Singapore by MRT: The North East Line
The plan: Visit every MRT (subway) stop on the North East Line (aka the Purple Line) in one day. The rules: Get out at every stop and spend ten to […]
Tag Archives: Chinatown
Happy Year of the Pig!
Gong xi fa cai! That’s “Happy New Year” (or, more precisely, “best wishes on your getting richer”) in Mandarin. Chinese New Year — often abbreviated to CNY — is the […]
Heaven, Hell, and The Here & Now
Dad and I visited Chinatown a few days ago, where one of the first things we saw was his given name — Bliss — repeated over and over just above […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
First Performance
Singapore’s letter to Indonesia must have worked, because the haze cleared up enough yesterday afternoon for us to go out without feeling like we would come home smelling like a […]
Night & Day
We went to Night Festival last night, which was an unexpected delight. Think Light City Baltimore meets ArtScape, and you’ll have some idea of what we experienced: different kinds of […]
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