Gattopardo moving in to hotter-than-ever Tras Street next month
Italian restaurant Gattopardo's got a ticker up on their Facebook page and it's counting down six days to their last day in Fort Canning.
View ArticleM. Ravi applies to get deportee back his Singapore work permit
M. Ravi is said to have applied to the High Court to quash the deportation of one of the 57 workers involved in the Little India riot on Dec. 8. The Singapore activist lawyer is also lobbying for...
View Article7 major things that happened in the Singapore dining scene this year
There’s been a whole lot of change on the Singapore dining scene this year. And while some of the more overhyped fads have lost their novelty and become dull, most of the new developments have been...
View ArticleTwo Singapore chimps to shake things up in Mysore, India
Kimoni and Nkosi, two chimpanzees from Singapore that were transferred to the Mysore Zoo on Dec. 1, will be shaking things up in the third-largest city of Karnataka, India come the new year. Their...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Raffles Hotel and other landmarks in '60s Singapore
This one's a black-and-white video, but it's still an eye-opener for many of us who didn't grow up in '60s Singapore. The cars, traffic police and even plants were so different then... A mark of how...
View Article#FollowFriday: Hot Singaporeans on Instagram
Anmari Van Nieuwenhove is a model and a recent NUS graduate. She's also a girl about town. With a face like that, you kind of can't help it. Tags: City Livingfunny
View ArticleSilkAir implements wireless inflight entertainment, free for passengers
Singapore Airlines subsidiary SilkAir is putting on trial a wireless entertainment system that lets you stream movies, music and TV shows on your personal device during a flight.The trial is being...
View ArticleKorean couples app Between setting up office in Singapore
Korean couples app Between is looking to expand into Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore. Having recently reached five million downloads worldwide — marking a 150 percent increase in a year — Between is...
View ArticleThe ultimate hawker food guide has arrived
Food discovery app Picky, which we talked about early this year, is showing even more love to the local food scene with an interactive guide that maps out Singapore's best hawker food, Famous Eats....
View ArticleIndonesian band UNGU back in Singapore this February
We don't know anymore how many times the Indonesian pop rock band has performed in Singapore, but they're back again. And showing absolutely no signs of letting up.UNGU will be back for a concert at...
View ArticleNew Boon Keng resident gets into tiff, sends microwave and glass tank flying
A man believed to have moved into Boon Keng only about 10 days ago was arrested yesterday for throwing things out of his seventh-floor HDB flat in a suspected tiff with a neighbour. Doesn't sound too...
View ArticleGoyard Singapore to launch customisation service on Jan. 1
Starting Jan. 1, you can personalise your Goyard bag at the Singapore boutique (#05-12 Ngee Ann City Shopping Centre, 391 Orchard Rd.) for $205. Each customisation is limited to either a maximum of six...
View Article4 strange, but beautiful things you should put in your mouth this weekend
Bamboo charcoal bread (top photo)Tags: foodnightlife
View ArticleBest of 2013: Coconuts TV
We launched Coconuts TV earlier this year with the aim of putting out a steady stream of videos documenting the weird and wonderful things happening in Southeast Asia.Subscribe to our Youtube channel...
View ArticleTwo redesigns of the Singapore MRT network map surface
Wow, Singaporeans sure have an eye for design... and a lot of time on their hands. Two redesigns of the Singapore MRT network map surfaced today, beginning with this post on the SGAG Facebook page....
View ArticleCool Beans: 'A day in the life of Changi Airport' tilt-shift video
Who said Singapore doesn't have any good ideas? Tags: newsWOW
View ArticleThis Week in the News: Dec. 22 — 27
This Week in the News is your weekly roundup of the top headlines in Singapore. If you have to read only one thing today to keep from being clueless, this is it. This breakdown has been arranged in...
View ArticleVideo: Boy smokes electronic cigarette in train
So this video of a boy smoking an e-cigg in the train has surfaced (via SGAG, who else) and like everyone else, we're kind of stumped for a reaction. Anger at first, then wonder, then hmmm what's the...
View ArticleReebonz, SGCarmart and Viki amongst Singapore's biggest startup successes...
e27 put out their year-in-review story today, charting the funding, merger and acquisition milestones in Singapore. According their list, the following homegrown startups have made the biggest...
View ArticleSingPost releases Zodiac Horse stamp issue and other festive products
Singapore Post (SingPost) is launching the year's first stamp issue the Zodiac Horse, on Jan. 3.This is the seventh of 12 stamps in SingPost's second Zodiac stamp series, which started in 2008. The...
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