Shameless plugs

1) If you're female and enjoy a good run, sign up for the Women Make A Difference 5 km run at Fort Canning on Saturday, 26 March. Proceeds benefit Shared Hope International, a non-profit organisation that aids women and children in crisis. Ondine and I are gonna run; any 8 other chicas want to join us?

2) Come by the Atrium @ Orchard next Wednesday, 16 March Saturday, 19 March for the official launch of Mercy Relief's Glimpses of Light photography exhibition. Terz's pics from his Meulaboh trip will be up, together with four other photographers' (Ernest Goh, Darren Soh, Ming and Tay Kay Chin (Kay Chin directed the entire exhibition, but he's not showing his work)) work documenting relief efforts to tsunami-hit areas. We don't know what time the launch will be yet; watch this blog for more details. Update here.

3) Meanwhile, go see a photography exhibition now. Kheng-Li Wee's "On the Silk Road" series is showing at Art Forum at Cairnhill Road. The fact that the photographs are silver gelatin prints made by hand notwithstanding, it's an excellent opportunity to see facets of Silk Road life that are fast passing into history. I can't afford to buy one for myself, but if I could, "Flooded Glade" would be mine.

4) If you own a 12" Powerbook and would like to keep your trackpad clean, buy a Touchpad Savior off me. It's brand-new and $21 (cost price from Apple Centre) --- yeah, I bought the wrong one. That's what comes of skimming and not actually reading the small print.