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The last forested hill in Sembawang
Sitting in relative isolation and surrounded by a lush forest of greenery for much of the 77 years of its existence, Old Admiralty House may soon find itself in less than familiar settings. The...
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Lost beauty
I can’t help but feel a sense of loss wandering around the former Bukit Timah Railway Station. Set in one of the greener and isolated stretches of the rail corridor in the days of the railway, it was a...
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Canal-less Rochor
Even if it is probably for the better, I shall miss seeing the now covered up Rochor Canal in my drives down the Tekka area. Buried under a temporary roadway deck for much of the period during which...
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51 reasons why the sun rises in the north in Singapore
A collection of 51 photographs taken at sunrise that show that the north may have some of the best spots in Singapore to greet the new day. Sunrise, Selat Tebrau (Straits of Johor), 6.54 am, 16 April...
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The last pelican
I was going through my archives of photographs last weekend when I came across this photograph I took sometime in February 2012 of the last pelican playground; its backdrop a sea of greenery that left...
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Sophia, Caroline and Emily, and the spiced up Hills of Babylon
Just north of a hill of much history known to the early inhabitants of Singaporeans as the Forbidden Hill or Bukit Larangan, is a cluster of low hills that are known today as Mounts Sophia, Emily, and...
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Calling an end to one cycle of time for the Ellison Building
As if to foretell the end in a cycle of time for the Ellison Building, and the beginning of another, the mayura, a peacock – a mythological representation of the cycle of time, has made an appearance...
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Magical spaces : Bukit Brown in the rain
A place so magical, there is no need for words …. More magical Singapore spaces: 51 photographs taken in Singapore that will take you away from Singapore Filed under: Forgotten Places, Photography,...
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A dragon awakens
The fire dragon of Sar Kong, in a rare reprise of the its smoking performance earlier this year, will come alive once again this September on the occasion of the 150th anniversary celebrations of the...
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The fallen star of MacTaggart Road
Long a landmark in the area, the Star at the corner of MacTaggart and Burn Roads – the former Khong Guan Biscuit Factory, is sadly, having its insides ripped out. The building, which was constructed in...
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Second stretch of Rail Corridor to be closed on 19 September
The second stretch of the Rail Corridor being affected by the Murnane Pipeline Project, which extends from Commonwealth Ave all the way southwards to Tanjong Pagar Railway Station, is being closed to...
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A fiery September’s evening
The fire dragon of Sar Kong came to life last night, making its way in a dizzying dance around the area of its lair at the Mun San Fook Tuck Chee temple. Last night’s dance of the fire dragon. The...
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The last, and a soon to be lost countryside
A charming and a most delightful part of Singapore that, as with all good places on an island obsessed with over-manicured spaces, is set to vanish from our sights is the one-time grounds of the...
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Light at the end of a tunnel
The tunnel under the circus at Jalan Bahru (now where Jurong Town Hall Road passes under the Ayer Rajah Expressway) was one of three railway tunnels built for the industrial Jurong Railway Line. The...
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Fishy business at Changi Creek
One of few places in Singapore that has still a hint of the old world, even in its modernised form, is Changi Village. While it bears little resemblance now to the sleepy village that once provided a...
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A forgotten corner of Thomson Road
Tucked away in an obscure corner of Thomson Road and Thomson Lane is the Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home, sitting on a site whose significance has long been forgotten. Operating in a cluster of single-storey...
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The road to perdition
The relentless pace of development is fast catching up with the few bits of mainland Singapore that has been spared from the clutter found across too much of Singapore such as at so-called Canberra...
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Tigers, elephants, rambutans and Xu Beihong in a garden of foolish indulgences
Hidden in the thick vegetation in the swathe of land between Old Upper Thomson and Upper Thomson Roads are the remains of a forgotten community for whom the area was home. Interestingly, there is a lot...
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Losing its fizz: the third milestone without the former National Aerated...
It seems that time may finally be called on the former National Aerated Water Company’s bottling plant at 1177 Upper Serangoon Road. Long a landmark at the 3rd Milestone, it sits on a valuable freehold...
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Revisiting Tekong
I revisited my first journey to Pulau Tekong last Friday. It is a journey that many a Singaporean son makes at the start of National Service, one that I made some three decades ago, when the island was...
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