We want to take advantage of living in Singapore so I have a spreadsheet listing all the things we want to see and do. During the week I prepare the weekend’s itinerary. On Saturday morning we don our walking shoes, grab our public transport cards and set forth. The Malay Heritage Centre was on last weekend’s itinerary. We have had our serve of British colonial history at … [Read more...] about Malay Heritage Centre: A peek behind the colonial veil
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Singapore Workflow
Gradually I am developing a work routine here in Singapore. After moving from Sydney I travelled to Canberra, Melbourne and Hobart visiting relations before flying to Singapore. For five weeks I had been living out of a suitcase and in temporary accommodation. It is so good to finally have a place called home. I work from the study in our apartment. My desk was made by my … [Read more...] about Singapore Workflow
Bombs, Clothes Lines and Jeeps
Our apartment in Singapore is like most apartments in Australia but one corner of it is quite different. We have a bomb shelter. Yes, our nine-year old apartment has a fair dinkum bomb shelter. This is because all apartments in Singapore are required to have a bomb shelter under Singapore’s Civil Defence Shelter Act 1997. As you can see from the thick door and walls, this … [Read more...] about Bombs, Clothes Lines and Jeeps
History in the Building at the National Museum of Singapore
I find buildings interesting, not the rectangular glass and concrete blocks which plague cities world-wide, but buildings that have a story. The building may demonstrate thought in its design or it may have been a place where people made stories which changed their society at the time or which we are interested in today. The building housing the National Museum of Singapore is … [Read more...] about History in the Building at the National Museum of Singapore
Some Exciting News!
You may have noticed that my blog posts have been sporadic of late. This is because my life has been in turmoil. I am writing this on the day that I am leaving Australia for Singapore. Hubble has a great new IT job and I am very happy to move to a new place and new cultures while still doing what I do online. An international move is complicated enough but then an unexpected … [Read more...] about Some Exciting News!
