MUSINGS FROM SINGAPORE
Random musings from an American living in Singapore about things that excite, amuse and inspire wonder.
WHY DO I ALWAYS HAVE WET HANDS?
22 December 2021 | Before I launch into ‘wet hands,’ it’s important to note that Singapore has bathrooms… everywhere. >>
THE MOST STUNNING ORCHID GARDEN EVER
4 June 2021 | After a 12km run along the newly opened greenway, we made our way over to the Botanic Gardens to head home… >>
HOW SINGAPOREANS MANAGE CROSSWALKS
23 May 2021 | One of the things we learned very quickly upon moving to Singapore is that there is a very ‘Singaporean way’ of… >>
OH THOSE OTTERS…
3 May 2021 | Oh, the otters... those cute adorable animals that everyone in Singapore loves to talk about and love to track… >>
ePAYMENTS EVERYWHERE
3 May 2021 | Wallets, credit cards... we hardly walk around with them anymore. We generally don’t need them. In Singapore… >>
PERFECTLY ORDERED VACCINE LOGISTICS
29 March 2021 | It came as no surprise that Singapore would have a very organised logistics process for vaccines… >>
“BUT YOU LIVE ON A TROPICAL ISLAND…”
21 March 2021 | One of my favourite comments about being stuck in Singapore was, “but you live on a tropical island”… >>
IS THERE REALLY SUCH A THING AS SEASONS IN SINGAPORE?
21 March 2021 | It’s been really interesting living in Singapore for a full year (without leaving) and actually realizing that they do… >>
DO SINGAPOREANS HAVE WIDE FEET?
7 March 2021 | After about a year and a half of living in Singapore, our New Balance running shoes (and our extra pair which we… >>
SUMMER FRIDAYS IN THE TROPICS?
25 January 2021 | I used to think it was funny when Singaporeans talked about seasons since it's virtually on the equator… >>
BIRD SONGS… LOTS OF THEM & LOUD!
7 March 2021 | One of the most interesting and pleasurable things about living in Singapore are the bird songs that you hear… >>
TAMING THE JUNGLE
22 January 2021 | Singapore is a jungle. It’s a very well manicured jungle but it’s a jungle. And the Singapore government… >>
VOTING, DRINKING & DRIVING
19 January 2021 | Just an interesting little derivation from US law (and laws in many other countries)... in Singapore, the drinking and… >>
FOOD STALLS AT FOOD CENTRES
11 January 2021 | If you go to the food centres in Singapore, you can find many different types of foods; however, for the most part… >>
FOOD CENTRE ETIQUETTE
10 January 2021 | A unique part of the hawker centre culture in Singapore is that people will leave a packet of tissues near their… >>
REVERSE PARKING
10 January 2021 | As we were walking home and wandered into a parking lot near the Zion Food Centre, a car drove into the… >>
TWINS (OR BROTHERS)?
19 November 2020 | One of the more amusing things about our living in Singapore is the frequency with which people ask whether Nick and I are twins (or sometimes brothers). >>
THE CLEVERNESS OF COVERED PATHWAYS
29 September 2020 | One of the things that I love about Singapore are the covered pathways that not only protect pedestrians… >>
CYCLING IN SINGAPORE: OH WHAT AN ADVENTURE
31 July 2020 | When we first moved here, I was intimidated to cycle. Cars drove on the opposite side of there road. The streets… >>
UTENSILS FOR EATING
10 January 2021 | First thing you don’t see much of in Singapore is chopsticks which seems unusual only because the population… >>
SAME-SAME BUT DIFFERENT
19 October 2020 | Every country has its nuances and differences; things that they do a little bit differently. This is what we’ve discovered… >>
POOLS, POOLS EVERYWHERE
9 September 2020 | One of the beautiful things about living in Singapore is that there are pools everywhere… >>
RAIN: A BATHTUB UPENDED IN THE SKY
25 July 2020 | Rain in Singapore is a lot like NYC rain where an umbrella is necessary though in Singapore, rain is arguably… >>
JINGLE BELLS… CHRISTMAS IN SINGAPORE
25 December 2020 | This was the first official year that Nick and I spent in Singapore for Christmas. In Singapore, the Christmas … >>
WHITE PEOPLE (OR ANG MO)
5 October 2020 | Nick, the air con guy came today to clean our air cons. It's a requirement of the owner that we get our air cons in the apartment cleaned every 3 months at $125 SGD for each cleaning. >>
FOOD CENTRES, HAWKER MARKETS & WET MARKETS
31 July 2020 | There’s hawker markets, wet markets, and food centres. Hawker markets sell goods and services… >>