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On the air: white wobbly stuff

By Changmoh • Tuesday, 4 October 2016 • Food & Drink, Local Issues, My Edits, Restaurant Reviews

I was thrilled to have been asked down to the Gold 905 studio to talk bilingual cookbooks (yes, you guessed it, mine!) as well as chat about my top five places to makan here in Singapore. Thank you Denise Tan for including me as one of your trusty makan kakis.

Last week they shared part of the story. You can listen here – on the most amazing thing called soundcloud – or otherwise just read on for the juice on the first place I think you should head to for wonderous local delights. (There’s more to follow next week when they air the next section in the five-part interview).

SG brand spotlight: Aide de Camp

By Changmoh • Tuesday, 27 September 2016 • Day Trips, My Edits, Online Shopping, Shop Local, Travel

When you are learning another language, there are always going to the be inevitable moments of face-covering-embarrassment. You might think you’re making polite conversation about the weather, but the strangled sounds that penetrate the ears of your audience may mean something quite different.

The phrase ‘Aide de camp’ is a case is point. It means a sort of personal assistant to a general (“a military officer acting as a confidential assistant to a senior officer.”) I confidently shouted it across a crowded dining table this summer (18th of June – the date forever etched in my memory) to someone who had answered an abandoned, ringing mobile. Silence fell. Only to be replaced with something worse: peels of laughter.

Everyday shoes that make you stand tall

By Changmoh • Saturday, 24 September 2016 • Fash, More Dash than Cash, My Edits

Flip flops make me feel lazy. I walk slowly when I wear them, I can’t help but make that awful slapping sound wherever I go and my final complaint is that they make me stand badly (I think I may do that all by myself but it’s lovely to have an excuse).

Our story begins now, when a great friend was clearing out her shoe closet. We are an identical size and she has flawless taste. It was one of the better ways to spend a morning. These things that I have since become wedded to (pictured above) fell out of her cupboard and she confessed to only buying them in a blister emergency. Read More

Not another bloody pop up

By Changmoh • Saturday, 7 May 2016 • Buy Book, Fash, Local Issues, My Edits, Shop Local

Do you know what I mean? There seem to be just so many expat pop ups in Singapore that *rolls eyes* the thought of another one selling pretty much all the same stuff as the last, doesn’t really do it for me.

This one, however, is different. For starters, it’s called Not Your Average Pop Up (glad it’s not just me then and someone else has also recognised the problem). Secondly, it’s not in Dempsey or Tanglin (it’s on Haji Lane) and finally and – arguably most importantly – they sell some pretty awesome stuff that is not ridiculously priced.

My handpicks of their handpicks: Read More