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House of Ng, House of Durian

by Mitja on August 15, 2010

Elysia’s parents and grandmother arrived in Singapore yesterday, the first time we have seen them in 16 months.  It was their first time flying to Asia since 1979.  The last time they visited Singapore was in 1974.  Elysia was three years old, Singapore was only nine.
Elysia’s parents do not fly much.  Their visit to Las Vegas in 2004 [...]

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Two Days in Brunei

by Mitja on August 10, 2009

Two days in Brunei, a whirlwind trip to the kingdom carved out of Malaysia’s island of Borneo.  We arrived after a full day of travel thanks to a bad connection in Kuala Lumpur.  Almost none of our transportation went according to plan but the cheap and slow options seem to always create a more interesting [...]

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First Visit to a Wet Market

by Mitja on June 30, 2009

Now that we have stopped traveling we realized fairly quickly how little food we had in the refrigerator.  This morning I dropped Citrus off at pre-school and headed over to a recommended wet market at Chong Pang City, located one neighborhood away in Yishun.  I envisioned returning with bags full of vegetables, fruit, fish and [...]

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