Singapore by MRT: The Purple Line
The plan: Visit every MRT (subway) stop on the Purple Line (aka the North East Line) in one day. The rules: Get out at every stop and spend ten to […]
Tag Archives: Little India
A Day Along the Singapore River
Yesterday Prescott and I went downtown see Everett and Anna (both Park School class of 2009) and Everett’s parents, Brian and Sally. Everett and Anna now live in Singapore; Brian […]
Holland Comes to Singapore
It’s time for Tulipmania! Every year, Singapore hosts a huge tulip festival in the Flower Dome at Gardens by the Bay. The theme this year is Vincent van Gogh: They had […]
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, […]
Four Dresses and a Carrot Cake
We started our day with our usual weekend walk down the rail trail to the Bukit Timah wet market and hawker center. At the hawker center, we ate tea thunder rice, […]
The Festival of Lights
It’s Deepavali (also known as Diwali), the Hindu festival of lights, which celebrates the triumph of light over darkness. If you read Wikipedia and try to figure out what Hindu […]
Henna Day
Today’s adventure was centered on a trip to Little India with my new friend Megan to have our hands hennaed (not sure that’s a true verb, but I like it). […]
