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Nights out during the ghost month
If you are not being kept indoors by what traditionally is a time of the year during which one hesitates to venture out into the dark, you should take a pause this and next weekend from trying to...
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Parting glances: Tanjong Pagar Railway Station as it will never again be
The time has come to say goodbye, albeit a temporary one, to another old friend. The former Tanjong Pagar Railway Station is set to be closed come the new year so that the extension of the Circle Line...
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The Moon Goddess descends to colour Chinatown
One of my favourite times of the year as a child was the Mooncake Festival, as the Mid-Autumn Festival is commonly referred to in Singapore. It is a time for mooncake shopping, running down to the...
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Calling an end to one cycle of time for the Ellison Building
As if to foretell the end in a cycle of time for the Ellison Building, and the beginning of another, the mayura, a peacock – a mythological representation of the cycle of time, has made an appearance...
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Celebrating Singapore’s Biodiversity
Great fun awaits visitors to the Festival of Biodiversity 2016 being held at the Singapore Botanic Gardens this weekend. There is much to do and learn about Singapore’s surprisingly impressive...
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Magical spaces : Bukit Brown in the rain
A place so magical, there is no need for words …. More magical Singapore spaces: 51 photographs taken in Singapore that will take you away from Singapore Filed under: Forgotten Places, Photography,...
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A dragon awakens
The fire dragon of Sar Kong, in a rare reprise of the its smoking performance earlier this year, will come alive once again this September on the occasion of the 150th anniversary celebrations of the...
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The fallen star of MacTaggart Road
Long a landmark in the area, the Star at the corner of MacTaggart and Burn Roads – the former Khong Guan Biscuit Factory, is sadly, having its insides ripped out. The building, which was constructed in...
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Second stretch of Rail Corridor to be closed on 19 September
The second stretch of the Rail Corridor affected by the Murnane Pipeline Project, from Commonwealth Ave southwards to Tanjong Pagar Railway Station will be closed to the public from 19 September 2016....
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Illuminated remembrances at the Wan Qing Yuan
The terrazzo and mosaic faced playgrounds of yesteryear, symbols today of our longing for a Singapore we have discarded, have come back as lanterns. Illuminated representations of four of these...
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Dali at the REDSEA
The Pierre Argillet Collection, the result of a partnership over a thirty year period between the master of surrealism Salvador Dali and his publisher Pierre Argillet, is being brought to us in...
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Vintage Cars at Dempsey Hill
Motoring Heritage Day, which sees Singapore’s largest display of vintage cars is bacon 11 September 2016 from 10 am to 6 pm. Held at Dempsey Hill (Carpark at Block 15), this year’s edition will see 30...
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A fiery September’s evening
The fire dragon of Sar Kong came to life last night, making its way in a dizzying dance around the area of its lair at the Mun San Fook Tuck Chee temple. Last night’s dance of the fire dragon. The...
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An enlightened reflection
A sight not to be missed in the Balestier Road area, is that of the large white marble Buddha and its reflection off the polished marble floor the Burmese Buddhist Temple at Tai Gin Road. Thought to be...
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Mid-autumn at the Siong Lim
Illuminated by the glow of a one of the more tasteful displays of lanterns I have seen in Singapore, the Siong Lim temple in Toa Payoh (or Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery) provides a most beautiful...
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The rainbow connection
A rainbow appears over the “Rainbow Flats”, as Rochor Centre is sometimes referred to, as if to say goodbye on the morning of 14 September 2016. Built to house residents and business displaced by urban...
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The last, and a soon to be lost countryside
A charming and a most delightful part of Singapore that, as with all good places on an island obsessed with over-manicured spaces, is set to vanish from our sights is the one-time grounds of the...
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Exploring emptiness: Kamolpan Chotvichai’s Fragility of the Self
An interesting exhibition that will open at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery at Gillman Barracks this evening is emerging Thai artist Kamolpan Chotvichai’s “Fragility of the Self“. The solo exhibition...
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Light at the end of a tunnel
The tunnel under the circus at Jalan Bahru (now where Jurong Town Hall Road passes under the Ayer Rajah Expressway) was one of three railway tunnels built for the industrial Jurong Railway Line. The...
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What’s propping a mid 1800s pagoda up on Telok Ayer Street
A curious sight found at one of Telok Ayer Street’s two beautifully restored mid-19th century Chinese pagodas, the Chung-Wen pagoda or Chong-Wen Ge (崇文阁), are eight figures that are seen propping up...
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