neighborhoods
A Singaporean Thanksgiving
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008I hope all of you Americans had an excellent Thanksgiving and holiday weekend. We didn’t get to celebrate on the actual day since John had to work and it was just another Thursday for the rest of Singapore. We did however, get to go to some American friends’ house and celebrate on Saturday afternoon and […]
Santa Threw Up on Orchard Road
Sunday, November 16th, 2008That’s what it looks like at least. In Singapore, almost 50% of the population is Buddhist and the rest is a large mix of Muslims, Christians, Taoists and Hindus, among other things. No matter though, because we will have Christmas! They say Singapore is all about chilling, shopping, and eating, and I guess there’s no […]
Little India
Monday, August 25th, 2008Fun times in Little India this weekend, despite what seemed like a neverending amount of rain. We took the train down – it’s just a short jaunt from our current casa – and ended up wandering around most of the day. We started out just walking the streets. Saturday of course is a big shopping […]
Happy Birthday Singapore!
Sunday, August 10th, 2008Well yesterday, 9 August, was Singapore’s 43rd birthday. Kind of like July 4th is a big deal back home, National Day is huge here in Singapore. I mean huge. There is a parade that is nationally televised and the fireworks show is allegedly one of the best in Asia. Of course we didn’t see it […]
Saturday Morning Fun
Saturday, July 26th, 2008Peranakan Adventure
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008I went on a tour today and learned lots – I’m so excited to tell you all. Just a disclaimer first, everything here I learned from my tour guide, so I assume it’s true but if it’s not, you’ll probably never know. Here goes. A long, long time ago, in a far away place – […]
Mexican food, Holland Village and Chimps
Sunday, July 6th, 2008So last night I put on jeans for the first time since arriving in Singapore (seriously). It actually wasn’t too bad. I think the key is to simply not walk far distances while outdoors. We’ve certainly been told as much by some of the locals. Anyway, I put jeans on as part of an overall […]