From Gombak Drive to Armenia
At the end of our walk yesterday, we came across the Galistan Family Service Centre. It was a...
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Category: Road to Singapore
A camp on Mount Vernon
When did the Gurkhas come here? I went to the net to check. It’s an interesting story, starts back...
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With basement, attic, and swimming pool on Nassim
The house was beautiful. Through the trees and the railings, beyond the shrubs and plants in the...
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A meeting in Mandai
This was one of our earliest Road to Singapore walks, the second or third, back in 2015. This...
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How do you say Ang Mo Kio?
The flags are up. I frown, still a bit disoriented after the Europe trip. What’s the month, I...
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A cemetery in Kranji
A feeling I guess doesn’t lie. Nor does grass gently rolling down the slope; nor do flowers by...
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The call of the Big Road: Jalan Besar
I don’t know what exactly is art, but if it’s something that makes you stop, stare,...
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No battles on Waterloo
“I often see Chinese people coming from the Kwan Im temple stop in front of the Krishna temple and...
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A fort in the city
Sir Stamford Raffles had built a house on the hill even though they called it Bukit Larangan, the...
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Two walks in Katong
Once, the sea used to come right up to Katong, and wealthy merchants and traders had their...
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The last kampong
Kampong. I’d never heard the word till I came to Singapore. But in the last eighteen years I’ve...
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All the perfumes
The doorman came forward as I got down from the taxi and stepped on the gravel covered posh...
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