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FREE Giveaway: Premium GPS Travel App

Are you excited to travel again? 😄 We are happy to announce that, in collaboration with GPSMyCity, our Singapore Walking Trail series is now available as a GPS travel app to help ease your travel planning. [Image Credit: William Cho] WHY USE A GPS TRAVEL APP? In post-COVID19 times, travel regulations change rapidly. Often times,…

2021 Future Mainstream Classics

[Image Credit: Good 4 U Official Video] In many ways, 2021 continued the turbo-pop supremacy I predicted in 2020’s installment of Future Mainstream Classic. What I had not predicted, however, is how varied the pop landscape would turn out to be. The dance and synth-pop domination were to be expected, as are the enduring trends…

Geylang Heritage & Food Trail in Singapore

Most people shy away from Geylang due to its infamy as Singapore’s legal Red Light district. Those who brave this district will be pleasantly surprised with a rich heritage and remarkably high concentration of quaint religious temples, mosques and buildings. Oh well, they say that sins and repents often come hand in hand. One of…

Singapore’s Urban Heritage: Orchard Road

Heart of the Singapore’s retail industry, Orchard Road has been the default stop for shoppers around the world whenever they are in the Lion City. Stretching 2.5 kilometers and also occupying adjacent streets, the Orchard Road occupies four major areas: Orchard, Tanglin, Somerset and Dhoby Ghaut. In recent years, the government has also announced plan…

Singapore’s Ethnic Heritage: Kampong Glam

No doubt one of the country’s most colorful streets, a visit to Singapore is not complete without checking out the Muslim quarter of Kampong Glam. Once a residence of Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor, Kampong Glam grew from cultural exchanges thanks to diverse immigrant communities of Malays, Indonesians, Baweanese, Banjarese, Arabs, Indians and Chinese. Today,…