From One Laksa To Another? By Mike

On Saturday night, Diane and I overcame the cocooning urge this breezy, beautiful apartment has instilled in us, and headed out on the town.  Our choice was the New Asia Bar at the top of the Swisshotel.  And when I say top, I mean top.  I had to “pop” my ears three times as the [...]

Are You Settling In To Singapore Well? By Diane

On the eve of week three at Reader’s Digest Singapore….
I had hoped to write my impressions after the first week of work – good thing I didn’t!  Talk about having it slung at you fast.  NOTHING could have prepared me for the onslaught of my first week in the office.  Because the guy I replaced [...]

The Big Easy — By Diane

Singapore First week impressions…
Wow is all I can say.  Look how our Asian journey has begun.  We’ve been here a week yesterday and the only scary thing I can say is that work starts tomorrow!  That’s going to be interesting, for both of us.  This will in fact be the first time since we’ve known [...]

Singapore Dreaming — By Mike

Sitting in the food court at the mall across the street from our hotel on our first night here in Singapore couldn’t have felt more like a dream – in the literal sense of the word.  Everyone around us looked different than us, yet somehow similar to each other.  The food on offer came in [...]