Let’s talk about pausing to take notice of the beauty in ordinary things. I am slowly losing a skill, especially if it's in my own backyard.…
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My favourite Singapore food culture festival might just be the Mooncake Festival. Celebrated in mid-autumn, usually in September, to give thanks for the harvest. In short, it’s the Asian Thanksgiving. Mooncake You Say? Moon cakes themselves are dense, filled pastries. Some have a more dense, pie-like crust, while others have a flaky crust. The…
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“Is this the Intan house?” I asked the taxi driver. He shrugged and pointed at the GPS “This is the address you gave ah, miss” he replied. A minute later and a few Singaporean dollars poorer, I cautiously tapped on the blue-doored house. Ready to be shouted by a random house owner. The door cracked,…
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I went to Singapore for a couple of weeks in December and then to Japan for the new year. At the end of January, I went to Bali (gotta use the jobless days effectively), right at the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak. I also visited the Rain Room exhibition and explored the Jewish neighbourhood in Melbourne. I am…
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Chinese lion dance has been a significant part of Chinese culture. It should be on the list of things to see during the Chinese festival.…
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We are in my latest favourite bookshop in Singapore, The Moon. So glad to see non-pretentious-indie bookstores keep popping up here.…
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I finally got to try the trending Satti Sorru today at the appropriately named Satti Suttathada restaurant in Singapore.…
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It is nearing midnight Singapore time, and I just drew the card for the day from my trust Golden Rider Waite Smith tarot deck.…
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I went to Golden Mile Hawker Centre, for one of my old-time favourite work lunches: Singapore Fried Kway Teow with fresh cockles.…
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I experienced hell recently by sitting on a window seat in a plane for 12 hours without standing nor sleeping on my way back from Amsterdam.…
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