Ex-pat Wife or Have you eaten yet?

Have you eaten yet is apparently what people say to greet each other in Singapore. The ex-pat wife bit is an unoriginal joke. Join me in my voyage into the well trodden expat path! Join my mother in being one of the very few people to read this!

Tuesday, 7 July 2015

Black Fingers

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I have an unhappy history as a gardener. A history which leaves behind blackened, withered plants, shriveled from lack of care. My father o...
Monday, 26 May 2014

Cleaners

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We have a new cleaner on my floor at work. I'm worried that his predecessor might have died. There is no welfare state in Singapore so ...
Tuesday, 18 March 2014

Rain

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The rain has finally come. Singapore, parched since January, is drenched. In England, home, people live and die by the weather. It levels...
Friday, 13 December 2013

Home

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If Eastbourne is the place old people go to die, Wimbledon is the place middle class people go to breed. Like my parents. And my friend S*...
Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Counting down...

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The other day I asked the DFP whether he wanted a cup of tea and because he was doing something on the computer, he didn't answer. With...
Friday, 23 August 2013

Butchering a chicken

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One thing I think I will never get used to is having to cut the head and feet off a chicken. In Singapore chicken's feet are a delicacy...
Saturday, 6 July 2013

Sunday morning

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While I often complain vociferously about working on a Sunday there are some things I like about it. I like being slightly out of step wi...
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