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It's always great to travel back home or to some fabulous far-flung destination during the school break except for one thing: jet lag. It...

Juneteenth is the oldest, nationally-celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. I can remember as a girl the...

How to move your career with success Expats in Singapore are no strangers to moving, with relocation companies saved to your contacts,...

Moving home is far harder than moving overseas. You’ve changed and so have the people you left behind.

The four Singapore Quays today serve as prime recreation and entertainment districts of the island for families, friends, singles,...

My family and I visited Jurong Bird Park in December 2022. We wanted to see this iconic tourist attraction one last time before it closed...

I wasn't necessarily looking for something else to do, but then – over post-work sips of Budweiser – Yutaka mentioned the American...

I’m penning this from a sleepy little loft-style shophouse along Pasir Panjang Road, where my husband and I decided to lay down our...

National Day on August 9 is an unexpected gem amidst a plentitude of multi-ethnic holidays in Singapore and should be a well-deserved...

There are some vacations that just seep into your soul. For me, that vacation was our Christmas trip to Laos. I’d wanted to go there for...

For most Western expats, the concept of full-time (say nothing of live-in) domestic help is a foreign one. In other parts of the world,...

Holi India; March 8, 2023 A rainbow battlefield in which participants fling brightly colored dye in every form imaginable. This festival...

I’m one of those people who loves festivals. When I lived in the States, I tried my hand at the Rock, Paper, Scissors International World...

At the heart of Singapore’s Civic District and amid urban surroundings, located at 30 Victoria Street, is CHIJMES, a popular destination...

Trends! Love them or hate them, they happen… Personally, I’m not about following trends, but being up-to-date on what is happening is...

During the Chinese New Year holiday, we’ve all been eating Lo Hei, but what is it exactly? The Singaporean Chinese take the Lunar New...

Women are headed back to the workplace. Whether because they are gaining traction on jobs, being called back into the office for a hybrid...

As fireworks raged in the distance and New Bridge Road rumbled under the feet of ecstatic Lunar New Year revelers, a strange hand reached...

When you’re an American expat first arriving in Singapore, store clerks can sometimes make you feel like a slow snail on a wet sidewalk....

The boxes are piling up in your storage, and the wardrobe is bursting at the seams. How do you prepare your home for the holidays and at...