IN BETWEEN listening to the real estate agent’s spiel about the rainshower in the bathroom and studying the gleaming mahogany parquet flooring, Mr Toh Hsien Min started forming a poem in his head.
That visit to a condominium showflat resulted in Mr Toh, 34 – a leading member of the crop of English-language Singapore poets born after Independence – writing a poem for Insight.
He went down to The Peak@Balmeg showflat in Pasir Panjang with the sole purpose of doing research for the poem after spotting an advertisement for the condominium in the newspaper.
Showflat-viewing – a symbol of Singaporeans’ love affair with property – is the ‘classic Singaporean weekend activity’, declares Mr Toh as he explains his choice of subject matter.
‘There are people who spend all their weekends just going to showflat after showflat. It’s part of the fabric o Continue reading
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