Taiwan’s Heritage
Taiwan as we know it today was founded in 1949, when Chiang Kai-shek and his Nationalist forces fled from mainland China at the conclusion of their civil war against Mao’s […]
Tag Archives: Museums
The River and the Bay
My dad is in Singapore! For his first morning here, we started with a trip to the Bukit Timah Food Centre, a hawker stall where he tried things like chicken […]
Killer Sharks and the Rules of Football
I made my first trip to the National Library this weekend. In some ways I am amazed that it has taken me this long to get there — I am […]
France Comes to Singapore
The government of Singapore has somehow persuaded the Musee d’Orsay in Paris to lend it 60 paintings for an exhibit at the National Gallery Singapore called “Colors of Impressionism” (my […]
Where the Puritans Sailed
I had a conference in Boston several weeks ago, so I made the long trip across several oceans to spend a week in the great state of Massachusetts. This gave […]
The Inflatable Rabbit Festival
Singapore is hosting its first-ever Civic District Outdoor Festival. This festival appears to be a mish-mash of outdoor projections, music, food, and giant glowing bunnies. That’s not a bad combination […]
The Old, the Fresh, and the Fun
As I traveled up and down the East Coast this summer, I found myself gravitating toward things that you rarely find in Singapore. Once you’re back in the US, as […]
Emperors & Gods
Before heading to the States for our summer holiday, I spent my last weekend in Singapore exploring various facets of Asia. This started with a visit to the Gurdwara Silat Road […]
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 […]
The Former Ford Factory
Everett, Anna, Prescott and I paid a visit to the Former Ford Factory on Sunday. Had we thought more carefully about what were were likely to find inside, we might not […]
