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Posted on September 14, 2010 - 1 Comment

Shouldn’t parks be green?

Having lived on and off in different countries in Asia since 2000, moving from one country to another for short periods of time to renew visas (i.e. the visa-run) is a fact of life for lots of tourists and foreigners. Last week my tourist visa to Indonesia expired so I took a short (i.e. one night) trip to Singapore. The city is like a second-home to me so when I arrived, … Read more →

Posted on March 28, 2009 - 1 Comment

Savouring Singapore

The Tippin Room at Raffles Hotel

This is the longest time I’ve spent in Singapore. Come next Tuesday, I’ll have been here for 2 weeks. Not that I can complain, it’s a spectacularly clean city/nation with plenty to eat and see, and is one of the most development countries in the world – this is a big contrast coming from the extreme opposite end where Timor is … Read more →

Posted on October 14, 2008 - No comments yet

Timor Leste, East Timor, Timor Lorosae

The flight was long. To be exact, it was 20 hours of flying, twice changing planes, and an overnight stay in Singapore. There were benefits… like enjoying a nice meal in front of a flat screen TV in business class. Approximately two days after taking off from Vancouver, I arrived in Dili, the capital of Timor Leste.

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Posted on November 17, 2007 - No comments yet

Taking time to enjoy life in SG

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(There was a nice exhibition at the Singapore Art Gallery of old Malay films and TV shows… they decorated the room with lots of old-school cinema velvet as you can see!)

Spent last week in Singapore and it was a welcome break. The four-day trip was overall relaxed and what I expected, although a few more days would’ve been nice to basically do nothing. But I guess spending time on the beach doing nothing would be better … Read more →