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Each year, for the past decade or more, Siong Leng Musical Association has performed a Nanyin and sometimes Li Yuan Opera performance in the...

This must have been in the mid 1970s. That was when I had started working for a few years. I was working late and getting involved in work r...

On the evening of 1 Oct 08, with friends, I visited the Sri Mariamman Temple at South Bridge Road, said to be the oldest Hindu Temple in Sin...

It is the 9 days of the 9 Emperor Gods (Jiu Huang Ye) and it is also the 9 days of Navarathri. Right in Chinatown where the oldest Hindu Tem...

To the oldies, the strain of Yam Kim Fai might bring nostalgic memories of Chinatown. But to the youngsters of today, the world is their tow...

Once upon a time, puppet shows were popular. They not only entertained, but they also impart the Chinese values as well as the Chinese histo...

On 31 Aug 08, songs, dances, and noises of the fireworks brought Chinatown back to its old days when every night was a bustling nite. In th...

Mid-Autumn 2008 kicked off with a rousing night of fireworks, dragons and lions, and dances galore, put up by some 700 performers, from as y...

Or is it? The flowers remind me of Spring. (^^) 30 Aug 2008 this year marks the last day of the month of the Hungry Ghosts (a term used loca...

Abandoned school buildings seem to be the right candidates for hostels, or now, boutique hotels. Many could be the older buildings with some...