Tag: Singapore


  • It’s been a week and half since I got back from Singapore, and I can almost certainly say that never in my life have so many things happened in the space of twenty four hours. It was a delight to see how much effort we all put into our time together, combined with levels of…

  • I just returned from a weekend in Singapore visiting Michael & Tanja, and scaring the wits out of Markus. It was just about the most amazing weekend ever, and requires a separate post, though I really have no idea how I am going to write it – it was really quite unbelievable. The only thing…

  • Holiday! Finally, after what seemed like decades of waiting, Jade and I finally winged our way across the South China Sea to visit Michael and Tanja in the suburban oasis that is Singapore. Now, Jade and I have been apart rather more than we would have liked over the past few weeks (and months) so…

  • Here’s one for Danny! (my Chinese Yankee livin it up in the USA now) Old Chang Kee The story of a British Industrial Designer in Taiwan…

  • Tanja works it I treated Erin and myself to a long weekend in Singapore to go and visit super-couple Michael and Tanja. Michael, for those of you joining the movie late, is one of my old colleagues / class mates / general great friend that I used to work with at Asus, and Tanja is…

  • I put the last of the photos online from Singapore and Malaysia – plus a few others from other things in April. Check them out! The story of a British Industrial Designer in Taiwan…

  • Well, I made it back to Singapore! 2 weeks of buses, boats and dodgy car rides and I am back in the 21st century. Malaysia impressed me, even when the bus system seemed to have been set up by Ken Dodd. And I finally found the night market in Khota Bahru (spelling different again) –…

  • Day three in Singapore was utterly laid back. I finally ploughed through the last 50 pages of Samuel Pepys and as such spent much of it in Cafes drinking in the atmosphere (and avoiding the rain). I did manage to get some more Indian food, shop for some essentials and then peruse the local fashion…

  • The food in Singapore is simply fantastic… (there is now a break of 12 hours in this post – the guy sitting next to me was an industrial designer from Bury St. Edmunds – we had several beers talked the designer talk, and it turns out he is on his way to Oz to evaluate…

  • I am now moderately drunk sitting and writing. I have had a very enjoyable day doing nothing too much. I had the most fantastic sleep and woke up to a rather louder Singapore than the one I left the previous night – specifically the Mosque at the end of the street with its morning call,…