Author Archives: andrew

Mom and Dad are just about to arrive at the airport here.  In order to meet them, I just arrived at the airport too.  I took the train which has its last stop at the terminal. Except… there’s a brand … Continue reading →

A few times in the last month I’ve heard baus referred to as ‘a kind of dumpling’ but I was able to shake it off.  Today, though, I was served the above item in a Taiwanese restaurant.  It was described … Continue reading →

I’ve been in bed with a fever for the last couple of days.  In order to maximize my feelings of isolation, our home internet service has been offline all week.   My landlord brought me a peanut butter sandwich somewhere … Continue reading →

In yet another ticket-buying snafu, I tried to reserve tickets online for Mom and Dad and I to travel to Kuala Lumpur next week.  The e-ticket system was completely incomprehensible, so finally I just emailed them and made reservations that … Continue reading →

I wanted to buy airplane tickets from Langkawi to Singapore but for some reason SilkAir’s website would only sell me tickets traveling the other direction.  So, I called up, paid the additional phone-reservation fee, and booked three tickets that way. … Continue reading →

I don’t know all that much about Singapore’s political system, and I suspect that while I’m here, at least, I’m better off keeping it that way.   Here’s an example of a hard-hitting local news story:  On Wednesday night there … Continue reading →

As soon as I overcame my prejudice against American coffee franchises (right now I’m in a “Spinelli’s”) I found lots of places where it’s normal to sit for hours in front of a laptop.   Indeed, the only hard part … Continue reading →

Several times a week I’ve been going to a ‘Wellness Club’ across the street from my apartment to use the weight machines. It’s in Revenue House which is the office of the Singapore tax authority.   To get to the … Continue reading →

Hoping to try out the macro features of my camera, I visited the shop above.  That’s right, it’s a store that sells only 3/4” pets and tiny, tiny aquariums to house them.  I feel almost normal in this town. The … Continue reading →

After helping Scott move we took a bus to Clark Quay to have a burger.  Clark Quay turns out to be under a city-block-sized glass umbrella. There was a very heavy rain shower while we were eating.  The noise was … Continue reading →