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A new circus comes to Toa Payoh
A once familiar world fast turning to one that is unfamiliar, is Toa Payoh, the urban kampong where I had spent a good part of my formative years living in. Back then, what was Singapore’s secon… more →
The Long and Winding Road
A new circus comes to Toa Payoh
wrote 5 hours ago: A once familiar world fast turning to one that is unfamiliar, is Toa Payoh, the urban kampong where … more →
The changing landscape at the ninth mile
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wrote 4 days ago: One part of Singapore where the landscape has seemed to be in a state of constant flux – at le … more →
The land beyond the tenth mile
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wrote 6 days ago: An area of the former rail corridor I did have some interaction with back in 1986 was the area just … more →
Scaling the heights of construction
wrote 1 week ago: A sight that greeted me on a walk around Maxwell Road on a Sunday, was one I had not seen in Singapo … more →
The journey home to Essex Road
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wrote 2 weeks ago: One of the experiences I am very grateful for, in a childhood blessed with many wonderful moments, i … more →
A simple pleasure
wrote 2 weeks ago: Possibly one of the best places in Singapore to enjoy the rising of the sun is along the northern sh … more →
Watching the stars under the stars
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wrote 3 weeks ago: The last place in Singapore to soak in the atmosphere of the festivities which accompany a religious … more →
The Chinese Church - another National Monument in need
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wrote 3 weeks ago: The Bras Basah Road area is one blessed with several monuments which date back to the 1800s. It was … more →
Lost on the ridge
wrote 4 weeks ago: Perched at the edge of Pasir Panjang Ridge (a.k.a. Kent Ridge) facing south is a remnant of a time a … more →
The joy of solitude in a world forgotten
wrote 4 weeks ago: It is in a world by the sea that lies forgotten that I often find myself in silent solitude to celeb … more →
A reminder of a world we long have discarded
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wrote 1 month ago: A road which featured in the many drives my father took us on to wonderful coastline at the eastern … more →
A last cup of kopi-o at Blk 398 Canteen
wrote 1 month ago: It is always nice to drop in on a place that is reminiscent of a world we can no longer see such as … more →
The sun sets on the last working remnants of the Naval Base
wrote 1 month ago: 6.55 pm, 26 April 2013. The sun sets over an area which was once part of the huge British Naval base … more →
The King that lost its glory
wrote 1 month ago: Seen from the top of Mount Faber is what once was a glorious King. The former King’s Dock, the … more →
Off a little street in Singapore
wrote 2 months ago: Off the busy and lively streets and as much an ubiquitous part of Singapore’s urban landscape … more →
Monoscapes: Dawn on the strait
wrote 2 months ago: 7.20 am on the last day of March 2013, a man is seen casting a net, dwarfed by the silhouettes of to … more →
A song which soon will be forgotten
wrote 2 months ago: For me, one of the most difficult things about being at home in Singapore is how little there is of … more →
A cross at a crossroad
wrote 2 months ago: The long and somewhat winding road journeys of my childhood are ones I now look back with much fondn … more →
A world uncoloured
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wrote 2 months ago: It is in the colours of a world that has been uncoloured, where we find residues of the many memorie … more →
