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Amah cuisine
Gastronaut writes about his latest culinary project, The Jumping Table, which features Shunde cuisine, a district of Guangdong province in South China. The project was a tribute to his Amah, who like...
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Engaging Perspectives at the Gillman Barracks
Engaging Perspectives: New Art from Singapore is an exhibition at the Gillman Barracks featuring works from nine local artists born in the 1980s. From Culturepush: We were mighty impressed with The...
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Campaign City under the hood
irememberSG speaks to Alan Oei and Cheong Kah Kit, curator and project manager of Campaign City, the exhibition at the Lee Kong Chian Library featuring posters about historic campaigns social and...
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The origins of Chingay
The Chingay Parade will happen this Friday and Saturday by the waterfront. Jerome writes about the origins of this Chinese New Year celebration which is tied to a Hokkien tradition. The Chingay...
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Wedding dresses at NAMOS
Raisha, a visitor from Indonesia, pays a visit to the National Museum of Singapore and takes a look at The Wedding Dress, a showcase of wedding dresses over 200 years. Read about her visit here.
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Revisiting the Bukit Timah Railway Station
Jerome posts a set of photos, scenes from the now-defunct Bukit Timah Railway Station which was built in 1932. Once where prized racehorses bound for the nearby Turf Club were offloaded, the station’s...
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Lim Chu Kang Jetty then and now
FOYer Lam Chun See revisits the Lim Chu Kang Jetty, having first visited in 1969. How have things changed? In his then-and-now post, check out the differences of the Lim Chu Kang Jetty after 44 years...
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Entertainment food
Forget the potato chips, the Gastronaut shares a recipe from the past – steamed peanuts, which was good accompanying food when listening to a professional storyteller. Back in the day before there was...
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Going out in song
The late Koh Hoon Teck who was buried in Bukit Brown cemetary had two specific requests for his burial. First, that he was buried according to Ming Dynasty custom, and secondly, that his burial was to...
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Sri Senpaga Vinayagar temple
We know that the Sri Mariamman Temple is the oldest Hindu temple in Singapore, but what about the second oldest? The answer is tucked away in a quiet corner of Katong. Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple is...
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