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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 ...

Five Reasons Why Expats Flock to Singapore

Singapore has earned itself a reputation for being somewhat soulless yet, despite this, countless expatriates have moved to the city only to find that it ticks all the boxes and offers them an amazing lifestyle. Here's our lowdown on five things that...

7 Inspirational Expatriate Entrepreneurs

The move to a new country can often signify time for a change. Many expatriates find that they are inspired and motivated by their new surroundings in a way they never anticipated, and it is not unusual to hear of expatriate entrepreneurs who have le...

Ten Great Expat Destinations for Foodies

One of the best things about living overseas is sampling the great foods on offer. Here's our handy guide to some of the best foods that every expat should sample in their host country. Phở (Noodle soup) in Hanoi Phở (pronounced fuh) is Vietna...

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...

Eternal migration of a spotless housewife: Singapore myths dispelled part 1

The more astute readers amongst you may notice that I have changed the name of my blog. Although I am still a Tai Tai in the eyes of the Chinese, there are many other cultures making up the local population in Singapore so I thought it appropriate to...

The Hunt for the Perfect Singapore Apartment

For the majority of expatriates & global nomads the first thing on their list of things to do when they finally arrive in their host country is to find somewhere to live. My husband and I are no exception to this, and pretty much as soon as we ar...

Adventures of a Tai Tai: Lessons I have learned

Adventures of a Tai Tai : Lessons I have learned So life is pretty much back to normal here in Singapore. My husband has started his new job and I am fully back into my usual routine. I had a slight case of trailing spouse syndrome (my husband cal...