Singapore has been basking in the spotlight recently as the location of the Crazy Rich Asians movie, which is deserved. Modern, attractive, and orderly, the city is without doubt Southeast Asia’s most prosperous metropolis and one of Asia’s as well....
Asia is a continent with thousands of years of history, with several of the oldest civilizations in the world. So it is not surprising that there are some great history museums in the region. While most people know about the Louvre, the British...
Even though Crazy Rich Asians and its two sequels have earned a lot of acclaim, I held off on reading it for a long time because I wasn’t sure I cared about the lives of rich, high-class Singaporeans. Especially when the main plot centers on an...
Singapore’s Asian Civilisations Museum brings together exhibits from across Asia including China, India, and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Burma, Indonesia etc). It also features a few contemporary art works from local and regional artists. The...
Singapore is one of Asia’s great success stories. Tiny and lacking natural resources, the city state managed to raise itself from an impoverished reject (it was briefly part of Malaysia before being kicked out) in 1965 to become one of the...