I Am From Singapore

Ashley Isham

2009-06-12T11:43:00.007+08:00

Ashley Isham | www.ashleyisham.comn

• a brief introduction
Born Eshamuddin Ismail in Singapore, Ashley Isham started his journey in fashion when he took a pattern cutting course at the Londa College of Fasion. And from there he went on to the prestigious Central St Martin's College and finally a degree from Middlesex University

He launched his own label late 2000 before opening Aquaint, a boutique to promote fashion talent and support other young designers. In 2005, he opens his flagship boutique, Ashley, at The Fullerton Hotel (Singapore).

Ashley Isham has been a regular at the London Fashion Week and was the official designer at the 2004 BAFTAs. His clientele includes high profile personalities ranging from stars of film and television, catwalk, music and British and international royalty

Shirlyn Tan

2009-05-26T14:24:00.007+08:00

Shirlyn Tan | www.myspace.com/shirlyntan

32 years old

• a brief introduction
Rocking her way into our heart, Shirlyn is a singer-songwriter who came into the scene officially when she launched her debut album "Newfound Jealousy" in 2007.

Frontgirl for The UnXpected, they have been rocking the crowds away at Wala Wala, Balaclava and Timbre . Listening to Shirlyn, you can't help but feel the urge to race off towards the sunset (well, that's general the feeling I get from listening to good music:), all the while her voice playing in your head.

Her first ever onstage performance was 4 Non-Blondes "What's Up" and in 2007, she won Singapore Music Awards 2007 for Best Song - Window. Let's hope this pint-size rocker will continue to rock us till our bones creak.

"Windows" MV here

• fresh from the grapevine
Shirlyn recently left for Los Angeles to complete a trainer course for Bikram Hot Yoga.

• last words
"I sing, I feel, I laugh, I cry....life as it is holds the answer to your secret question."

• links out
sexliesandradiohead
myspace

Ngak aka 黄星魁

2007-09-10T23:41:00.000+08:00

Ngak aka 黄星魁
27 years old
Capricorn
Christian

• a brief word
Ngak is a veteran in the local music scene and has been actively involved in it over the past years. An accomplished song-writer, he has worked with celebrities like Emil Chau and Alan Kuo in the past. Being also an experienced performer, he has performed at Mosaic Music Festival and other music events. These days you can find him strumming away as a soloist or jamming with his band Timmy! at various venues across the island.

• last seen
Touching plenty of Singaporean's heart with his vocal in the song Black May (身外物) for the local film production, 881.

• where
Timbre @ The Substation, Tuesday 9pm - 12.15am (with Rene)
Timbre @ The Substation, Friday 10.15pm - 1.30am (with Timmy!)
Wala Wala, Wednesday 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Balaclava, Wednesday - Friday

• last thoughts
"please buy me" ;P

• random words
guitar | fish soup | south park | black

• links out
Timmy! MySpace Profile
Ngak's MySpace Profile

Corrinne May

2007-09-09T15:57:00.001+08:00

Corrinne May | www.corrinnemay.com
34 years old
Capricorn

• a brief introduction
Corrinne May is a Singaporean singer-songwriter currently based in Los Angeles. Corrinne was born on January 19, 1973 and was named after her mother's favourite song, "Corinna, Corinna".

She studied in Raffles Girls' Primary School, Raffles Girls' School (Secondary) and Raffles Junior College. At the National University of Singapore, she majored in mass communications and English literature before leaving for Berklee College of Music to further her music education. And in 1999, she re-located to Los Angeles in order to pursue her dreams in music fully.

"Fly Away" was her debut album in which "Mr Beasley", we are not shy to say, is an old favourite of ours. In September 2004, Corrinne May became the first (and only) artist singing exclusively in English, to be signed by the record label Forward Music in Taiwan, which distributes her music to Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong and China.

• fresh from the grapevine
Corrinne released her 4th album, Beautiful Seed, officially in Singapore on August 6, 2007.

• last thoughts
"Amidst the myriad of dazzling singers in the industry today, I still remember clearly the lyrics of Corrinne's Mr Beaseley. That striking honesty and quiet beauty that touches the heart deeply"

• links out
Official Site
Corrinne's Blog
MySpace Profile

The Contributors

2007-09-08T09:05:00.000+08:00

The people behind the blog

Henry | www.mujiri.com
A interactive designer by day and swashbuckling illustrator by night, Henry spends most of his time in front of the computer dreaming up the next design or illustration. And when he is away from the computer, he is dreaming up the different nice things his fiancee can do for him, which sadly doesn't often comes true:P.

He founded IAFS as place to showcase the many talents from Singapore and hopefully in the process, helps to bring them closer to the masses.

Not So Long Ago

2007-09-08T08:30:00.000+08:00

it started like this...

"There was a local movie with a name made up of just numerals, which was one of the better films shown this year. And halfway through the show, there was this updated piece of an old hokkien favorite that was at the same time achingly beautiful and strangely familiar.

A search on the net for the person behind this updated piece only revealed a name. And after really, really much searching ... zilch"

and this is how it began,
to create a place to showcase the many talented individuals from the little red dot and create a little slice of immortality for them.