TheBearProject's Weekly Badminton Series

There's a game coming Sunday! To join us, please email Quest or Bengzom.

Here's a weekly badminton session for those avid players! Organized by Quest & Bengzom.

Details are as follows...

Date: 6th April 08
Time: 3 - 6pm
Price: $3-$5 (Depending on the total no. of people who will turn up)
Venue: Punggol Community Center (@ Hougang Ave 6, opposite Hougang Mall)

Interested friends can email to Quest, Bengzom or TheBearProject directly for participation.

Pelangi Pride Centre Has Moved!

Pelangi Pride Centre has moved and some of us have recently helped them with their move. To find out more, do click on the logo above to access their website.

Here's a note from PPC:

Dear all,

A big "Thank You" to all the volunteers and The Bears who helped out with the big move on Sunday 30 March 2008.

Pelangi Pride Centre will be closed for the next 2 weeks for us to settle
down in our new home.

We will re-open on the 19th of April 2008.

Please watch this space for more info about future activities in our new
home.

with thanks,

Charm, Nam Khim and Eileena.

The Japanese Tradition : Shazai

here's something Universek sent me which i thought was totally hilarious and would like to share... in case you visit a japanese sauna and you accidentally ejaculated onto someone's legs and you need to apologize :p you'll be able to find the appropriate "shazai"... i especially like the deep bow where "Effeminacy is key" hahaha :) Enjoy!

Nitin Sawhney

Just a quick post... Just got back from an interesting night. Something I wouldn't have done if I was not invited... well, was never really into any cultural/ethnic dance.

Xiaoyao performed at Victoria Theatre earlier tonight. I was very impressed by his indian dance performance! didn't know he could move like that :p I was pleasantly surprised i enjoyed myself. Have always liked indian music... i don't know why, maybe some of them just sounded so sad and heart wrenching (though i don't understand a word)... I am so inspired tonight, I have decided to post two music vids of one of my all time fave musicians, Nitin Sawhney.

He's a London based musician/composer who fused his indian classical training with jazz, drum 'n' bass, hip hop elements to stunning results. His music is intensely political, commonly approaching themes of identity, immigration, empowerment, multiculturalism, poverty and spirituality. Check out these two vids, one is a music video and another a live performance, enjoy! :

(CLOSED) Horton Hears a Who! - 28th Mar 08

Posting is closed. Please note the movie is now at Plaza Singapura Golden Village and not Marina's. AND BE PUNCTUAL!!! Thank you all...

"The classic and beloved story from Dr. Seuss comes to the big screen in a new CG animated feature motion picture from 20th Century Fox Animation, the makers of theIce Age films. An imaginative elephant named Horton hears a faint cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Horton suspects there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding community which thinks he has lost his mind, he is determined to save the tiny particle." - Taken from GV Website

Date: 28th Mar 08, Friday

Venue: GV Plaza Singapura

Time: 7pm

So who is interested? Please comment below for attendance...
Posting will be closed on the 27th March Midnight! Thanks...

• Asimov_22
• Galactico
• Tanuki
• Cub4u33
• Jeff & Jake
  

(CLOSED) The Spiderwick Chronicles, 22nd March 2008

Guys, note that the location and timing has been changed.

Cineleisure has not released listing till now... think it's better to just shift to The Cathay. Sorry!

This is the movie I've been waiting for ever since i saw the trailer.

Synopsis:
From the beloved best-selling series of books comes "The Spiderwick Chronicles," a fantasy adventure for the child in all of us. Peculiar things start to happen the moment the Grace family (Jared, his twin brother Simon, sister Mallory and their mom) leave New York and move into the secluded old house owned by their great, great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. Unable to explain the strange disappearances and accidents that seem to be happening on a daily basis, the family blames Jared. When he, Simon and Mallory investigate what's really going on, they uncover the fantastic truth of the Spiderwick estate and of the creatures that inhabit it.

Date: 22 March 2008

Venue: The Cathay

Time: 7.40pm

Please sign up as soon as possible as I would like to close the listing on 19 March midnight.

See you guys soon! Vitalauto

Do check out the beautiful website.
The Explorers:

• Universek
• Vitalauto
• Xiaoyao
• Cub4u33
• Tanuki
• Crewcut
• Saltwetfish
• Stonedwin
• Odac
• Relicz
• Otto
• Han
  

(CLOSED) EVANGELION:1.0 YOU (ARE) NOT ALONE, 16th Mar 08

I know someone I love very much is very excited about this movie :)

Synopsis:

14-year-old boy Shinji arrives in Tokyo-3, a heavily fortified outpost that's survived "Second Impact," a calamity leaving humankind vulnerable to alien machines referred to as Angels. Last hope for survival rests with government agency NERV (whose motto reads, "God is in his heaven, all is right with the world") and its gigantic Evangelion fighting artillery, a human-mechanical hybrid designed by Shinji's distant father, Gendou.

This looks like a really exiting anime, most reviews have been very positive! It's also the Japan's no. 1 box office movie. So hope you would join us. I know the notice is pretty sudden, but just realized it opens today!

Date: 16 March 2008

Venue: Orchard Cineleisure

Time: 5pm

Please sign up as soon as possible as I would like to close the listing 15 March midnight cos I expect people will snap up the tickets.

See you guys soon! Vitalauto

Evas/Angels:

• Universek
• Vitalauto
• Asimov_22
• Rookcub
• Kit_sg
• Cub4U33
• Tanuki
• Desmlim
• Siberian
• Alaskan
• Xiaoyao

Hercules & Love Affair – Blind

This is not really a music review, but just wanna share this incredible track by Hercules & Love Affair featuring the glorious vocals of Antony Hegarty of Antony & the Johnsons. Considering how some dance tunes these days can be cold & repetitive, 'Blind' is intoxicating with vocals that's incredibly moving and haunting over this dirty hypnotic basslines that reminds me of something Giorgio Moroder would have put out during the disco era (think Donna Summer's 'I Feel Love'), but this is dirtier and sleazier! This is disco heaven, music that will do some good to your soul as well as shake that ass of yours! Strange video though, but totally homo erotic! Enjoy!

- Vitalauto

A Trip to Singapore Art Museum - Primary Colours: Feng Zhengjie, 15th Mar 08

Primary Colours: Feng Zhengjie

This exhibition extends from 29 January 2008 to 20 April 2008.

Here is an excerpt from Singapore Art Museum's website about art of Feng Zhengjie:

"If the eyes are the windows to one's soul, then the art of Feng Zhengjie can be said to reveal as much as they conceal, the psyche of the self, in contemporary society. A renowned artist in the contemporary Chinese art scene, the works of Feng Zhengjie examine consumer society while engaging with a spectrum of folk art motifs and popular culture as a response to the new issues that are confronting China. This exhibition includes a special focus on his recent works of women portraits which the artist is known for. Charming, capricious and contradictory, Feng Zhengjie’s women present an ambivalent answer to the question of nature and artifice that continues to captivate. At the same time, Primary Colours is an invitation to discover the different shades of meaning in Feng’s art." - taken from Singapore Art Museum website

Venue: Singapore Art Museum, 71 Bras Basah Road

Date: 15th March 08, Saturday

Time: 2pm (Lets all meet at the lobby/entrance of the museum)

Admission Price: SGD $8.00

(Discounts for group of 20 adults or more, 20% off adult admission tickets)

Those interested please do so by stating your attendance by 14th March in the comment box below.

Attendees are:

• Balenciaga
• Rookcub
• Cub4u33
• Tanuki
• Husky
• Bubblebath
• Stonedwin
• Odac
  

Medium - Tv Series (NBC)

I must say that I am not publicizing for AXN channel or for NBC, but Medium is really a pretty good series not to be missed. Its a pity they don't have this in stores (at least not locally I think) and currently only aired on the AXN channel.

So all the night shifts I've endured during the weekends didn't go to waste, as I had the opportunity to watch this series at my own leisure! (I hope my boss don't see this... well double pun intended!) But what really strike me was the really clever and amusing script thats totally unconventional and non-linear, depicting what its like to be around the "Medium", Allison Dubois's everyday life (Starred by Patricia Arquette). The perfect marriage of everyday family drama infused with the sense of supernatural "tang" really defines the genre of Mystery and suspense, and at the same time putting forth a whimsical spin to the narrative. (But that is a really general explanation of what it is about... Read more about it at NBC's website.

What makes it even more exciting is her struggle with her abilities (Which is not like what you see in Heroes...) of ESP and precognition with her career as a "consultant" for a local District Attorney. It is interesting how she got into the job as a consultant as she does not have any relevant Law Degree nor experience. So all of her talent lies in her revelations and precognitions of murders (that comes to her in her sleep as dreams) and clues she provides to the Police Department, to help solve crimes and capture mass murderers. In which she was then questioned in the eye of the Law, whether her abilities are credible and should she be recognized for her work as a consultant. There is one particular episode where she was forced to lie in court during a trial as the US Justice system will not take her claims as a legit source.

Allison Dubois is a real person living in Phoenix, Arizona in the US who wrote several books dealing with the aspects of dealing with spirits and mediumship. This series Medium, is actually inspired by her work as a Jury consultant and solving crimes for Texas Rangers and the Glendale, Arizona police department. You can read more about her here

Well I'm not so keen on reading her books, but I do recommend that if you are into the supernatural and good entertainment, Medium, Tv Series Season 1 & 2 are available on Amazon or all the other major online book stores. Here's an extended preview of the show from youtube. Enjoy!

- Asimov_22