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 [...]

SG Weather

It will be the South-West Monsoon Season between June and September in Singapore, when you are visiting for SIGIR 2008. You might experience late morning or early afternoon showers — however, they won’t affect most of the plans you might have. Just in case, you can check out the weather forecast or even the [...]

Places for Nature Lovers

Singapore is a city-state with more than 4.5 million people in just 700 km² of land. So you would expect that much of Singapore is urbanized and built up with commercial buildings as well as housing flats. But who says that Singapore is totally devoid of greenery and nature? While we don’t have the grandeur [...]