Laura in Singapore

Try to locate the lizard in the above picture. Today we went to the MacRitchie Reservoir, a source of Singaporean drinking water, and appare...

Deepavali (Diwali), the festival of lights, brings us the above street bling. From our balcony, we watched these lights being painstakingl...

Can you tell what number Barry was in his most recent half-Ironman race? Bonus points for figuring out who the sponsor was.

This weekend Singapore celebrated the Mid-Autumn festival, which is also known here as the Lantern festival or the mooncake festival, descr...

Barry has accomplished the nearly impossible, an even greater feat than the Ironman. Barry has eaten a durian and liked it. He described th...

Last Sunday, Barry and I decided to find the one last alluring, temple-like building that we see from our 18th storey balcony. We knew neith...

Today is Ganesh , the Elephant God's birthday, a.k.a. Ganesh Chaturthi . Ganesh, shown above with his birthday cake, is the Remover of ...

Been suffering bad luck? Feeling under the weather? One of our local temples recommends the following: They bang drums and burn paper, the ...

Some more pictures of our new apartment, now that some pictures are sporadically hung. The before shot: After:

My sister has gotten engaged while on a fabulous holiday in France. Here are some pictures that convey Heather and Alex's joy.

Yesterday, a peculiarly cool Sunday, Barry joined the Singapore Armed Forces for their annual Army half marathon. Starting with 70,000 othe...

Last Friday was the Chinese Hungry Ghost festival , where one pays respect to deceased ancestors by burning joss sticks and offerings for ...