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Hong Kong. A holiday from my "holiday" (Part 1. Kowloon)
I've just come back from my first ever trip to Hong Kong, a place I never expected to visit in my lifetime but, now with this new life of my mine I am fortunate to have the opportunities to visit...
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Temples of Cambodia
Its been a couple of weeks now since we returned from Siem Reap, Cambodia and we still cant believe we've actually visited Cambodia, yes Cambodia, We've been to Cambodia!!! Growing up I probably hadn't...
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Project World Colours - June 2014
BLUEJune 2014I've been looking forward to this colour coming up. What does blue always remind me of? That is easy...... Where does it send me in my imagination when I think of blue... No contest......
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Araw ng Kalayaan
Philippines Independence Day12 June To be honest this is a public holiday that I didn't even know existed until last week. To be honest who could blame me? coming from the UK, living in Singapore for...
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Balik Pulau - Exhibition
The latest free exhibition at the National Museum of Singapore is called Balik Pulau and I visited this morning.Balik Pulau means "back to the island" in Malay. This small exhibition explains that...
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Jian Mian Da Ren Festivities (Jin Dong Fu)
In the past week I have been very fortunate to experience, with a friend, a local Taoist festival. This is not a tourist attraction, in fact on the 2 days we visited we only saw one other westerner. I...
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Armenian Church
The Apostolic Church of St Gregory the IlluminatorI took a wander along Hill Street last week. Normally this Street for me is used as a cut through from one place to another, en route to another place,...
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Umbrella Art
Rain or Shine Arts Festival ExhibitionWorks of Wonder (W.O.W.)After reading about this yesterday via Channel News Asia I popped along this morning to see if it was open to the public. This exhibition...
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REVISIT: Kampong Buangkok - feeling sad.
The unstoppable march of the modern worldToday we took a friend and her son to visit "The last Kampong in Singapore". Since I last visited, less than 3 months ago, so many people have asked to me to...
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NEWater Visitor centre
NEW water from "old" Another interesting place I visited recently, if not one of the normal tourist attractions, was the NEWater visitor centre in the east not far from Changi. It is an educational...
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MacRitchie Reservoir Loop and Tree Top Walk - WALK
Woohoo! I've finally completed the loop around MacRitchie Reservoir, through the primary rainforest and over the Tree Top Walk :) In total it was just over 9 miles (14.6 km). We walked at a leisurely...
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4 temples for the price of one! - Sengakang Ubin Thai Buddhist templeand 3...
Jalan Kayu Joint Temple On our recent adventure with the devotees who were celebrating the Jian Mian Da Ren festivities. (See more info at...
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Exquisite Shophouses and World War 1 heroes. Jalan Besar
Along Petain road and the junction with Sturdee Rd, in Jelan Besar district, sits a row of exquisite shophouses beautifully renovated and maintained. They were once in such a sad state of repair that...
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Ramadan Trail at Masjid Sultan
Last week saw a friend of mine sign us up for the Ramadan Trail hosted by and held at the Masjid Mosque (Sultans Mosque) in Kampong Gelam. We were privileged to be shown around this most famous of...
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Return from reality? Or return to reality? Home visit
Day 2 and I'm already over the jetlag, although to be honest I didn't really succumb this year, apart from the ritual 2am wide awake for an hour experience. We've just returned from our yearly trip...
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The Temples of Loyang
Tua Pek Kong and Yan Kit Within 15 minutes walk of each other sit 2 temples in the Loyang area, between Changi Prison and Pasir Ris.Yan Kit Village TempleThis first temple was Yan Kit Village Temple at...
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Did you know there was this Tibetan Temple in Singapore?
Thekchen CholingWell that was a pleasant surprise! After a delightful morning with friends at a local coffee shop, in the Jalan Besar area, we wandered about 200 metres up the road and found this...
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A DAY OUT! Yishun, Bottle Tree Park, a reservoir, hot Spa treatment andso...
I took a day off from temple spotting as my friend and I decided to explore a small area in the north of the island. We met at Khatib MRT (I can't find any definite confirmation why the MRT is named...
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Istana Woodneuk
Where do I start with this post? Do I describe it as an attraction? a ghost story? trespassing even!!! A historical piece? A day trip? All of these and more could describe this visit last week and I...
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Singapore Flower Festival 2014 - PHOTO POST
I've just come back from a lovely morning visiting the flowers and displays at this years Flower Festival held at the Gardens by the Bay.The festival runs for just a week from 16th -24th August so...
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