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...laugh at the McDonalds, which closes by 7 p.m. every night. Then we watch as it comes to life on the weekends, when military personnel come home to visit their families. The pool became the apparent loud and vibrant social center for this group last Saturday, while several weeks ago, a ceremony was held on the main quadrangle featuring bagpipes, a band, and squadrons marching in rank and file...
...bike to work at Google, where everything is new and cheerful. But I come back to what sometimes feels like an abandoned village left to rot away. The interns have brought it to light. We have created a community for ourselves that is constantly alive and vibrant. But in the winter, when we are gone and that light has gone away, I hope the casualty count is down, the soldiers are home, and color and life have returned permanently to this ghost town I have chosen to call home for the summer...
...scene this vibrant, it's hard for any act to rise above the clamor, but Up Dharma Down might just be doing so. Beloved of air-punching fans and chin-stroking critics alike, this genre-defying quartet was pegged by BBC radio DJ Mark Coles last year as the Manila band most likely to cross over to the lucrative Anglophone market of North America. Its internationally viable sound shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who knows the environment it sprang from. "The Philippines is used to following global music trends," says Toti Dalmacion, Up Dharma Down's manager...
...more-all the things that written poetry used to be. Many academics lament poetry's decline in readership. Who says poetry should be read? The presentation of poetry in written form has declined, not the art form itself. If you want to experience contemporary poetry in its most vibrant and living form, just plug in your iPod or check out Poetry Out Loud, the recitation contest for high school students. Poetry is alive and well; you just have to listen for it. Thomas A. Hauck, Gloucester, Massachusetts...
...Reshaping Singapore Your article "Singapore Soars" mapped out Singapore's aspiration to be what former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew called "a tropical version" of New York City, Paris and London all in one [June 4]. Indeed, Singapore has been trying to remake itself into a vibrant, fun place by allowing nightclubs to remain open around the clock and casinos to operate within resorts. It will also become a stop on the Formula One Grand Prix circuit. But Singapore has managed to attract low-skilled workers from developing countries and a much smaller group of talented foreigners who are here...