Singapore Food Festival around Sigir 08

Singapore Food Festival during this July would definitely be a unique opportunity for you to easily know more about Singapore diverse cuisines with famous dishes such as Satay, Hainanese Chicken Rice and Chilli Crab.
The Opening Celebration, from 4-6 July, is a review of
Singapore’s hawkers of the 50s and 60s with over 40 stalls for you [...]

International Chess, Chinese Chess, Go, and Contract Bridge

For visitors who like intellectual games and would like to interact with the locals, you may consider stopping by at the Singapore Intellectual Games Center located at the Bishan Community Club. Four intellectual games organizations are housed under one roof:

International chess: Singapore Chess Federation (http://www.singaporechess.org.sg/)
Chinese chess: Singapore Xiangqi General Association (http://www.sixga.org/)
Go: Singapore Weiqi Association (http://www.weiqi.org.sg/)
Contract [...]

Outside of .SG

Singapore, while quite the clean and lush garden city, offers and additional attractions of being a natural hub for visiting the surrounding countries. While the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) would be happiest if you spent all your tourist dollars in town, there are certainly many destinations of interest that are reachable by a short [...]

The southern ridge

In a few previous posts, we already highlighted a few of the nature spots in Singapore. In May 2008 (quite recent) the Urban Redevelopment Authority (Singapore’s urban planning division; self acknowledged sim city folks :-P) opened up a series of parks stretching from right outside the Vivocity shopping mall and stretching all the way [...]