The time has come to leave Singapore and this time, for good. We are moving to London. With that comes a lot to do. Friends keep saying, “That must be so stressful.” But honestly, it isn’t. The trick is to stay focused. Google Sheets will become your best friend. Whether it is making sure your…
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I Moved to Singapore for a Year. That Was 1997.
When I arrived from Hong Kong in 1997, the biggest worry was whether Singapore would be boring. Three decades later, both the city and my life here look very different. The other day a woman asked me how long I had lived in Singapore. “When did you move here?” “1997,” I said. She gave me…
Returning to this space
I last wrote here in 2017, around the time we moved back to Singapore after living in San Francisco. Life was busy then. We were settling back in, continuing with work, and getting on with what was next. At first, the return felt relatively straightforward. I moved back into familiar territory, working again in the…
Foreign Faraway 