To kill the best part of an hour at Changi Airport, I went for a foot massage. That, incidentally, is another thing I’ll miss about […] Read More
Category: Singapore
For the past few days, I’ve taken every opportunity to tell people here that I’ve been in their country for close to a year, and […] Read More
Soon after I arrived in Singapore last October, the Straits Times ran a series on customer service in Singapore. The paper’s assessment was pretty grim. […] Read More
I had to check out of Fraser Suites this morning, even though I’m not leaving Singapore until tomorrow. After staying there for nine months (minus […] Read More
She was walking a few steps ahead of me, on the the way back to the hotel from the market on the ground floor. I’d […] Read More
I recently went to see a fortune teller named Marwan. Three of my colleagues visited him the week before me, on a referral from our […] Read More
You know your work has gone to a bad place when you feel guilty for working only a half day… on a Sunday. Which is […] Read More
Raymond Seet, our dive instructor, is the Singapore embodiment of a “dude” – dark-skinned and constantly grinning, with the kind of impressively wild hairstyle that […] Read More
Last Friday, eleven of us packed ourselves and our dive equipment into Raymond’s small van and headed off to Malaysia for the weekend. Our mission […] Read More
A while back, I met a woman named Sharon at a bar. I have to say, I have no memory of what she looks like. […] Read More