Talented yet unassuming, Korean artist Nakhee Sung is someone to look out for. Having studied art in the US and lived in places as far out as Saudi Arabia, Sung now lives and works in Seoul. A free spirit herself, her abstract artworks depict her characteristic spontaneity and playfulness. Only 35, she was invited to participate in the Venice Biennale last year, and she is now in Singapore to paint the town red, blue and purple at the upcoming Singapore Biennale 2006.

Dining institutions that you couldn’t copy even if you tried.

Meat eaters beware. On a conversion spree, the President of the Vegetarian Society of Singapore is all revved up, drumming awareness into the uninitiated and wanting to make the planet turn herbivore. We got in the way of George Jacobs, only to be disarmed by his scientific logic and gentle persuasion.

Talented Meishan Krishnan, 18, is studying to be a financial wizard, but still finds time for her hobby, synchronized swimming. Working her way gracefully yet forcefully through the pool, this self-confessed water baby is up for anything you splash her way.