Jerome Parisse's Blog, page 28

Tong Tik-Sang: a prolific writer!

I recently came back from a short trip to Hong Kong, during which I visited the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, a space dedicated to the cultural heritage of the former British Colony. The museum is located in Shatin, in the New Territories. What particularly attracted my attention was a temporary exhibit dedicated to Tong Tik-Sang (1917-1959), a playwright, and Yam Kim Fai (1913-1989), a performer, who worked together for many years and are said to be the most significant figures in Cantonese...

The ebook epiphany

I recently went on a five-week round-the-world trip, a mixture of work, family visits and holiday. My biggest problem before leaving for the trip, apart from how I was going to pack clothes for the cold of a Northern Hemisphere winter as well as the heat of the Caribbean, was how many books I could take with me. Of course books can always be bought during a trip, but I hate having to leave them behind. I love to read, but I also love books as objects. I even like to smell them to make sure...

Theatre Value Meal: Small, Medium or Large?

Late last year I went to see "God of Carnage" at the Sydney Opera  House Theatre. The play, by Yasmina Reza, the famous French playwright, which won the 2009 Tony Award for Best Play, was indeed excellent – and very Reza. Small thinking bourgeois fighting over a variety of issues and revealing who they really are. I had a blast and the audience was in stitches. Interestingly enough, Reza declared in an interview that she was slightly miffed at people laughing at the play when it was supposed ...

Of the importance of detail

So this is it! My first blog. Ever! I spent a good part of yesterday building the tool and its structure, but was too tired by the end of it to start blogging straight away. This morning I woke up with anticipation and here I am, at the keyboard, in a mixture of fear and excitement.

I have just finished reading the third book of the famous Stieg Larsson Trilogy (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest). Yes it took me a while...