A few weeks ago I joined friends on a tour organized by the Navy's Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) office. Our destination: Thow Kwang Pottery Jungle. The Pottery Jungle hosts one of two dragon kilns on the island and in Normal Times offers all kinds of classes and workshops. Singapore's reopening to Normal crawls along, …

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Last week we headed downtown for dinner, and we found ourselves near the storied Raffles Hotel. I asked that we pop in for a drink at the famous Long Bar, home of the Singapore Sling [cocktail]. The family agreed. The Long Bar hostess asked if we had a booking, but alas. We did not, and …

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