Ask iNaturalist what Sang Nila Utama saw at the southern tip of MalayaA fun thought experimentNov 26, 2024Nov 26, 2024
Mission-centric banners: Coloring the streets of San FranciscoLiving in San Francisco, I find myself drawn to the multilingual ads on Muni buses and at public libraries. They remind me of Singapore…Feb 9, 2023Feb 9, 2023
The Wild Cards of Hanyu PinyinAside from the vowels (also known as Finals in Hanyu Pinyin), I like to think that the father of Pinyin saw various modern English letters…Dec 29, 2021Dec 29, 2021
Hanyu Pinyin: Learn the pun, find the funAt some point in our Chinese learning adventure, Jon found the confidence to sign up for Mandarin lessons in San Francisco. On the first…Nov 12, 2021Nov 12, 2021
Birding Journal: Strawberry Hill ForeverI smiled as I pulled out my Strawberry Hill Birders T-shirt from the package, delighted that my illustration has made a plain white…Feb 26, 2021Feb 26, 2021
Love you to the Sutro Tower and backSometime in July last year, when the city told us that we need to hunker down for a year (if not longer), I started documenting San…Jan 15, 2021Jan 15, 2021
2020: The year I reconnected with natureThirty years ago, my parents moved us from downtown Singapore up North — to live opposite a jungle. We would watch Monitor Lizards cross…Jan 6, 2021Jan 6, 2021
Rethink conventional birdfeedersLast year, we started a rooftop party for the backyard birds with two pairs of worn-out Converse shoes and a broken suitcase — it…Aug 11, 2020Aug 11, 2020
The Singaporean 🌳Jon pointed out the 🌳 in earlier days when we started seeing each other. He made me say “Three trees” a million times and I have…Jul 13, 2020Jul 13, 2020
Why you shouldn’t buy bird food with Milo in itShelter-in-place happened too quickly and coincided with my tooth extraction. We had no time to stock up our bird seeds. Around the end of…May 12, 2020May 12, 2020
