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Kampong Lorong Buangkok – The Last Kampong in Singapore

My mother used to tell me stories of life when she used to stay in a kampong. I was intrigued and wanted to know more but I thought all the kampongs have been demolished to make space for HDB flats. That is, until I read that there is one last remaining kampong, known as Kampong […]

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Facial Experience at SkinLab The Medical Spa (Wheelock Place)

This SkinLab voucher that I bought is only valid for new customers. For S$35, I get a head and shoulder massage, a 60-90-minute facial treatment and 1 ampoule. I bought two vouchers because I wanted to treat my mother to a facial. My mother was not interested so I ended up going with my girlfriend […]

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Urban Farm @ Funan – Home-Grown Vegetables in Singapore

As an island country with no natural resources, food sustainability has always been a major problem in Singapore. Singapore imports 90% of its food supply.The supply chain disruption caused by COVID-19 has made the Singapore government aware of the seriousness of the problem. Singapore aims to produce 30% of its nutritional needs by 2030. I […]

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The Japanese Cemetery Park – Instagram-Famous Bougainvillea Canopy

Recently, The Japanese Cemetery Park has become the newest Instagram hotspot. I kept seeing Instagrammers posting gorgeous photographs under a canopy of bougainvillea flowers.  Since I can’t travel overseas due to the Covid-19, I have been going photo-hunting around Singapore. I have already been to the spiral staircase at Fort Canning Park, I decided to […]

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Information

Reverse Vending Machines – Get Rewarded When You Recycle

In recent years, many people around the world has started to realize the seriousness of plastic pollution. In Singapore alone, more than 700 million kilograms of plastics is discarded every year.  I wanted to do my part in combatting plastic pollution so I did a little research. That’s when I learned about the Reverse Vending Machines […]

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Experience

Sembawang Hot Spring Park – The Only Hot Spring in Singapore

It’s ironic that I learnt about Singapore’s only hot spring from an ang moh Neil Humphreys in his book “Complete Notes from Singapore”.  Many residents in Yishun and Sembawang apparently know about this hot spring but it was largely unknown to the rest of Singapore. It used to be just a pump with taps and […]

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Massage

People’s Park Complex Massage – No-Frill Cheap Massage

I have chronic neck, shoulder and back pain, so I am always up for a good massage. I have tried Healing Touch Spa in Singapore, Batam massage and Thai Odyssey in Nagoya Hill Batam.  Someone once mentioned to me that there are many cheap $10 massage shops on the third floor of People’s Park Centre. I […]

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Heritage

Civil Defence Heritage Gallery – Singapore’s Firefighting History

I am sure everyone have seen the stately-looking Central Fire Station building on Hill Street. Not only is the Central Fire Station the oldest existing fire station in Singapore, it also houses the Civil Defense Heritage Gallery.  The Civil Defense Heritage Gallery is free for all to enter but due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, […]

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Heritage

Fullerton Monument Tour – Learn about Singapore’s Past

The Fullerton Monument Tour is a free tour conducted by Singapore Tourism Board-accredited heritage guides. This one-hour tour gives you a glimpse of Singapore’s history. The Fullerton Monument Tour is available on Mondays 11.15am Thursdays 11.15am Saturdays 3.45pm A guide armed with speakers, file and tablet will meet you at the meeting point which is […]

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One Kind House – Organic Farm, Cooking School and 21st-Century Kampong

One Kind House is not your typical restaurant. I wouldn’t even call it a restaurant for it is housed in an old 3000-square-foot double-storey terrace house in Telok Kurau. It is an organic farm, cooking school, 21st century kampong” and art gallery all rolled into one. 76-year-old former primary school teacher, Madam Ng Swee Hiah, […]