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CNA938 Rewind - A Boat on Empress Lawn? Yang Jie's eye-catching ‘The House Between The Winds'
CNA938 Rewind
In 'Destination Anywhere', Melanie Oliveiro learns about where children can go to enjoy what Little SIFA - Singapore International Festival of Arts programmes that are aimed at kids – has to offer. Local sculptor Yang Jie will describe 'The House Between The Winds' where children touch, see, hear, and feel interactive kinetic installations about the trees and people that built Singapore. He'll also talk about the 6-metre-tall sailboat that can drift across Empress Lawn and olds school workshops available to young participants.
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CNA938 Rewind - Cheekiemonkies - How a Parenting Blog Became a Family Time Capsule
In 'Made in SG', Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Kelvin Ang, 'dadfluencer' and founder of CheekieMonkies, a parenting blog, website and social media platform. Ang will recall how and why he started the blog with his wife. He'll also talk about how the blog has evolved over two decades - chronicling his fatherhood journey raising his three children and sharing recommendations on activities to do with kids. Ang will also bring along his son Ashton, who has grown up with the blog.
32 mins
CNA938 Rewind - A Boat on Empress Lawn? Yang Jie's eye-catching 'The House Between The Winds'
In 'Destination Anywhere', Melanie Oliveiro learns about where children can go to enjoy what Little SIFA - Singapore International Festival of Arts programmes that are aimed at kids – has to offer. Local sculptor Yang Jie will describe 'The House Between The Winds' where children touch, see, hear, and feel interactive kinetic installations about the trees and people that built Singapore. He'll also talk about the 6-metre-tall sailboat that can drift across Empress Lawn and olds school workshops available to young participants.
20 mins
CNA938 Rewind - A Letter to Myself: Kinokuniya's Kenny Chan on intuition, empathic connections, and his moral compass
Kenny Chan led Kinokuniya's business in Singapore and the region for almost 20 years. He's credited for building the Japanese bookstore's presence in Singapore, and seeing it through particularly challenging times in the book business. Kenny shares how his "rollercoaster of a journey" took him from the carnival, to a diplomatic posting in London, and finally, to the defining chapter of his career — which began when he was "ambushed" with a single question: "Do you love books?"
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CNA938 Rewind - A Letter to Myself: Businessman Anwar Tahar's path to success is paved with compassion and grit
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37 mins
