Tag: culture

Christmas in the City

With lots of rain and rather cool temperatures Christmas 2014 in Singapore was as “christmassy” as it gets in the Tropics. While Orchard Road as usual showcased thousand of lamps, stars and other decoration inciting shoppers to get in x-mas mood, Gardens by the Bay featured a Winter Wonderland… conveying […]
Neighbourhood nostalgia

Dakota Crescent is one of Singapore’s oldest public housing estates. When it was recently announced that the 17 low-rise blocks are going to be destroyed and the neighbourhood redeveloped, I decided that it was high time to have a closer look and discover this hidden treasure before it is gone […]
Surprises in Vietnam

The holidays in Central Vietnam in July 2014 were full of surprises…less so for you reading this post, but more for myself. I have actually spent more than two days at the beach and was not bored! Having spent time with my sister, her husband and their two kids surely […]