The archive
All stories
Everything I have published on this site, in reverse chronological order. Longer essays first, shorter observations mixed in.
The Long Quiet on Block 112
A three-year neighbour dispute in Tiong Bahru that ended with a photograph from 1961.
Hawker Wisdom, or What I Learned from Auntie Peng
Eleven years of Tuesday-morning mee pok at the same stall.
Tiong Bahru Mornings, Before the Cafés Open
What the neighbourhood looks like between 5:40 and 7:30 in the morning.
The MRT Notebook: Twelve Overheard Sentences
A year of eavesdropping on the North East Line, in twelve fragments.
On Not Going to the Marina Bay Anymore
On the reasons a person stops noticing the postcard version of their own city.
Monsoon Reading: Five Books for a Wet December
Five slow books that pair well with a Singaporean monsoon.
Sunday Afternoon in Little India
An afternoon I did not intend to spend on Serangoon Road.