August 2009
IN THIS ISSUE
IN THIS ISSUE
07 Big Brother or
Big Bother?
Expat View: We’re still
going nowhere –
despite what the local
press would like you
to believe
09 Your Say
Letters: Corby supporters
take issue, but they don’t
win the pen

15 Falling On
Your Sword
Upfront: Bushido revival In
Tokyo and the Singapore
Service Awards (we kid
you not)

28 Brother Louis
People: Paul Theroux’s
documentary-making son
debuts in Singapore
FEATURES

30 Back To Black
Style: The new
gothic revival
36 Masters Of The Road
Style: Motorities and more
46 Boy’s Own
Adventure
Feature: Two men, two
mountains, and the
challenge of a lifetime
52 Home Is Where
The Heart Is
Commentary: Howard
Banwell writes of the
emotional decision to
renounce his British
citizenship in favour
of Singapore
54 Tearing Up
The Roads
Feature: The cars we love
to drive

72 Like A Wombat Out
Of Hell
Sporting Life: Aussie
Rules – Okay?
76 Say Cheese
Clubland: American,
Swiss, Dutch. The best of
Singapore’s clubs

80 Java Jive
Travel: D’omah away
from d’omah. Off
the beaten track
in Yogyakarta
REGULARS

84 Lean On Me
Bars: Bob, Pierre and John Jacob.
Geraint Price goes out drinking with
the boys
86 Green Around The Gills
Spirits: Expat has an absintheminded
evening with the newest
arrival on Singapore’s liquor scene

88 Any Way The Wind Blows
Restaurant: Yet another Italian
restaurant opens in Tanjong Pagar,
Geraint Price wonders if they
shouldn’t just rename the place
Little Italy

92 Wind Of Change
Motoring: Tony Watts gets behind the
wheel of the VW Scirocco and goes
on tour in the new Maserati

96 Mad And Bad
Books: Joanna Hughes rounds-up
some rainy night reads

100 Gym’ll Fix It
Personal Fitness: Geraint Price gets his
kit on, all in the name of health
103 Scotch On The Rocks
Sport: Jason Dasey looks at the future
of Scottish rugby

112 Virgin On The Ridiculous
Horoscope: Virgos: be braced for
enormous last minute changes, says
Shelley von Strunckel
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