If you long for the smell of paper and are a true blue book lover , the next time you find yourself in the vicinity of City Hall MRT or the Central Library on Victoria street in Singapore, take some time out to walk over to the Bras Basah complex on Bain Street. Nestled in the midst of the hullabaloo of the rich art and culture scene in Singapore, the mall houses stationary shops, art and craft supply shops, printing …[Read more]
As Diwali, the festival of lights approaches, Indians all over the world are gearing up to celebrate the beginning of the Hindu New Year in their own special way. Interestingly now-a-days Diwali is not a festival which only Indians celebrate, it is instead an occasion when people from diverse nationalities come together and find a common reason to spread the festive cheer. Whether via a dress-up day at school, or at work, or a party with friends in the condo- it is the perfect occasion to …[Read more]
Reuse them, resell them, upcycle them.,.. but don’t chute them! Electronic waste is toxic. If you want to discard old mobile phones / laptops / wires / etc, the National Environment Agency [NEA] has a ready reckoner of drop-off bins in Singapore. The city is comprehensively covered – Starhub alone has 214 RENEW bins at 166 locations around the city. From Mountbatten (especially this weekend – see Panasonic’s Heartland Programme details) to Tampines, River valley …[Read more]
As you start traveling through the tourist hotspots of South East Asia, at some point you’re bound to get that niggling suspicion, then a certainly, that the “handicrafts” you are buying are getting crafted by the hands in China. How is it that street stalls from Phuket to Bali sell the same ware as Chinatown in Singapore, you wonder? And when you see the same batik-print Sarong far out in Janpath, New Delhi, then you …[Read more]
