The Endless Gifts of Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is an excellent holiday for many reasons, not the least of which is that we get two days off from school in its honor. So on Monday, Prescott […]
Monthly Archives: January 2017
Snail Mucus, Horse Oil, or Bee Toxin?
The Istana, the official residence of the President of Singapore, is only open on five public holidays a year — and one of those is the second day of Chinese New […]
Gardens, Gods, and Goods
Prescott, Quinn and I started our morning with a short walk along the rail trail to Springleaf Prata (which we just call “Rail Mall Prata”) for a breakfast of pratas, […]
Goodbye Monkey, Hello Rooster
Quinn Salditch has arrived in Singapore! Quinn was one of my Mock Trial captains who graduated from The Park School of Baltimore in 2013, which now brings the number of Park Mock […]
Get Ready for the Rooster!
Chinese New Year is almost here, and Chinatown is all dolled up and ready for the party. Red-themed stores appear to have sprung up overnight: They sell everything from wall hangings […]
Pasir Ris
We’ve started a Mock Trial Team at Singapore American School, and now we need competition — so I spent my morning at the Overseas Family School (OFS) training ten kids […]
Reminders of Home
I started my morning with a Skype call to Baltimore. My original understanding was that one of my old Mock Trial Students, Zach Stern, was going to interview me for […]
New Arrival
Everett has moved to Singapore! For anyone who might not know, Everett Rosenfeld is a Park School graduate, one of my old advisees and Mock Trial captains. He has somehow landed […]
Saying a Fond Farewell
I had work during Jocelyn’s last three days here, so she ran around Singapore clocking more miles in the heat than anyone reasonably should. She went to Gardens by the […]
Off the Beaten Path to the Oil Spill
On Sunday, J and I ventured out to Pulau Ubin, a small island off of Singapore’s northeast coast. It’s a bit of a haul to get there from here: the […]
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