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It’s not everyday that a Ferrari is totalled. That, in itself, is news. Add in allegations of drinking and driving, speeding, a $1.8 million vehicle price tag, infidelity, a 31-year-old driver, a video of the crash going public and three agonising deaths – and the chatter has gone through the roof. There is much to [...]
We here at EL are not a conservative lot. But the photo teased in my “Travel Gone Wrong” story in the February issue was deemed too graphic by Expat Living’s censors. For good reason, really – we don’t typically run images of male genitalia in the mag … But I felt a little guilty spilling [...]
A woman that I was talking to at a holiday party last month was decrying her forgetful husband; apparently, her spouse has a thing for leaving mobile phones in taxis. We commiserated – my husband has donated everything from phones to suit jackets to backseats of lucky taxicabs over the years – and agreed that [...]
Remember the old school dance battles of the 80s? These were EPIC… until word got out that sliding between your opponent’s legs meant an automatic win. In today’s technologically advanced world, dance battle challenges come in many forms. Check out North Korea’s absolute throwdown video challenge to South Korea. Things really heat up at the [...]
When the Singapore Police Force released the crime stats for the first half of 2011 this week, the local media quickly put pen to paper to report on the “significant improvement” to local crime rates. Robbery, theft, violent property crimes – all down. Crimes against the elderly fell, as did cases of statutory rape and [...]
Build-your-own salad bars offer the best of both worlds – a healthy meal made exactly to your liking without any washing, chopping or cleaning involved. Much to our delight, salad shops are popping up all over town. Here are a few of our favourites: Juiced Rawbars9 Raffles Place #B1-08Pick your lettuce, plus six ingredients, such [...]
“Do you have any liquids in your bag, ma’am?” As a relatively seasoned traveller, I pride myself on executing a flawless flight check-in. Only amateurs bring liquids in their carry-ons. Of course, I don’t have liquids I begin to say… until I realize I do. “Uhhhh… olive oil with truffle essence… and a bottle of [...]
Poor ol’ Dad. Three daughters (no sons) and one lovely wife meant that for roughly two decades, my dad was outnumbered 4-to-1: estrogen wins. Looking back, I can’t help but feel bad for the guy. Twenty years of glitter, cheerleading practice, curling irons and mood swings – for a military man, no less. But nothing, [...]
I owned Thriller. Who didn’t? Well, technically, my parents owned Thriller… and Purple Rain… and that was about it. My sisters and I would wait until my parents went for a walk, then we’d close the curtains, crank up the record player and rock it – until we blew my Dad’s subwoofer out. Say what [...]
Ah, where was I… yes, Catcher in the Rye – the quintessential book on teenage angst and exploration, required reading for every high school student. My 15-year-old self was sure this was the best piece of literature ever penned. Finally, someone gets it! A tale of a kid sick of school who takes off to [...]
Last year, my husband and I made a commitment to read every book on the Modern Library’s “100 Best Novels” list. We knew ticking our way through the weighty catalog would take years to complete (No. 77 on the Board’s List – the infamous Finnegans Wake, No. 1 on the reader’s list – the 1000+ [...]
I have long harboured a love-hate relationship with Facebook. What do I possibly have to announce that is pertinent to all of my 327 “friends” – a ramshackle group that includes life-long friends, distant relatives, former colleagues, a guy that crashed my last barbecue and made off with my panini-maker – and everyone in between? [...]
Hi Rachael- just read this funny article- I have been wondering about the uncle thing for a while. There is ...
Hi Rachael,
Welcome to Singapore!
I'm not a taxi driver but as a local who has taken quite a lot of ...
I found a shop at Far East Plaza (Scotts road, next o Hyatt Hotel) that has clothes in Euopean ...
Wow, that's awesome! Looks so real - nice shot there!
Interesting blog. I'm a single expat female at age 30 myself and came to Sing less than a year ago ...
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Embracing thy own lameness
I’ve decided I am going to stop hating on
s in emails. I’m going to embrace the use of 
. And even . I will no longer stigmatize the liberal use of exclamation marks either. We all know the rules. Those who use cutesy emoticons and overzealous punctuation marks are reviled in the online world. [...]