One thing I don’t think I talk about very often here is my love for local Singaporean fashion – no, not our ubiquitous tropical weather-ready shorts and flipflops that’s practically a uniform for most locals here, but that of Singaporean fashion designers. Fashion might not be the first thing you associate with Singapore, but it…
Here’s a home grown project that I seriously adore – Democratic Society is a Singaporean outfit that collaborates with various local and Asian designers to produce thoughtful and seriously beautiful souvenirs that you’ll be more than happy to bring home with you. These aren’t the “dime a dozen” sort you get for cheap at the…
One of the big news from last week is that Singapore is releasing new coin designs in 2013! It’s apparently been 28 years since we’ve had new coins (the last time we changed them was way back in 1985), and since we revamped our notes back in 1999, it’s probably about time for a new…
Wooh last week sure was busy for me, here’s a quick rundown of the things that I was up to, from attending the Singapore BlackBerry Z10 Launch, to a yummy Yelp Singapore event and checking out Hello Shibuya Tokyo. BlackBerry Z10 Launch Event I mostly knew about the BlackBerry launch from the Neil…
This post is a little late in coming, but in explaining Chinese New Year to some of my non-Singaporean and non-Chinese friends, I thought it might be useful to share some of this information with all my readers, especially if are ever in Singapore during this festive period. It’s a great opportunity to see a…
So today’s Singapore Shorts is a tad longer… last week was apparently Arts Week in Singapore, but it’s been a really artsy month for me as I attend a record number of arts events in the month of January 2013. Friends and longer-time readers will know that my day job is in the arts sector,…
Singapore Shorts is something I’m starting to show my readers a little bit more of my hometown Singapore. While I yearn to travel and discover far off places, I’ve also found the need to explore my own country, and introduce a lesser known side of Singapore to the world. You’ve seen our skyline, our casi……
So if you do follow me on twitter at @jac_theocctrav, you’ll know I’m probably not that much of a tweeter – most of my updates happen here on the blog or at the Facebook Page. This past week has been quite an interesting experience as I signed up for the Singapore twitter Rotation Curation project…
Keith Loutit is a Sydney photographer and filmmaker now based in Singapore, and he’s produced a really interesting series of videos documenting various cities around the world in miniature. Check out the Singapore one! It’s really awesome… The Lion City from Keith Loutit on Vimeo. I’ve seen timelapse videos, but this one is a little…
One of the projects I was busy with earlier this year involved me running around Singapore and being a total blogger, taking pictures of everywhere I’d been and everything I’d eaten. About 2 months of feverish writing, photo-taking and lots of support from my friends (thanks everyone for your patience and help!), I can finally…
