The new banner outside of our condo is a sign of promising times.  The Red Dengue Alert that saw up to 60 cases in our condo has just changed to Green, with a, “thank-you, please stay vigilant”.  Seriously though, we can’t see how any bug could survive the flogging blast seen in the photo below. […]

Up until last week, we had never heard of the Hindu Thaipusam Festival.  Ignorance abound, when friends told us that men would be piercing themselves with fishhooks and skewers, and then carrying jugs of milk and elaborate kavadi throughout downtown Singapore, we just had to check it out! We did a quick google search to find the […]

Fast cars, sexy girls, and amazing concerts…our first Formula 1 weekend in Singapore was…LOUD!  Big Bang, The Killers, and a half drunk Rihanna definitely gave us our money’s worth.  Oh, and did we mention Bieber was in town.  That our friends, we are thankful to have missed. Can’t wait to see who headlines in 2014! […]

Just a quick note to share with all of you a photo we snapped of the fireworks from National Day in Singapore this year.  Would have loved to have the 14mm wide angle lens we have our eye on, but still impressed with our 24-105mm.  And, not a bad grab for a first ever firework […]

Before we left for Singapore, we knew our hefty housing allowance of just over $4000 SGD per month wouldn’t get us anything close to what it could pay for in Canada.  Back home, this amount of money could easily get you a family home and then some.  So, what exactly did $4000 get us? – […]