Front Row Singapore The emcee engages the crowd in amusing dialect banter before introducing her next act. The band begins to play, and lighting and smoke effects are added as the artist sings a Hokkien ballad while dancing in her glittering costume. The getai stage ignites, and the spectators are enraptured. In Cantonese, a getai … Read more

ACM Museum or Asian Civilisations Museum The Asian Civilisations Museum is featuring Enlightened Ways: The Many Streams of Buddhist Art in Thailand as part of Thai CulturalFest organized by the National Heritage Board. The Thai National Museums’ collection is complemented by artworks from 11 Thai national museums, the Asian Civilisations Museum, and private collectors for … Read more

Good Good Eating House The oldest housing estate in Commonwealth Drive, which was built in the 1960s, now resembles a ghost town as former residents have moved out and into replacement flats after Blocks 74 to 80 were designated for the Selective En Bloc Replacement Scheme in 2008. The Chup Laus was built by the … Read more

Serangoon Temple A short stretch of road, cut off from the rest of the city centre, lies to the west of Fort Canning Hill. The Tank Road, which is 250 meters long and lined with architecturally beautiful yet contrasting structures like the Church of the Sacred Heart, the Teochew Building, and the Sri Thendayuthapani Temple, … Read more

Haw Par Villa Ten courts of hell Most children would be ecstatic to learn that their favourite theme park, Disneyland or Universal Studios, has a thrilling line of rides and attractions. Despite the fact that Universal Studios Singapore in Sentosa is relatively new, Haw Par Villa, an older theme park on the west coast of … Read more

Gelam Tree, rare plants that can be found at Berlayer Creek The Labrador & Alexandra tour has now been launched by my Neighborhood, which adds to their growing list of well-received excursions to the Commonwealth and Holland Village, Dawson and Alexandra, and Tanglin Halt and Alexandra heritage treks. This book, Labrador & Alexandra, is a … Read more

Apollo Little India, Shop on Campbell Lane In Little India, it’s only a matter of sensory overload. The shops’ spillover into the five-foot walkways makes it difficult to keep eyes on the road. For at least an 80-metre stretch, one no longer has to worry about cars. The portion of Campbell Lane (on the Serangoon … Read more

Some of stalls moved to Lavender Food Hub Hawkers must serve as the fundamental of our society if eating is our national pastime. Naturally, Singaporeans are proud of their renowned chefs. With the closure of hawker establishments, many have lamented the passing of a historic era and the validity of their favourite dishes. Lavender Food … Read more

Tao Nan School is now Peranakan Museum One of the most spectacular examples of adaptive reuse in Singapore’s civic area is the Peranakan Museum on Armenian Street. It was originally known as the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore, which showcased Chinese culture and history – appropriately since it is situated on school grounds that were … Read more

Singapore Reservoirs, Keppel Hill Reservoir The National Heritage Board revealed an abandoned reservoir in September 2014, which was previously unknown to the public. This long-forgotten water body, known as the Keppel Hill Reservoir in earlier records, has been supposedly vanished from our maps since the 1950s, though there have been several sightings by local exploration … Read more