Singapore by MRT: Circle Line, Marina Bay to Bartley
The plan Continue my adventure of visiting every MRT (subway) stop in Singapore. This time, I visited fourteen stops on the eastern side of the Circle Line (aka the Yellow Line). […]
Tag Archives: Marina Bay
Mid-Autumn Lanterns
It’s mid-autumn again, which means that it is time for another Mid-Autum Lantern Festival at Gardens by the Bay! Despite the haze … … hundreds of people showed up for […]
Haze Days
It’s finally happened: terrible haze has struck the island of Singapore, and it’s so bad that the government says that it has reached an “unhealthy” level for the first time […]
Light Festival Frenzy
Singapore is busy lighting up the night with two festivals right now: i Light Singapore and Light to Night. The i Light Festival is the more far-ranging of the two, both […]
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 […]
Red Dot Design
Prescott and I went to the Red Dot Design Museum yesterday, home to all things related to the Red Dot Design Award. This international product design and communication award has […]
Beach Beasties
Everett, Anna, Prescott and I went to an exhibit at the ArtScience Museum called Wind Walkers: Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests. I’m not sure I can describe how strange and delightful this […]
We’re 53!
Singapore turned 53 years young on Thursday, marking its 1965 expulsion from Malaysia (with whom it had had a brief and stormy marriage) and subsequent declaration of independence. Singaporeans love […]
The Epicurean Lifestyle
Last weekend, Prescott and I made two trips down to the Epicurean Market, a huge festival of food and drink held annually at the Marina Bay Convention Center. It features […]
Happy 52nd, Singapore!
Singapore turned 52 years old on Wednesday! The country’s birthdate is marked by the day on which it became independent from Malaysia (an uneasy union that lasted just two years) […]
