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Meet the Pitrellis "My husband Timothy and I moved to Singapore from Newport Beach, California. We were to stay for three to six months,...

AWA Tennis is a welcoming group of women who aim to form strong relationships through learning and playing tennis. Anyone can...

by Helena Cochrane Beatrice Dufort Mallon came to Singapore in October 2021 with her husband Paul Mallon. Her stock self-description is...

By Mandakini Arora The Accidental Malay by Karina Robles Bahrin, 2022 The Accidental Malay caught my eye at the WH Smith bookstore in...

Summer vibes for the Singapore expat means heading out of Singapore for weeks. Inserting ourselves into already settled lives is not easy.

Singapore Living, by Stephanie Kolentsis Some people acclimatise to the Singapore heat. I’m not one of those people. After seven years in...

Kilometres of Friendship & Fun (AWA Running Group), by Keri Matwick As an American women’s organization, we celebrate the friendships and...

Faces Behind the Makers: Discovering Singapore's Heritage Trades by Elena Boyce The use of rattan as a material for furniture can be...

Faces Behind the Makers: Discovering Singapore's Heritage Trades by Elena Boyce Raymond Wong, one of the last few Peranakan kebaya...

by Helena Cochrane (photography by Elena Boyce) AWA Local Tours is a group that has been part of AWA for many years, and organizes two...

By Keri and Kelsi Matwick Another limp lettuce leaf, you sigh as you push aside wilted greens. The tomatoes are lackluster too. Finding a...

by Mandakini Arora Book: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka, 2020 Narrated entirely in the second person by a dead...

by Bhavani Krishnamurthy (Extract from a larger work) for Writers' Block: A contribution from our AWA Writers' Group members Passengers...

Family Fun Adventures: Cool Things to Do Around Singapore by Dulce Zamora For the first time since 2012, my parents visited Singapore....

by Stephanie Kolentisis Are you feeling cooped up and disconnected from nature? You're not alone. With the endless hours spent inside...

by Helena Cochrane Manju Banka moved to Singapore from Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2016, with her husband. They have a grown daughter who...

Kilometres of Friendship and Fun by Keri Matwick In this issue, we feature Bernie Tretta, one of the AWA Running Group leaders, who...

Here on the Equator, we get quite a lot for about 12 hours a day all year! Turns out that’s really, really good for you!

Family Fun Adventures by Dulce Zamora Whenever I describe Lunar New Year festivities in Asia to my American friends, I say, “Think of...

By Keri and Kelsi Matwick The beginning of the new year encourages the beginning of new habits. Start healthy and happy with acai and...