which the band Sodagreen belongs, were here for their concert in August...

Since it's been a while from the last post, here's a recap of the places we visited: http://merman13. ( Read more... )

After bringing Ricky and Fanfan to Chinatown and Little India, I took them to the Sungei Road's infamous "Thieves Market", one of the oldest flea market in Singapore that sells antiques and recycled or used wares ( Read more... )

On the second day of the Sodagreen folks' visit to Singapore a couple of weeks back, I took Ricky, Fanfan and Jiakai out for lunch at Amoy Street Food Centre...

After lunch, Jiakai had to return to the hotel to get ready for the evening concert, while the rest of us went on with our plans of exploring the ethnic parts of Singapore ( Read more... )

Okay, here's the continuation of my adventures of playing tour guide to my Taiwanese friends a couple of Fridays ago...

If you missed the previous entry, here it is again: "Local Sights Through Foreign Eyes - Sentosa 1"...

After spending a short lazy afternoon at Sentosa, we made our way by cab over to another "pride" of Singapore:

Local Sights ( Read more... )

Last Friday, my Taiwanese friends, Ricky and Fanfan arrived in town, and although Ricky was here once before, it was Fanfan's first time in Singapore...

Both of them had never really seen Singapore, so I thought I would bring them out for some sight-seeing. I'd wanted the opportunity to take some photos of local sights as well, as I had not  ( Read more... )

One of my Taiwanese friends, Ricky, works for Willin Music, the record label for the phenomenally popular indie band Sodagreen ( see previous entry)...

Together, they were in town last weekend, for the Singapore leg of their "Sing With Me Tour". It was held at Max Pavilion last Saturday, to a crowd of around 3000 ( Read more... )

Taiwan indie rock darling Sodagreen has undeniably risen to mainstream fame, winning fans far and wide with their mellow, beautifully arranged rock numbers and lead vocalist Qing Feng's distinctive vocals...

After breaking through with their huge popular hit "A Little Love Song" from the second album, the band went on to win the Best Band and ( Read more... )

A friend of mine, Ricky, is the publicity manager for the popular Taiwanese band, Sodagreen, and just the night before, he informed me that they'll be performing at the Singapore Botanic Gardens' Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage today, as part of an event by 100.3FM!

Having enjoyed their rather unique sound and beautiful songs, I am quite a fan of ( Read more... )

One of the latest Taiwanese indie band export, Sodagreen, will be making its way to Singapore for a series of promo concerts in a few months' time...

That's good news, as I am a fan of this unique band and most of their songs and MVs. Almost all their songs were written by the talented and quirkily androgynous lead singer, Wu Qing Feng...

My ( Read more... )