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  • Singapore’s Native Cat Breed

    Meet the Singapura: Singapura is the original name of Singapore, and is also the name still used for Singapore in the Malay language. But… did you know that there’s also a cat breed called the Singapura?  This cat breed was discovered here in Singapore in the 70s and originated from cross-breeding between community cats.  The…

  • Chingay Fiesta Tampines 2010 Floats

    My wife and I went to Tampines 1 last night to have dinner at Manpuku.  There’s a stall there called Hokkaido Aoba Ramen that’s really, really good!  We always get the Sho-yu Cha-shu Ramen and a side of wafu gyoza. Anyhow, on the way in we noticed that the field by Tampines 1 and the…

  • Haagen-Dazs Boutique Ice Cream Stores in Singapore

    Singapore was the first place I got to sit down at a fancy restaurant that was designed just for the purpose of serving ice cream, like the Haagen-Dazs restaurants that are so common here in Singapore. There are, of course, places like this in the US, but they’re mostly in major cities like New York…

  • Book Review: The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry

    The Templar Legacy is a book by Steve Berry that details an adventure involving American agents, holdouts of the centuries old Templar brotherhood and the quest for the Great Devise.  The Great Devise is a factual cache of treasure and knowledge that was hidden away from the French King, Phillip IV, during The Great Purge…

  • Smart and Contemporary Cat

    Meet the Smart and Contemporary Cat: This cat used to hang out in the business area in Tampines and he looks sort of like he’s wearing a black suit.  We don’t know if he had a name and we didn’t really give him one.  We just always called him Smart and Contemporary Cat.  My wife…

  • Malay Wedding Reception

    In October of last year I had the opportunity to go to a Singaporean Chinese wedding reception and I was really impressed.  The food was incredible.  Everyone was dressed well.  It was formal and elegant.  It was also a sharp contrast to the Malay wedding reception we went to.  Not in a bad way of…

  • My Fish Tanks Are Empty and my Pet Is Abandoned

    Like many people, I managed to get hooked into some games on Facebook.  You know the kind.  Cheesy flash games that mostly have no point, purpose, or conclusion.  Their goal is to get you to play as many hours as possible, and eventually to get you to spend real money on the game.  Or in…

  • Voice of the MRT on Accents and Singlish

    I found this video on another American in Singapore’s blog.  She was doing a post on the voice behind the MRT announcements which was really neat.  Seeing the person behind the MRT voice was entertaining, but I also appreciated the first part of the video. She makes it clear that she doesn’t approve of the…

  • Eating At Home Vs Eating At A Hawker

    Over dinner, my wife and I made an observation about the food we were eating.  It was heavy on vegetables and we liked it that way.  It was a home cooked meal of pork chops, broccoli, and a sinigang based soup with radish and a green, leafy vegetable. It’s really easy to get roped into…

  • Dapper and Thumper Cat Photo Post

    Thumper giving a weird look. For some reason, Dapper was hugging Thumper’s head.  She didn’t seem to mind. A close-up of the head-hugging. I call this one “pussy sandwich”. I used that brown bag to pack some stuff for when we went to Kuala Lumpur earlier this month.  She saw it on the bed and…