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Silhouettes at sunrise
Silhouettes at sunrise, 6.55 am, 18 November 2013. The silhouettes are of trees for which the sun may soon not rise, in an area in which change is coming swiftly to. A new extension to Sembawang estate...
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A Royal Salute to the sport of kings
Royal Salute is a name in the Chivas Brothers’ household that is as much associated with its exquisite range of blends of highly aged scotch whiskies, as it is with the sport of polo for which the...
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A sunrise where the sun may soon set
7.01 am on 21 Nov 2013. The rising of the sun seen through storm clouds at one of the last natural stretches of beaches in Singapore. The beach, is off the area of Sembawang which was once Kampong Wak...
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The magical sea of light at Christmas
Every year for the last three decades, Orchard Road is transformed into an enchanting sea of lights in the lead up to Christmas. This year’s light-up, which features the silver tinged twinkle of stars...
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Riding on in a world that will soon change
One of the few places in central Singapore left untouched by the spread of the concrete jungle, the area bounded by Thomson, Whitley Road (Pan Island Expressway) and Lornie Road, will in the not so...
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A third rendezvous this December
Something to look forward to at the end of next week: the 3rd Rendezvous With French Cinema, which brings some of the best of French contemporary cinema to Singapore. The film festival will take place...
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Splashing by the bay
A sneak peek at the Gardens by the Bay – Far East Organization one hectare Children’s Garden which is scheduled to be open in January 2014. The garden, being set up on a site adjacent to the Cloud...
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A vestige of 16th Century Singapura?
Ravaged by the passage of time and probably neglect, a structure which harks back seemingly to the days of empire and dominion, sits somewhat obscurely and well forgotten on the southern slope of Bukit...
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The fair
There’s nothing like an old fashioned fair to bring out the child in anyone. There’s nothing like an old fashioned fairground ride to bring out the child in anyone. Sadly, such fairs are now rarely...
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Fast fading memories of a world we want only to forget …
Besides the lost coastline running along the Changi and Tanah Merah areas, another place by the sea that I was acquainted with as a young child was the seaside parks around the Pasir Panjang area. One...
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Celebrating a new day in an old world made new
The celebration of the new day as seen in the relatively new world at Lower Seletar Reservoir Park. 6.33 am Work on the reservoir, formed by the damming of the Sungei Seletar estuary, was completed in...
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Grave losses
Of late, I seem to have taken to wandering around spaces for the dead of late, spaces that my irrational fears would usually keep me well away from. I now find myself drawn to them, seeking out the...
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Light after dark: The Pier @ Peirce
Capturing the cloud painted twilight, 7.44 pm 21 December 2013, Lower Peirce Reservoir. Filed under: Light after Dark, Parks and Gardens, Photography Series, Quiet Moments, Singapore
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Promising a splashingly colourful start to the new year
Touted as Asia’s Largest Beach Countdown Party, the highly anticipated Siloso Beach Party returns this year and promises to bring in 2014 with a splash of colour. Happening from 6 pm on 31 December...
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New journeys on the Rail Corridor
It has been over two years since we saw the last train make its journey through the 26 kilometres of the Rail Corridor from Tanjong Pagar to Woodlands. While we do know that the corridor will be...
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The Feast of Fools
A scene that is one of several that celebrates the musical Notre Dame de Paris, currently playing at the MBS MasterCard Theatres, is possibly The Feast of Fools. Accompanied by the confused frenzy of...
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Surviving the tidal wave of development
Among the many highlights at the URA’s Draft Master Plan 2013 exhibition at the URA Centre (which has been extended to 17 January 2014), is one which relates to the house over a beautiful house over...
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The calm after the storm
Pink and purple tinged clouds, coloured by the clearing storm, seen just after sunset at 7.15 pm on 14 December 2013, over Sembawang Hills Estate. The private residential estate of mainly terrace and...
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Multilevel conversations
Conversations, taking place at different levels, as observed at the Masjid Angullia (Anguilla Mosque) located at Serangoon Road. The mosque was built on wakaf land donated by the prominent Angullia...
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Memories and Lost Spaces
A small crowd was present on Saturday, to witness the return of a ghost that has haunted us in Singapore for close to a quarter of a century. The ghost is of a much loved icon, the National Theatre,...
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