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Considerations for Expats Moving to Singapore

Moving to another country is a big step. You will have to learn about the local culture and customs, find accommodation, enroll your children in school and arrange medical insurance. However, Singapore is one of the world's most popular destinations ...

7 Great Singapore Expat Bloggers to Follow

Although expatriate blogs won't tell you everything you need to know about relocating to a new country, they can be great at giving you insights into life in a new city. Here's our round up of the best blogs from expats living in Singapore. Di...

Eternal Migration of a Spotless Housewife: Singapore Wildlife

One of the things that is taking me some time to get used to here is Singapore wildlife. Unidentified flying things, unidentified crawling things and unidentified swinging things... and that’s just the expat population. It really is taking me some ...

Eternal migration of a spotless housewife: Driving in Singapore

Back in February, after a few weeks of living here, my husband and I decided for driving in Singapore, we needed a car. In Hong Kong it never crossed our minds to buy a car because the taxi system was so good and there really was very few places wher...

Eternal migration of a spotless housewife: Singapore myths dispelled part 2

Singapore myths dispelled- part two Last week I started on my two-part information share tirade about people’s preconceptions and Singapore myths what it is really like to live here. Today I will continue in much the same vein; telling all my frie...