Tag Archives: singapore

Another Year Gone

After a good birthday celebration in Edinburgh, Scotland, I am now back in London. Tomorrow, I head back to Boston for two months. There are weddings to attend, doctors to see to make sure I’m healthy, food to eat, and trips to make.  I’ve been away 11 months and the next two months are to [...]


The Weekly Photo: Raffles

Raffles Statue, Singapore


Unusual Place of the Month: The Clinic Bar

Inside the extravagant indoor shopping and entertainment area of Clarke Quay, you will find Singapore’s hospital themed bar, The Clinic. It is over 15,000 square feet and is designed with labyrinthine-style, pill-shaped rooms that help give it a “drug” trip effect. The Clinic has two floors and offers fresco bars, lounge rooms, a dance club, [...]


Cheap Things to Do in Singapore

Singapore is an expensive place to visit. There’s no way around it. The small city state is priced relative to the United States. On a small stop over trip this isn’t the problem. However, on a big trip through the region, a trip into Singapore can elicit sticker shock. For those still [...]


The Saturday City: Singapore

Singapore wasn’t exactly what I thought it would be. Given its image as a hyper-clean, hyper-lawful place, I expected a very regimented, orderly, clean, and police heavy city. I found none of that. In fact, in three days wandering the city, I never once saw anything that looked like a police officer or even a [...]


The Weekly Photo: Funny Sign

Funny Sign in Little Arabia, Singapore


Teaching English Overseas, part 3

Part one of this series dealt with the various types of job a teacher can get while part two dealt with the qualifications needed to become a teacher. In part three, we’ll begin to discuss the places teachers can work. We’ll start with Asia, the hot bed of ESL activity. Korea. This country is at [...]