Tampenis

This was how the British spelt it in 1959 in one of their official reports. No kidding.

"Students of the Nanyang University have on two occasions held picnics at the Teo Guan Choon Villa in Tampenis..."

Let's start a campaign to bring that spelling back for the MRT stn.

Creating Graphic Novels

www.bookcouncil.sg/clap.htm

Bestselling Comics at Kino for Aug 08

Kinokuniya Bookstores (S) P/L
(for the week of 01/08/2008 to 31/08/2008)

TOP 10 COMIC BESTSELLERS

1. WATCHMAN
by ALAN MOORE, DAVE GIBBONS

2. VAMPIRE KNIGHT VOLUME 7
by MATSURI HINO

3. BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE
by ALAN MOORE, BRIAN BOLLAND

4. THE GOOD PRINCE (FABLES VOLUME 10)
by BILL WILLINGHAM, ET. AL.

5. OURAN HIGH HOST CLUB VOLUME 12
by BISCO HATORI

6. WARCRAFT (LEGENDS VOLUME 1)
by TIM BEEDLE, TROY LEWTER

7. WORLD OF WARCRAFT VOLUME 1
by WALTER SIMONSON

8. THE HIDDEN WAR (DMZ VOLUME 5)
by BRIAN WOOD, ET. AL.

9. THE LEGACY (FORGOTTEN REALMS VOLUME 7)
by R.A. SALVATORE, ROBERT ATKINS

10. TSUBASA (RESERVIOUR CHRONICLE VOLUME 18)
by CLAMP

NB: The Killing Joke is still on the list. People are prepping for the Watchmen movie. Alan Moore still sells, which is kind of amazing. I tried going for the Watchmen preview at SDCC. It was at the mega Hall H (5000+ seater), but I still couldn't get in.