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Ubin comes alive
Photographs taken mainly of the Teochew opera performance held on the first day of festivities this year (20 May 2016). The main festivities of the annual celebration take place today, the day of the...
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Another Ubin celebration
Just as the festivities in honour of the Taoist deity Tua Pek Kong are taking place at Pulau Ubin, a celebration of a different kind was being held in another part of the island at the Ubin Living Lab....
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Singapore in the 1960s – three blasts from the past
Footage found online that take us back to a Singapore we have all but forgotten. The first is a video posted online by Gary Porter on the Memories of Singapore Facebook group that shows the National...
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Getai night on Pulau Ubin
A large crowd, one not normally associated with Pulau Ubin on a Wednesday, turned up on the island last evening for the final night of the annual Tua Pek Kong festival. The last night, has in more...
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Drama on the Straits of Johor
The Sumatras, squalls that blow rapidly in from the west, can sometimes add to the drama of the lightening skies at dawn. Such was the case this morning on the Straits of Johor, as observed from...
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A time machine to the Singapore of the 60s
It is wonderful that technology allows the wealth of photographs that exist of a Singapore we no longer see to be shared. Those especially taken by those whose stay in Singapore was temporary, offer...
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Goodbye for now my friend
Like a thief in the night, change in Singapore comes swiftly and suddenly. One big change, albeit temporarily, that will soon be upon us, involves yet another space I have a fondness for. This is the...
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The moon between the coconut palms
THE MOON BETWEEN THE COCONUT PALMS: A guest post by Edmund Arozoo, once of Jalan Hock Chye, who now reminisces in the light of the silvery Adelaide moon … (Photograph: Edmund Arozoo) Digital...
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Well Well Well – A Natural Resource Lost
Well Well Well – A Natural Resource Lost A guest post by Edmund Arozoo, once of Jalan Hock Chye, who now takes a look back to his kampong days from Adelaide. I have recently returned from a tour of...
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Update on closure of the Rail Corridor
The first stretch of the Rail Corridor affected by the Murnane Pipeline Project, will be hoarded up and closed from Monday 27 June 2016. The stretch is from Holland Rd (near Greenleaf Estate) to...
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5 years ago tonight …
The scene at Bukit Timah Railway Station as the Sultan of Johor drives the last trains through Singapore out of the station towards Woodlands and Johor. Filed under: Bukit Timah Area, Forgotten Places,...
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The urban redevelopment resettlement centre that became Funan
The lights went out on Funan DigitalLife Mall last night. The well-loved mall will be closed for three years for redevelopment and from the sound of the “experiential creative hub” it is being made...
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The last forested hill in Sembawang
Sitting in relative isolation and surrounded by a lush forest of greenery for much of the 77 years of its existence, Old Admiralty House may soon find itself in less than familiar settings. The...
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Lost beauty
I can’t help but feel a sense of loss wandering around the former Bukit Timah Railway Station. Set in one of the greener and isolated stretches of the rail corridor in the days of the railway, it was a...
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The Singapore Garden Festival 2016
The sixth edition of the Singapore Garden Festival is back! Running from from 23 – 31 July 2016 at the Gardens by the Bay, this year’s event covering an area of some 9.7 hectares, is the largest ever....
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A look into the Portuguese Church’s beautiful Parochial House
In the shadows of clutter of structures that has descended on Victoria Street post 1970s, it is easy to miss the beautiful 104 year old Parochial House that sits just across the street from Bras Basah...
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Canal-less Rochor
Even if it is probably for the better, I shall miss seeing the now covered up Rochor Canal in my drives down the Tekka area. Buried under a temporary roadway deck for much of the period during which...
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51 reasons why the sun rises in the north in Singapore
A collection of 51 photographs taken at sunrise that show that the north may have some of the best spots in Singapore to greet the new day. Sunrise, Selat Tebrau (Straits of Johor), 6.54 am, 16 April...
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The last pelican
I was going through my archives of photographs last weekend when I came across this photograph I took sometime in February 2012 of the last pelican playground; its backdrop a sea of greenery that left...
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Sophia, Caroline and Emily, and the spiced up Hills of Babylon
Just north of a hill of much history known to the early inhabitants of Singaporeans as the Forbidden Hill or Bukit Larangan, is a cluster of low hills that are known today as Mounts Sophia, Emily, and...
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