Notes
2 Taijiquan is a soft form of Chinese martial arts. ‘Tai ji’, the supreme ultimate; ‘quan’, fist: the martial arts boxing. I have chosen to use Taijiquan, the full name of the original Chinese words 太极拳 instead of taiji or tai chi.
3 Late Master Yang Zhi Qun was my first teacher in Taijiquan. I had practised with him between 1993 and 2010 whenever I travelled back home in Singapore. The master passed away in 2016.
4 My personal diary notes.
5 Theatre OX was a group I led and founded alongside other performers in 1995, which was active in Singapore from 1995 to 1997. It was officially terminated in 2007.
6 Island Ubin is one of the few remaining places in the urbanised Singapore that still resembles village life and wild nature.