Life Weekend Picks

Life Picks Ep 26 Season 2 (March 14) - Delicious crab-broth ramen and how to catch heartwarming documentary The Work

6:17 mins

Synopsis: Every Thursday, The Straits Times highlights the best films, concerts, restaurants and arts events you can catch in Singapore over the coming weeks.

This week, Melissa Sim hosts colleague Wong Ah Yoke, who recommends ramen restaurant Hototogisu at Paragon shopping mall, as well as John Lui, who talks about the award-winning documentary The Work.

Families can also book a free 90-minute art tour called The Peekaboo Tour at special education school Rainbow Centre. This runs at various times on Saturdays till March 30.

Produced by: Melissa Sim and Ernest Luis

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Life Picks Ep 25 Season 2 (March 7) - March school holiday ideas like otter-watching and bonding with your children in a hotel's interactive play space

7:29 mins

Synopsis: Every Thursday, The Straits Times highlights the best films, concerts, restaurants and arts events you can catch in Singapore over the coming weeks.

This week, Melissa Sim hosts colleague Jan Lee who recommends Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore, which has designed and built a 1,872 sq m interactive play space called Buds By Shangri-La for children, catering to both hotel guests and non-hotel guests as well as the The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore which offers children a chance to experience indoor glamping with a package called Ritz Kids Night Safari Adventures. 

Rates to book a room at the Shangri-La begin at $380 and rates for rooms under the Ritz Kids Night Safari Adventures start from $650 per night. 

Toh Wen Li recommends a morning of otter-watching. Head down to the Kallang River at 6am and try your luck at spotting the Bishan family, one of about 10 otter families around Singapore.

Watch them eat their first catch of the day, and play fighting with each other.

The March 10 print and online edition of The Sunday Times has a spread of more information.

Produced by: Melissa Sim and Ernest Luis

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Life Picks Ep 24 (March 1) - Boy band Blue in Singapore and theatre production Still Life

6:44 mins

Synopsis: Every Thursday, The Straits Times highlights the best films, concerts, restaurants and arts events you can catch in Singapore over the coming weeks.

This week, we chat about the English boy band Blue, performing in Singapore on March 2, as well as theatre production Still Life by Checkpoint Theatre. The show runs from Feb 28 to March 10.

Produced by: Melissa Sim and Ernest Luis

Edited by: Adam Azlee

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Life Picks Season 2 (Feb 21) - New hotpot restaurant Da Long Yi and a tribute concert to Zul Sutan

5:46 mins

Synopsis: Every Thursday, The Straits Times highlights the best films, concerts, restaurants and arts events you can catch in Singapore over the coming weeks,

This week, we chat about Da Long Yi, the newest hotpot restaurant in town which opens till 6am daily and is located at Orchard Central.

Also, catch a tribute concert to home-grown music legend Zul Sutan who died at the age of 61 in December 2018. More than 20 bands and singers, including singer Jacintha Abisheganaden and rocker Douglas Oliveiro, will take to the stage to perform songs that Zul used to do.

This is at Hard Rock Cafe on Sunday, Feb 24.

Lastly, The Necessary Stage’s Theatre for Seniors (TFS) celebrates its 10th anniversary with It Takes All Kinds, a heartwarming performance about love and families.

The show which is created by residents and seniors through a series of workshops, runs from Mar 1 to 3.

Produced by: Melissa Sim and Ernest Luis

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Life Picks Ep 22 (Feb 14) - Love stories from ST readers

9:59 mins

Synopsis: Every Thursday, The Straits Times highlights the best things to do in Singapore, from concerts, restaurants, films, to music and arts events.

Ahead of Valentine's Day, The Straits Times asked readers to tell their stories of love in 200 words or fewer. We received more than 150 entries and 15 were selected and published in The Sunday Times on Feb 10.

In this special Valentine's Day edition of Life Picks, Life journalists Olivia Ho and Melissa Sim read six of their favourite pieces. Thank you to those who shared their love stories and Happy Valentine's Day to all.

Check out the other stories here.

Produced by: Melissa Sim and Ernest Luis

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Life Picks: Ep 2 (Feb 7) - Westlife's new single and exploring Singapore's i Light Festival route

7:20 mins

Synopsis: A weekly podcast by The Straits Times every Thursday, highlighting the best films, concerts, restaurants and arts events.

Irish group Westlife are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their formation with a new album and a tour. They were in Singapore recently as part of a promotional tour following the release of their first single in eight years, Hello My Love.

The video for the song, which was co-written by pop star Ed Sheeran and produced by frequent Westlife collaborator Steve Mac, has already garnered more than seven million views on YouTube. They have confirmed a Singapore concert as part as an Asian tour later this year.

The i Light Singapore bicentennial edition is also on at the Marina Bay area and the city centre till Feb 24.

Highlights include an interactive piano that the public can play at Fort Canning and create an instant light show. Six bridges have been dolled up too with light installations and our pick is Anderson Bridge.

Produced by: Melissa Sim, Ernest Luis and Adam Azlee

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Life Picks (Jan 31) - Light installations at Marina Bay and Craig David at Zouk

5:01 mins

Synopsis: A weekly podcast by The Straits Times every Thursday, highlighting the best films, concerts, restaurants and arts events.

We pick our favourite works from the i Light festival which runs till Feb 24 and recommend a special Valentine's Day outing - singer Craig David who will spin and sing at Zouk.

Also, check out this new video series Art In 60 seconds. In this episode, arts reporter Olivia Ho plays the piano and interacts with one of the i Light installations Keys Of Light.

Produced by: Melissa Sim, Ernest Luis

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Life Picks Ep 19 (Jan 24): DIY popiah and interactive art at the National Museum of Singapore

8:33 mins

Synopsis: A weekly podcast by The Straits Times, highlighting the best films, concerts, restaurants and arts events.

We recommend the new Chinese New Year dishes at Peranakan restaurant Folklore, a newly remastered version of the movie Schindler's List and the Digimuse exhibition at the National Museum of Singapore.

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Life Picks Ep 18: Chinese New Year cookies, marbled beef and Yoyo Sham at the Huayi Festival

9:06 mins

Synopsis: A weekly podcast by The Straits Times, highlighting the best films, concerts, restaurants and arts events.

We pick our favourite Chinese New Year cookies this year, check out the Orchard Cafe at Orchard Hotel and recommend singer Yoyo Sham, who will be singing at the Esplanade on Feb 23, as part of the Huayi Chinese Festival of Arts.

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Life Picks Ep 17 (Dec 13) - Watch SSO celebrate 40th anniversary with classics like Dayong Sampan or catch a Japanese zombie flick

4:52 mins

Synopsis: A weekly podcast by The Straits Times, highlighting the best films, concerts, restaurants and arts events.

Check out Japanese zombie movie One Cut Of The Dead, which is part of the Japanese Film Festival or catch the SSO in concert as the home-grown orchestra celebrates its 40th anniversary.

Both events happen on Jan 18. Which will you choose?

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