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“the more you praise MICA (P) 144/08/2012 and celebrate your life, the more there WEEKENDER is in life to “Happiness is not a goal, it’s a celebrate.” - by-product of a life well lived.” oprah Winfrey - eleanor Roosevelt NOVEMBER 2 - 8, 2012 YOUR INSPIRATION TO A WEEKEND FILLED WITH FUN AND HAPPINESS DELIVERED FREE TO YOUR HOME As always, the organisers have taken great care to INSIDE... ensure there is something for every taste and every >> age. There are lectures, panels of guest authors, workshops for children, book lovers and writers of ROUND THE GET YOUR PENS every level, cocktail evenings and dinners where you 04 can mingle with your favourite authors and even MULBERRY movie screenings of films adapted from books such BUSH as The Hours and Skellig. British luxury brand “We hope to see Singaporeans explore their own Mulberry opened its origins, whether genealogical, national or beyond flagship store at Mandarin – and also reflect on what constitutes originality,” Gallery with songstress ! Lana Del Rey in attendance. READY says Festival Director Paul Tan of this year’s theme, THE SINGAPORE WRITERS FESTIVAL IS BACK IN ITS ‘Origins’. “I am sure it will be the start of many 15TH YEAR FEATURING THE LIKES OF PULITZER PRIZE thought provoking conversations which audiences CHWEE KUEH have come to associate with the Festival.” 06 RECIPE WINNER MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM AMONG ITS HOARD There are also the lectures, with this year’s highlight by Michael Cunningham titled ‘In the Now you can also try OF GUEST WRITERS Beginning, There Was the Story…’ which explores the your hand at one of the origins of storytelling itself. quintessential breakfast For those who prefer a hands-on approach, foods of Singaporeans. Try BY CLAIRE MERQUITA workshops for amateurs and professionals are on it out this weekend and offer. wow your family. With a fresh crop of activities to excite the bookworm and budding writer alike, the Singapore Writers Festival is bigger than ever this year, with over 180 writers across • Continues on page 11 MILITARY 200 events. As one of only a handful of multi-lingual festivals in the world, SWF offers 09 events in English, Malay, Mandarin, Tamil and even Korean, and will span several MINIATURES locations in the Bras Basah district from Nov 2 to 11. Model maker Bernard Cher tells us all about his passion for miniature figures of ma- cho military tanks, soldiers and battleships. DOCUMENTING 10 TAN PIN PIN Weekender has a chat with director Tan Pin Pin in our weekly Be Happier interview as she tells us of her simple pleasures in life that make her happy. Follow us now on: facebook.com/weekendersgp • continues on page 2... For a pdf copy visit: www.facebook.com/weekendersgp 02 • WEEKENDER • NOVEMBER 2 - 8, 2012 YOUR INSPIRATION TO A WEEKEND FILLED WITH FUN AND HAPPINESS VENTS = FREE All events are correct at time of print. FESTIVAL Forum with Dr Shiau Ee Leng: MUST How to achieve body beautiful with science E PERSPECTIVE SEE 3 Nov, 2pm, Novena Medical Center, $5 HELMED BY Dr Shiau with more than 14 years of experience, CSK offers FILM FESTIVAL known for inspiring audience aesthetics solutions for participation, with fans often perfecting body shape SEXUALITY IS THE PROVOCATIVE THEME OF THIS shouting at the screen and at convenient locations. singing along. year’S PERSPECTIVES FILM FESTIVAL, SCREENING Come and join the CSK forum with Dr Shiau on AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SINGAPORE FROM FIRE (INDIA 1996) BY DEEPA how to achieve a shapely MEHTA 8-11 NOVEMBER body with doctor-guided RATED R21. ENGLISH & HINDI slimming treatments. One WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES. of the treatments she will Two married women are be sharing during the drawn to each other as their forum is CSK’s CoolSculpt+ aunched in 2008, Perspectives OPENING FILM: ZENNE DANCER relationships with their that includes a is a festival conceptualised, (TURKEY 2012) BY CANER ALPER & husbands become more distant. breakthrough process organised and executed MEHMET BINAY Winner of the Silver Hugo and called ‘cryo-lypolisis’, by undergraduates of RATED R21. TURKISH & GERMAN Best Actress at the Chicago L the cold therapy that NTU’s Wee Kim Wee School of WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES. International Film Festival destroys fats naturally and Communication and Information. Dedicated to the memory of a young among other awards, the permanently in just one But don’t let this cloud your vision; man who was murdered by his own film was greeted by riots and hour. It is clinically-tested this is no compilation of student conservative Muslim father, Zenne criticisms upon release in India, by US FDA for safety and films. Instead, the festival brings Dancer weaves a tragic tale of three with screenings only resuming efficacy. This forum will in award-winning films and unlikely friends: male belly dancer after vigorous campaigning by also tell you about CSK’s 3D Body Sculpting system that includes documentaries, old and new but Can, German photographer Daniel activists and celebrities. a personalised weight management program to help you achieve always groundbreaking, that explore and Yildiz, a youth from a strict permanent fat reduction. Lunch or afternoon tea will be provided. the annual theme. Muslim background. The first film THE HOUSEMAID (SOUTH Register online at www.cskclinics.com/register or call 6789 4868. The six films this year look at in Turkey to depict honour killings KOREA 1960) BY KIM KI- sexuality and the ways it interacts relating to homosexuality, Zenne YOUNG. CSK LASER AESTHETIC CLINIC, with broader themes of love, fear, Dancer won the Turkish Film Critics RATED PG. KOREAN WITH ORCHARD, NOVENA, TOA PAYOH, TAMPINES. death and psychology. Controversial Association Award for Best Film ENGLISH SUBTITLES. at the time of their release and and was nominated for the same at A piano teacher hires a beyond, they also explore gender the Nuremberg Film Festival. housemaid to help his pregnant relations and the borders of wife at home, only to be Company: A musical comedy acceptability in society. Come with BELLE DE JOUR (FRANCE 1967) BY caught up in an illicit affair an open mind and get ready to LUIS BUÑUEL that threatens the stability about being single experience new perspectives. RATED M18. FRENCH WITH and safety of his entire family. Until 11 Nov, 3pm/8pm, $57-$97 ENGLISH SUBTITLES. A horror-thriller that takes Tony Award winning musical comedy Company explores in pros A married woman begins a on the reversal of power in and cons, ups and downs as well as the in and outs of being single. double life as a prostitute in this traditional gender relations, The Directed by Hossan Leong and choreographed by George Chan, join the unforgettable film about deviance Housemaid is considered one talented cast as they try to persuade the protagonist Robert to do what and frustration, told from a woman’s of the seminal films of Korean the government has been telling us for years…Get married! Tickets perspective. Extremely brazen cinema’s golden age. available for audiences of its time, Belle de at Sistic. Jour defied social conventions by CLOSING FILM: 4 MONTHS, 3 Drama Centre Theatre, 100 Victoria Street Level 3, National Library depicting a woman’s exploration WEEKS AND 2 DAYS (ROMANIA Building, Singapore 188064 of intimacy and desire and won 2007) BY CRISTIAN MUNGIU the Venice Film Festival’s coveted RATED M18. ROMANIAN WITH Golden Lion among other awards. ENGLISH SUBTITLES. Two young girls seek an illegal THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE abortion in a Romania teetering Yayoi Kusama: ‘Love Forever’ SHOW (USA 1975) BY JIM SHARMAN at the edge of communism Up to 20 Dec, 11am-7pm RATED M18. ENGLISH. under the repressive reign of Known for her use of dense usage A cult classic and the longest Ceausşescu. A haunting and of polka dots and nets as well as running release in film history, violent tale of oppression, 4 large-scale environment, Yayoi “the film iS KNOWN FOR INSPIRING The Rocky Horror Picture Show Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Kusama works in various mediums revolves around a newly-engaged took home the Palm d’Or at the like painting, drawing, sculpture, AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION, WITH FANS couple who are forced to seek Cannes Film Festival. shelter in a creepy mansion film, performance and immersive installation. She is showcasing 25 of OFTEN SHOUTING AT THE SCREEN inhabited by a bizarre collection Tickets through SISTIC her best works included limited edition of unusual individuals when their at $10.00 each or $8.00 silkscreens. AND Singing along” car gets a flat tire. Still regularly for students. More Ota Fine Arts, 47 Malan Road screened at midnight in cinemas details available at #01-23 Gillman Barracks around the world, the film is perspectivesfilmfestival.com Singapore, 109444 If you would like your event through the dark captivating past of our sky and spot the stars in ADVERTORIAL our universe. The Observatory listed, please email the details Sentosa. Immerse yourself in the rich haunting history as the guides is filled with a range of and pictures (where applicable) show you the way in a 90 minute sophisticated equipment all to to [email protected] tour. Tickets available at Sistic. make your stargazing experience two weeks before your Gogreen Segway® Eco Adventure, an unforgettable one. Visit www.science.edu.sg for more event date. Beach Station, Sentosa, 50 Beach View, information. Singapore 098604 The Observatory, Omni-Theatre Listings must arrive in email Building, 15 Science Centre Road, Wednesday, two weeks before GOD OF CARNAGE Singapore 609081 publication. Listings are 6 Nov – 25 Nov, 4pm/8pm, $60-$80 THE BOOTLEG BEATLES free but, as space is limited, Tony award winning play God 8 Nov – 11 Nov, inclusion is not of Carnage reunites powerhouse 2.30pm/7.30pm/5pm, $55-$600 guaranteed.