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Fash

Luxe auction

By On Wednesday, 12 October 2016

I do get quite excited at an auction. There is something in the air at a sale that makes me want to stick my hand up in the air, wave it around wildly…and bid.… Read More

Day Trips

SG brand spotlight: Aide de Camp

By On Tuesday, 27 September 2016

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… Read More

Food & Drink

My book! A Helping Hand: Delicious Recipes in English & Tagalog by Frog Michaels

By On Tuesday, 19 April 2016

That massive project I have been banging on about since last year? Well, that will be my cookbook!… Read More

Beauty

Shanghai Tangs…but a tenth of the price

By On Monday, 2 March 2015

When Janet approached me with a view to running something on this site, I was sceptical. She makes great jade jewellery from her scrubbed kitchen table at her home up near Upper… Read More

Beauty

Detox your hair

By On Wednesday, 4 February 2015

Just when you thought there couldn’t be another type of detox. Here it is. The next healthy living project, staring you in the face. As my regular readers will know, I am… Read More

Beauty

Sun protection isn’t just suncream

By On Sunday, 1 February 2015

I am very proud to be supporting my friend Fiona Argyle in her quest to save our skins. Global Babe was born in Singapore by formally launched a year ago from her little stall… Read More

Brit Stuff

Antiques and auction houses

By On Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Our house in Cheltenham – or ‘Chelty’ as I alone like to call it – has been rented out, unfurnished, for the last six years while Mr Changmoh, Cost Centre #1, #2… Read More