Category: Living

  • Adding To Our Melting Pot

    It is part of Singapore life to have foreigners in our midst, and that there are people grumbling about how there are too many of them. There are also terms first used by the Government – such as “Foreign Talent”, that have taken a derisory and derogatory tone when used by the same grumblers. You…

  • Far Cough

    Yesterday Kai asked me if I knew what a fart and cough at the same time was called. I said, “No, do you?” He said yes and then took out the last consonant of “fart” and joined it with “cough” to make one word. I told him never to say it again.

  • Last Minute Christmas Gift Ideas #4: Upcycled Licqour Bottle Glassware

    A friend of mine has done several bars around the world a favour by taking empty alcohol bottles off them and turning them into up cycled glassware. My favourite are the Grey Goose Vodka glasses, which come in two sizes: Prices start from $20 and they can be bought by emailing for an appointment to…

  • Last Minute Christmas Gift Ideas #2: A Great Singapore Novel

    OK, this one’s too easy – you just point your friends to the link on iTunes to download the latest from Singapore’s best-selling novelist. Really good if you’re looking to send someone living overseas something for Christmas, and especially when you’re looking for something really Singaporean. Download it here. Follow on Facebook.

  • Last Minute Christmas Gift Ideas #1: Ang Ku Kueh

    A photo posted by Benjamin "Mr Miyagi" Lee (@miyagisan) on Dec 12, 2014 at 7:20pm PST The colors make you want to sing Christmas songs, only you can’t if you stuff one of these in your mouth. They are by far the best roasted peanut filled Ang Ku Kuehs ever. Buy a dozen and put…