Tally-Ho: Go Fly Kite

Tally-Ho is a semi-regular column of my adventures with the Adventure Crew (and sometimes other people). We figured that Singapore can’t be all that boring, and are determined to show other folks how fun Singapore can be… if you know where to look.

The Adventure Crew asked ourselves: We can has picnic? And we answered: Yes [...]

Tally-Ho: School of Hard Knocks


Tally-Ho is a semi-regular column of my adventures with the Adventure Crew (and sometimes other people). We figured that Singapore can’t be all that boring, and are determined to show other folks how fun Singapore can be… if you know where to look.


The Royal Selangor showroom-shop at Clarke Quay hides a very cool secret: the School of Hard Knocks, a little pewter workshop that anyone can sign up for. They’re open for walk-ins, but it’s best if you call or email ahead if you have a big group just in case. It was the Adventure Crew with Arrch, who was going back to Australia that night!

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NLB Book Exchange 2010

For something free! The NLB Book Exchange is back again this year.

Bring your used books down to any NLB library from 10 to 23 April to exchange them for coupons. Then, on April 24, go down to the main library at Victoria Street to get books that other people have exchanged. All for free!

Here’s a copy-n-paste [...]

Borders Fair

There will be a Borders Fair at the Singapore Expo at the end of the month. Details below!

Venue: Singapore Expo Hall 6B
Date: 30 April (Fri) to 2 May 2010 (Sun)
Time: 10am – 9pm
Admission is free

I remember last year’s event had a selection of books that wasn’t half-bad, but it does get very crowded on the [...]

Tally-Ho: The Hot Crustacean Band

Tally-Ho is a semi-regular column of my adventures with the Adventure Crew (and sometimes other people). We figured that Singapore can’t be all that boring, and are determined to show other folks how fun Singapore can be… if you know where to look.


I like seafood. Or, rather, I like eating seafood. And, as they say, the taste of victory is sweet – and what’s sweeter than really fresh prawns?

So it was on a drizzly Saturday afternoon that I met several members of the Adventure Crew — Mintea, Avariel and Sarah — to head to Bottle Tree Park for prawning!

Because, you see, when you go out and catch fish, it’s called fishing. When you go out to catch prawns, it’s called prawning. The logic, it hurts my brain!

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