It’s my birthday tomorrow–that’s my excuse for using this space to take a look at where I am in my life now, and how I hope to go into the next year of my life…
It’s My Birthday Tomorrow–
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The Empty Tomb @ 38 Oxley Road
I was thinking about the coming together of Easter, Passover and Ramadan this year–but other people have written and will write about that better than I ever could. I’d like to talk about something else…
It’s Ramadan here…
I was all hyped up to write about TikTok’s Singaporean CEO Chew Shou Zi getting grilled in Washington–but I realise there’s no point writing when my only source of information is the media…
A look at 5 Singapore Women (in our Women’s Hall of Fame)
Always a bit behind the times, I came down with Covid just as the rest of the world is moving on! I’m glad to say that after two unpleasant weeks it’s over now and…
Happy Days in Coughing Hills
I live on the Western side of Singapore, in Bukit (hill) Batok (cough) so literally, ‘Coughing Hills’. And yes, it was a very good district to spend the Covid shut down! In the old days…
Happy Valentine’s (& Covid Changes Reflection) Day!
We don’t really celebrate Valentine’s Day here–like if you eat crepes every day, eating them on February 2nd for Candlemas becomes less of a big deal. But there’s no such thing as too much love or…
Birthday of the Rock (& starting my new mystery snail style)
Yes, it’s still Chinese New Year. The whole festival lasts 15 days and today (Jan 31st) is the 10th day or the Birthday of the Rock. That probably came about because the Chinese words for ’10’ and…
This week it’s Chaos Cocoons
Plus I’ve just got my author copies on the next book and I’m almost too distracted to be thrilled. Almost. I am thrilled. Just too tired to jump up and down!
Singapore goes ‘mask optional’ outdoors!
We're moving on to the next stage of living with Covid, starting today! And by complete coincidence it's our 35th Wedding Anniversary! But just like the weather just switched from blazingly bright and hot to dark and stormy--but if we're alive we can adapt and...
Water and Madam Kwa Geok Choo at the Marina Barrage
We had a photoshoot for Kwa Geok Choo at the Marina Barrage this week. I'm really getting pretty excited about the possibilities of this piece. We're all increasingly aware of how fragile things are--like taking for granted our clean water and skies free of enemy...