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Haze

My first encounter with the regional haze in October 2006

This month, perhaps for the very first time, I was not looking forward to returning to Singapore from a trip. After days or weeks of energetic and exhausting travel, I am always glad to set foot in the train (MRT) station at the airport and experience the familiar comforts of Singapore. This time I was not looking forward to the gloom enveloping Singapore: the trans-national haze from Indonesia, courtesy of people there who burn forests (no kidding!). Other people have expressed similar thoughts […]

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Arrival in Singapore

King Edward VII Hall

26 July 2015 As of today it is ten years since I arrived in Singapore for my university studies. I have now resided here for more than a third of my life. A number of memories from that day ten years ago surprisingly still remain with me. I boarded my first flight with my father […]

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First taste of durian

You might have heard about the durian. It is a fruit that has some resemblance to the jackfruit. It has a green and spiky exterior. The spikes are much sharper than that of a jackfruit. Inside the fruit the flesh appears in bright yellow chunks that need to be scooped out. The yellow flesh is […]