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Helping a friend plug this.

The Butter Factory is producing a short film titled The Bouncer and we need extras for club scenes.

Filming will be at The Butter Factory itself from 6pm to 11pm on:

• Sun, 15 Jan 2012,
• Mon, 16 Jan 2012, and
• Tue, 17 Jan 2012.

If you’re interested, please e-mail Lynn at pinkstarfishey@laremy.sg or text her at 9683 5120 with:

• Your name,
• Your contact number, and
• The date(s) you can make it for filming.

PLEASE:

• Like partying (all ages welcome)!
• Come dressed to party like it’s NYE!
• Be trustworthy – we’re on a tight schedule; we can’t afford no-shows so we need those who RSVP to turn up.
• Bring an extra set of party clothes as we’ll be doing multiple shots.
• Bring an extra pair of shoes – comfortable ones so you can wear them in between takes
• Have dinner before you come (there’ll be a bar on set).

PLEASE DO NOT:

• DO NOT wear white (all other colours are fine).

Some perks to thank you for your time:

• Each extra will get a ticket for one free entry into Butter Factory at a later date.
• We’re trying our best to provide some free drinks/snacks! This will be confirmed.
• We promise an absolutely fabulously fun time with the cast and crew!

Interested in leading your own art walkabout in Singapore’s hippest neighbourhood?

Then look no further – volunteer to help out with the OH! Open House 2012 walkabouts next year!

What you’ll be doing:

• Bringing people into six real-life homes that’ve been transformed into art spaces and acting as their guide.

What you’ll receive:

• FREE opportunities to meet new and interesting people,
• A FREE special edition OH! 2012 t-shirt,
• FREE training on how to talk about art, among other FREEbies I haven’t mentioned.

Commitment intensity:

1. One training session at Evil Empire on either Sun, 15 Jan 2012 (2pm)  or Mon, 16 Jan 2012 (8pm),
2. One walk-through in said hippest neighbourhood on Sun, 12 Feb 2012 (2pm) or Mon, 13 Feb 2012 (8pm), and
3. One or more volunteer sessions on:
• Sat, 18 Feb 2012 from 4 – 8.30pm,
• Sun, 19 Feb 2012 from 4 – 8.30pm,
• Sat, 25 Feb 2012 from 4 – 8.30pm, and/or
• Sun, 26 Feb 2012 from 4 – 8.30pm.

It’s quite intense, but it’s over a relatively short period of time, so do spare the time to go if you can.

I would do this, but unfortunately, I have a National Service call-up over that period, which means I’m gonna need the weekends to catch up with work (yes, that’s the price of being male in Singapore).

In any case, more info/sign-ups at the OH! Open House 2012 website.

P.S. If you’re a student, you should totally volunteer – besides the learning opportunities, you’ll get CIP hours too!

I was just thinking how awesome an Everything But The Girl vs Maroon 5 mash-up would be like, specifically, one that combined “Missing” and “Moves Like Jagger”.

Well, with the internet being what it is, someone has already beaten me to it!

Presenting to you, ladies and gentlemen, “Missing Jagger” by mashdoctor:

It’s not quite what I had in mind – the focus seems to be on the melancholy of “Missing”, whereas the version I can hear in my head is a bit more upbeat, because it places more emphasis on the whistling of “Moves Like Jagger”.

But I’m starting to like it, especially the intermingling of the “And I miss you” and “Moo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooves like Jagger” bits.

Go listen!

NOTE: I was contemplating publishing this in the school newsletter, but I decided this was the better platform.

The poem stems from something I’ve been thinking about for a while, because I’ve wanted to find a way to thank my students and wish them well.

I started writing the poem last week in the midst of marking and all that jazz, but I’ve decided that the poem is done and it’s time to put it up.

Last but not least, “piglet” and other porcine-related words are figurative and not literal, and is in no way meant to demean or denigrate – I thought I had better make this clear, just in case, and I apologise if I inadvertently offend anyone.

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Piglet Race
By Laremy Lee

For all my piglet children.

I see you all bounding toward me
with the innocence of bacon,
the look in your eyes squealing:
in another life, I could’ve been char siew.

Your heads held up in earnest,
your snouts pointed to the sky,
you radiate pink with promise and youth
as you race toward the future, on a path

you’ve often been prodded along.
Remember, though, before I let you go:
life must be as easy as a piglet race
but not as simple as one.

Fly like the wind. Leap
as high as you can, over
hurdles set out like nets.
Look cute while doing so.

But wait for fellow piglets if
they pause. Help them if they falter.
We are as much competitors
as we are comrades-in-trotters.

Fortunately (or unfortunately),
like Fleance, you will soon flee
leaving me behind as Time flies
to pick my pocket once again,

as it did me when I was a piglet like you;
as it will you when you are a boar like me.
Another set of piglets will round the bend,
bounding toward me with all their might,

even going so far as to – who knows? –
one day, also bound toward you,
till your heart beams and your smile says,
“That’ll do, pig. That’ll do.”

Just a heads up: I’ll be speaking at the upcoming WriteCamp Singapore 2011 on “Singapore Literature: Where we should be going”.

In the talk – which I’m giving in my own personal capacity – I’ll discuss:

• Why Singapore Literature needs to be taught in Singapore schools,
• Why this hasn’t been happening, and
• What Singaporean writers should do to reverse this trend.

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When is WriteCamp and what’s it about? From the SWF website:

Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011
Time: 2pm – 6pm
Venue: Seminar Rooms 1 and 2, National Museum of Singapore
Price of Admission: FREE!

WriteCamp is SWF’s take on the “unconference” – a dynamic, user-generated series of workshops and talks where presenters share their knowledge to small, passionate audiences.

Each session is typically 30 minutes, with two or three sessions running concurrently so that audiences have the luxury of choice while speakers have to keep their talks snappy and insightful.

Topics can cover the craft of writing, tips on publishing, or other writing-related subjects.

Apart from fun networking and the buzz of spontaneous creativity, Writecamp promises to shed new light on writers and writing too!

Have an idea for a talk? Send it to writecamp.swf@gmail.com with your topic and contact details and we’ll get in touch with you if it’s selected.

Please join me, either as a listener or as a speaker, if you can. You can sign up for the event here or browse the SWF website for more details.

See you there!