Clik here to view.
Open up a box full of memories at the library
As part of the Singapore Memory Project (SMP), an exhibition, “My Home, My Library” is being held at the Public Libraries. The exhibition which runs from 25 March to 29 April showcases many precious...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A perfect pairing at Balaclava Live
Head down to Balaclava Live, one of the popular nightspots on Orchard Road, to discover The Glenlivet. It is where the brand of single-malt has recently launched its flagship outlet, decked out in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A cross at a crossroad
The long and somewhat winding road journeys of my childhood are ones I now look back with much fondness. They are ones that were to put in touch with a Singapore that I grew to love, and a Singapore we...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Monoscapes: Death of a National icon
6.56 pm on 8 February 2011. Descending storm clouds cast a pall of gloom over the last pieces standing of the National Stadium, the demolition of which was completed in the same month. Built at Kallang...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Monoscapes: The High Dam
A mist shrouded scene in northern Singapore at 7.11 am on 16 April 2013, taken by the water’s edge. The body of water is Upper Seletar Reservoir created by the construction of a dam (seen running...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A song which soon will be forgotten
For me, one of the most difficult things about being at home in Singapore is how little there is of what ties me to it that I can hold on to. The Singapore of today is one which bears little or no...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Monoscapes: Dawn on the strait
7.20 am on the last day of March 2013, a man is seen casting a net, dwarfed by the silhouettes of towering structures of the approaching new world. The casting of the net, was an economic activity on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Off a little street in Singapore
Off the busy and lively streets and as much an ubiquitous part of Singapore’s urban landscape as shophouses were, the back lane often took on a life of its own in that Singapore seem almost to have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Strange Horizons: A mound of sand where the sea once was
A somewhat curious sight that greets a drive or a ride through Pulau Punggol Timor, is the mound that is seen in the photograph. The mound is one of two very obvious one found on a man-made island off...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Monoscapes: Dark clouds over Tanjong Pagar
A storm brewing blows dark clouds over the Tanjong Pagar (port) Terminal where several container berths of the huge Port of Singapore which only recently was surpassed by Shanghai as the world’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The King that lost its glory
Seen from the top of Mount Faber is what once was a glorious King. The former King’s Dock, the pride and glory of the Singapore Harbour Board and the “largest dock east of the Suez” when it was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dawn of a new world
6.58 am on 18 April 2013. Dawn breaks over an old world in Singapore in the midst of change – the former Seletar Airbase which is shedding its old world feel in embracing a new world – the Seletar...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A great reason to say cheese!
There a nice little place in a corner of Toa Payoh Central where you probably won’t mind getting into a gooey yellow mess, and as the good people behind the place would have it, fall in love … The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Finding out mummy’s little secrets
From Saturday 27 April 2013, visitors to Marina Bay Sands’ ArtScience Museum will get to step some three thousand years back in time into the fascinating journey which is somehow filled with much...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The sun sets on the last working remnants of the Naval Base
6.55 pm, 26 April 2013. The sun sets over an area which was once part of the huge British Naval base in the north of Singapore . The base which stretched some six and a half kilometres from where...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Getting kicks on KIX
Making its premiere this evening on KIX, the ultimate channel for action entertainment in Asia, is ladies (American) football. Featuring games from the United States (US) Legends Football League (LFL)...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tiptoe through the tulips at the Flower Dome
While you can’t quite tiptoe through the tulips there is a good chance you can imagine yourself doing it right here in Singapore. For what could be the first time in Singapore at the Gardens by the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A last cup of kopi-o at Blk 398 Canteen
It is always nice to drop in on a place that is reminiscent of a world we can no longer see such as the Blk 398 Canteen. Operating on the grounds of the former Seletar Camp since 1969, it was for long...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tulip fever hits Singapore
On the evidence of the crowds that turned up for Tulipmaniaat the Flower Dome of the Gardens by the Bay on May Day, Singapore’s largest display of tulips which was in full bloom, is certainly a huge...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Welcoming the first of May
It is for this treat that was a most beautiful welcome to the new day that I am glad that I resisted the urge to have a sleep-in on the first of May – despite having arrived back in Singapore late the...
View Article