Archive for August, 2008
Nestled on the third floor of a building in NUS, the compact Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research is impressive but underloved. Entry is free, but evidently the students of NUS had their hands full with other more pressing matters that Tuesday morning.
Among the stuffed and suspended animals may be found civet cats, bats and monkeys [...]
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Wayang kulit
I’ve been doing research on wayang kulit (literally, ‘theatre skin’ – a reference to leather, the traditional puppet material), as I’m making a series of loosely-inspired shadow puppets for Cicada Tree’s MAD About Bats lessons.
One thing about wayang kulit that strikes me is how the appearance of the puppet characters often conveys information on whether [...]
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‘Environmentalism is the most politically diverse movement in history… I have met anarchists, communists, socialists, liberals, conservatives and, mostly, pragmatists. I remember sitting in a campaign meeting during the Newbury bypass protests and marvelling at the weirdness of our coalition… [Everyone] disagreed about every other subject under the sun… but everyone there recognised that our [...]
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Cyrene reef
Cyrene reef, a short boat ride away from the mainland, lies right smack in the middle of Singapore’s busy shipping lanes. That numerous seagrass species, as well as a host of other rare marine life, flourish so close to such bustling – and often damaging – human activity is heartening. Not so encouraging however is [...]
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