1. The initial ZoukOut lineup has been released and includes 10 DJ acts like Above & Beyond, Loco Dice, Nicky Romero, Nina Kraviz and Steve Angello. The outdoor dance party will take place on 12 and 13 December at Sentosa’s Siloso Beach; tickets start at $118 and are on sale now via the Zouk website. We’re excited, to say the least, but also relieved that we won’t have to cry our way through what we thought was going to be the last ever ZoukOut.
2. If you happened to pick up a flyer over the weekend advocating the killing of stray cats, don’t be alarmed. The flyers were part of a Singapore Night Festival art exhibition, which included intentionally distressing messages designed to tweak our moral fibre and make us question right from wrong. Arts collective Vertical Submarine cleared everything up on its Facebook page.
3. Opposition leader Nicole Seah has left her post at the National Solidarity Party. Seah began her political career as a fresh grad and for years was interested in sparking political awareness in Singapore’s young people. Official word is all very PR-y and vetted, something about having “done all that [she] could”. Oh well. Apparently Seah is not fully leaving politics, though, but that could also be more PR-speak.
4. Hackathons got put to a very democratic use over the weekend. Over 120 people got together to suggest improvements to the commuter experienced and pitched SMRT management on how to create change (and potentially up to $120,000 funding dollars to achieve it). Anything to help improve breakdowns and overcrowding is good news we say!
5. If things keep going as planned, we may welcome the pittery patter of baby panda feet in the next couple of years. The River Safari zoo keepers have reported that male panda Kai Kai has been making bedroom eyes at female panda Jia Jia – a sign that he may be more interested in their relationship than first thought. While it’s early days, we hear Kai Kai has a “sexercise” squat program to strengthen his hind limbs for love making, so we’re certainly crossing our fingers for Singapore’s first panda cub.
