Editor's Letter: September 08

I recall my first automotive ride in my life was during my childhood days when I was 5 or so. I didn't even have a seatbelt to buckle up, all I had was a mini steering wheel in front of me. There was good stereo too back then, child nursery songs played out loud upon successful ignition of the automobile with a 20-cent coin inserted into the machine slot. I was a happy boy then.

I'm a happy man now. Not just myself alone, we'll be seeing loads of gleeful men roaming around the streets this month as their male hormones are rejuvenated by the mechanical roars of the 2008 F1 Singapore Grand Prix coming 26 September! This will not only be Asia's first F1 street race, it'll also be the first night race in the history of F1 racing.

We are scheduled for an extremely happening calender of events this September. First up it's the Mid-Autumn Festival that's already ongoing at various malls where one can find creative works of mooncake art by various hotel chefs. Be sure to head down early for better deals and to avoid disappointment.

The survivors of the Army Half Marathon and Nike+ Human Race shall be pitting their endurance and fitness against one another at the gruelling Aviva Ironman 70.3 Triathlon 2008. For anti-sports music fans, you're not left out as Avril Lavigne is holding The Best Damn Tour on the same day as well.

Fashionistas will be thrilled to hear about the upcoming Fashion Weeks in New York and London where they can book their way into a preview of the Spring/Summer 2009 collection of various designers. Get inspired and come up with your very own wardrobe to wear to events like the Singapore Motorshow 2008 and see if you can challenge the race queens and exotic automobiles to wrestle the limelight away from them.

Our local art scene is stirring up gradually as it welcomes the 2 months long Singapore Biennale 2008 as well as the Singapore River Festival that has the ever-popular Timbre MusicFest 2008 under its belt. Looks like I'm buying you guys out there more excuses for chilling out, not that anybody is staying put at home much during this month with all these events going on anyway.

For those of you who're still not convinced out of your comfort zones at home, here's a dollar coin from me to you. Come on, those were the days when the rides were still going at 20 cents.

I'm just kidding, seriously.


Managing Editor,
MuHu Son