This morning, I checked out the Circle Line Discovery event, ahead of the opening of the long-overdue Stage 1 & 2 of the CCL. If I were Darth Vader, surveying the new stations, I would say (in my wannabe-James Earl Jones voice), “Impressive… Most impressive.” And which station gives me the greatest sense of awe? [...]
Category: Review
OCBC Cycle Singapore 2010
Cycling: One of the few types of exercise I can do now without my joints and muscles screaming out for mercy. 40km is do-able, so I signed up again for OCBC Cycle Singapore. Last year, I did the distance in 2 hours 13 minutes, which is slow. This was supposed to be the impetus to [...]
A Saturday at the Peranakan Museum and Singapore Philatelic Museum
I finally got around to using my free museum pass. Back then, I said that the Peranakan Museum would be the first on my list. And so, it was. Now, I know that all things Peranakan are very hip-and-happening now, but that’s not why I wanted to check out the museum. A number of my [...]
Listen to our walls
Having cable and HD means that I hardly ever watch Channel 5. However, this new series about old buildings, Listen to our walls, is reason for me to stomach the free-to-air English station for half an hour every week. Today’s episode covered mixed use buildings, particularly housing/shopping mixes. The show began with shophouses, covering some [...]
About Singapore
On Saturday, I went on a mini shopping spree. I came back with a few treasures – books and DVDs about Singapore. None of these are likely to become required reading or viewing as part of National Indoctrination Education. Nevertheless (or is it ‘Because of’?), this unlikely quintet are more authentic than most of what [...]
