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Sakya Tenphel Ling. Tibetan Buddhist Temple
Tucked away behind a cluster of small stores and HDBs is this large Tibetan Buddhist Vajrayana Temple,at 5 Pasir Ris Drve 4 in the East of Singapore. With grand entrance gates this brightly coloured...
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Wildlife of Australia PHOTO BLOG
Boy time flies here in Singers! It's already over a month since we returned from our Australian  adventure - unbelievable! In less than a month we'll be off again to celebrate Christmas in another...
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Gillman Barracks - art galleries
Gillman Barracks is now a collection of art galleries and artist studios, open free to the public. It's aim is to showcase modern art from around the world. Set in the old British Army barracks,...
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Golden Bell Mansion
aka Danish Seamans churchThis unusual styled home was designed by the well known architect Wee Moh Teck. It was built in 1909 and completed in 1910. It was built for the successful businessman and...
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Kubor Kassim
I first heard about this Malay cemetery when I started researching places near to where I lived and when reading up about the Jalan Kabur cemeteries along Victoria  Street...
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"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" .... Well almost!
It's 4 days until the big day, our second year away from the UK and our families and I'm writing this in 30+ degree heat, wearing shorts and vest top, contemplating a chicken and avocado salad for...
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Tse Tho Aum Temple
Sitting quietly next to the huge grand complex of Kong Mong San Phor Kark See aka Bright Temple, at 601 Sin Ming Drive, SG 575719 is the small but perfectly formed Buddhist temple of Tse Tho Aum.To be...
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Kuningan Celebrations Bali
Having spent the Christmas period in Ubud, Bali we were delighted to find out we had also managed, by pure fluke, to be there over one of their major holidays and celebrations, although this did have a...
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PONGAL
I took a trip into Little India, at the end of last week, to experience a small part of the Tamil Harvest Festival known as Pongal. Like that of the Harvest Festivals celebrated in the UK, which I...
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Kranji War Memorial and Cemetery
It's been getting on for a year since I visited here with a few friends and they've long given up asking me when I'll write this post. To be honest where do I start? What should I say? How do I do this...
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Old Memories @ The Ford Factory
Once the first Ford car assembly plant in SE Asia the building, since 2006, has been a national monument and home to the World War II museum and gallery, telling the story of the British surrender to...
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Wat Kancanarama
This delightful sounding Thai Buddhist temple is as visually beautiful as it is sounding. Situated just north of Tai Seng MRT at 2 Lorong Ong Lye. I had passed this numerous times in buses travelling...
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Thieves market
Thieves market is located just off Sungei Rd between Pitt St, Larut Rd and Pasar Lane (meaning "market" in Malay) Â Last week when visiting the Thai Buddhist temple, Wat Kancanarama, I then hopped on a...
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Johor Straits lighthouse aka Raffles Marina lighthouse
Just when I think I'm getting somewhere ticking places off my Singapore Bucket List another "must visit" place is added... then another...and another.... Anyhow recently added to this never decreasing...
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Void Deck Art - Social Creatives
My co conspirator in my explorations around this island has long been interested in street art and in particular the rather unique art on the HDBs (local housing) When we first moved here these...
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The Forgotten Reservoir
Forgotten reservoir, remembered reservoir, abandoned reservoir or even Keppel Hill reservoir. However you may wish to call it/name it, one things for sure, this tiny area of water hit the headlines...
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Tian Kee & Co.
This retro coffee shop is hidden away alongside the river in a 2 storied HDB block in Dakota Crescent.Once Tian Kee & Co Provision Shop run by "uncle" Lim for 54 years, the new owners decided to...
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2 years in Sing - Memories
Well our visitors have left and life is returning to normal, although what is normal these days is very different to just a short 2 years ago, when we were still living our 'normal' life in the UK....
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Mosaic Playgrounds of Singapore.
OK, I may have only lived here for a short 2 years but I have tried to explore this small island and get to see the real Singapore. For those Singaporeans growing up in the 70s and 80s childhood...
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'Old Habits' vintage boutique and cafe
This delightful coffee shop can be found nestled in amongst the HDBs at Telok Blangah close by to the caged bird shop, with the different birds trying to 'out do' each other with their tunes and...
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