Au Revoir, S’Pore

This is my first morning back home, but I’m suffused with sadness. I miss Singapore! How did that happen? How did that singular, goofy, earnest place get into my bones? These questions aren’t just rhetorical, because I really can’t pinpoint the exact moment when Singapore began to feel like home. Part of my emotional confusion … Continue reading →

So Singapore

Less than a week to go before we move out of our apartment—how did our time here pass so quickly? I never even got to write about food in Singapore. It’s one of the biggest things we’ll miss, of course: Food courts on every corner! Everything from popiah to sardine-o to fresh coconut juice to … Continue reading →

Sunset: Why Can’t You Last Forever?

Twilight descends hard and fast near the equator. From our apartment windows in Simei, between the ubiquitous highrises, we see strips of pink amid billowing clouds. But last Saturday, we basked in a beautiful tropical sunset on the observation deck of the Marina Bay Sands “Skypark,” which provides a 360-degree view of downtown Singapore, the … Continue reading →

Escape to Simei

We have moved to a different apartment, way out in Simei, which brings us to another part of the island. If this sounds like an abrupt change, it is. I wrote almost nothing about our old apartment near Orchard Road, because it never felt like home. Now that we’ve made our escape, I’ve been thinking … Continue reading →