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Singapore Living: Tales from a Tiny Island

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Joining us today is Bookjunkie, a blogger that comes to us all the way from Singapore! If you are anything like me, you are going to love reading her tales of food, culture, and another way of life in a far away place!

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I love reading blogs from outside the US. Tell us a little bit about where you live and why your blog name is significant.
My blog is named Tiny Island because Singapore really is tiny and we’re an island. We have no cities or states. Our whole country is the city as well.

Describe a typical day in your world.
Right now I am unemployed, so I spend a lot of time reading and blogging. My wish is to become a writer, so I stared blogging to get the writing machine going. So far the women bloggers I have met have been nothing but supportive.

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What do you love most about living in Singapore? What would you change if you could?
I love that my family is here and this just feels like home although I do get wanderlust at least once a year and yearn to escape to a less crowded place. One superficial thing I would change in Singapore is the weather. It’s just too darn hot and humid for me even though most people who come here love the perpetual summer. I am a winter person and although I’ve only seen snow once I fell in love immediately. I was like a child again. I would also love if we had real freedom of speech.

I see that you are a celebrity gossip fan like me. Who do you love to read about?
I love catching up on celebrity baby gossip. I confess, I’m a total addict. Photos of cuties like the Jolie-Pitts, Suri Cruise, Olive Cohen and Sean Preston Federline make my ovaries sigh. They are just too darn cute and Suri Cruise is such a fashionista.

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More from Tiny Island:
Travel memories: Turning 40 and a list of 40 travel memories.
Panic attacks: Bookjunkie’s panic attacks terrify her.
French cousin’s culture shock: Why the Singapore culture is different than your own.

About Francesca

Francesca has an extensive background in content marketing, public relations, and social outreach. She oversees all Operations at Sway Group, including our robust metrics capabilities. Prior to joining the online world, Francesca oversaw viticulture and oenology at various wineries in both California and Italy, and managed regulatory affairs and facility approvals at the biotech company, Genentech. Francesca has been featured on CBS Sacramento and Food Blogger Pro’s podcast. She has also hosted an AMA webinar and spoken at Social Media World.

Reader Interactions

Comments

    • bookjunkie says

      your children are so close in age….how do you manage? I am truly inspired by your adoption story and am going to check out your blog. Love your photos of our cute boys. Cool blog name too.

  4. LBDDiaries says

    Love the pictures and can’t wait to go check out her posts. I can’t imagine not having true freedom of speech but hope is able to be free on her blog! I like winter, too; don’t like being hot all the time altho I do love my pink roses!

    • bookjunkie says

      the pink roses were from a trip to Adelaide as roses tend to wilt in the heat here. I love roses too 🙂

      Yeah the lack of freedom of speech sucks but blogging helps loads.

  5. misssrobin says

    I can’t seem to comment on her blog, so I’ll leave it here and hope she comes by.

    Congratulations on your SITS day. I hope it’s wonderful for you. And I have struggled with panic attacks as well. Finding a good therapist to talk to helped me a lot. Even still, they happen occasionally. Understanding what is happening and working through the things he taught me has given me the power I need to feel in control again.

    Best wishes. I hope it’s a great day for you.

    • bookjunkie says

      Thank you Missrobin….I must read your blog….would love to find out more on coping with panic and anxiety attacks. It’s driving me nuts…so frustrating. and it only started in the past couple of years.

  10. Carrie says

    Singapore… what an amazing place to live! My father toyed with the idea of moving there when I was in college for a job, but decided not to make the move. It sounds like a beautiful place. I’m looking forward to the post about the cultural differences between the US and Singapore– I once heard you can’t chew gum there, I’d love to know if that’s true!

    • bookjunkie says

      I haven’t chewed gum in years. I missed it at first but now I don’t. I def not have to removed gum stuck to my shoe anymore and that’s nice.

      The US sounds awesome to me and I wish it wasn’t sooo far away. The plane ride in cattle class is the thing that puts me off.

  12. Lady Jennie says

    I love Singapore but it’s true it’s hot. I’m glad you mentioned something about real freedom of speech because that is its only flaw, as far as I an see. I went to Singapore for the first time when Sentosa wasn’t even developed yet. My friend and I were the only one on the beach for as far as we could see, although there was a beginning construction site.

    • bookjunkie says

      Sentosa is super awesome now with the universal studios. I took some pictures and blogged about it. Right now I am just being a tourist in my own country & it’s fun.

      Thanks so much for commenting & sharing Jennie 🙂

    • bookjunkie says

      glad I found your blog Elizabeth. I love finding other bloggers in their 40’s and I want to read all about your adoption story. I don’t have any kids, but I adore them and I like being an ‘aunty’ to my friend’s kids.

      Texas sounds awesome. I am already thinking about the yummy food there.

  24. MommieDaze says

    Ah, I think I’m one of those people who would like the warm weather all year round. Lovely pictures. It looks so beautiful there!

  25. white collar | green soul says

    I agree, I’m not sure I could deal with hot and humid weather all year. And crowds. But the scenery looks incredible and it’s great to read about someone from outside of North America, I must admit!

    • bookjunkie says

      one thing I would say is that we have the best food in the world because there is so much variety….satay, curry puffs, laksa, oodles of noodles…. Asian and western although I think the american and italian food here is not authentic enough.

  26. BLOGitse says

    Hi bookjunkie!
    I’m quite sure you’d love the weather here in Finland right now! 🙂
    Not too hot and a lot of daylight……

  29. Alison says

    i can’t even imagine what perpetual sun and heat would be like, but right about now i think i’d like to find out…sigh…will old man winter ever loosen his grip here?

    • bookjunkie says

      the day it snows in Singapore I’ll do a dance of joy…..but on second thought that won’t be a very good sign….it would be like that movie with Jake Gyllenhaal when everything froze.

  33. Sharmila Dabare says

    I am sure every day is a vacation to you. I do remember growing up in a tropical weather country it is not fun when you are working in high humidity unless you are by the beach. Wish you all the best looking forward to visit your blog more often. I love your list of being 40.

    • bookjunkie says

      Wow that sounds cool. There are loads of expats in Singapore right now 🙂 I love reading their wonderful blogs which are on my blogroll.

  35. Tammy at Skinny Mom's Kitchen says

    I also love reading bloggers outside the US. I have to say though if she likes winter come to the North East because we just woke up to another 5 inches of snow!! I think I will go live vicariously through her blog today because I would much rather be in hot humid weather right about now. COngrats on your sits day!

  36. citymouse says

    I have to admit, I ended up learning some new stuff about Singapore just from reading Bookjunkie’s “interview”! It sounds like an interesting place. I love learning about other countries and cultures.

    • bookjunkie says

      thanks Blonde Duck…I have never taken a spin class but I puffed through and areobics class when it was the thing in the 90’s

    • bookjunkie says

      yay Orlando!! 🙂 great shopping and all those palm trees…a bit like Singapore but the beaches there must be soo gorgeous.

  39. Natasha says

    I love Singapore! We were just there in January. I can’t wait to meet this blogger-thanks for the intro.

    Best wishes,
    Natasha.

    • bookjunkie says

      I wish the US and Europe wasn’t so far away. I would love to visit again but the plane ride puts me off. Meanwhile it’s great that I get to visit through blogs. thanks for the support 🙂

  42. Angie says

    Oh how I long for perpetual summer. Heading over to read more and hopefully see more beautiful pics. Happy Hump Day everyone!

    • bookjunkie says

      haha perpetual summer is not all it’s cracked up to be…well at least for me cos I radiate heat. I would love to change places with someone who experiences snow all the time 😉

    • bookjunkie says

      That’s so nice of you. I find the US amazing and my country just tooo tiny. Although blogging has made me more appreciative of what we have.

  45. MarsupialMama says

    Oh wow, I love the pics!! I would love to live in that part of the world, it’s always really appealed to me! I’ve only been to Singapore once and that was for a day when we were traveling in the region, but it seemed like such an interesting city and I only wish we could have spent more time there! Great post!

    • bookjunkie says

      Aww thanks a million Marsupial Mama.

      Singapore really is as clean and green as they say but it’s also super super hot. I yearn for snow which I only experience once in my life when I travelled to Boston.

  46. Hanneke Nelson says

    Happy Wednesday. Halfway through my vacation to Holland now. It is wonderful to be back, even if it’s only for a little while. And now I am off to Singapore.

  47. Mehreen says

    Hello all you lovely ladies!
    Anyone playing Wordless Wednesday? Drop by my blog and add your WW entry to my linky party 🙂 *mwah*

  48. Caren with a "C" says

    The last time my husband visited his team in Singapore he found out why they don’t bring donuts in to the office on Fridays. Very different concept of toppings! I have those pink flowers in my backyard!

    • bookjunkie says

      those pink flowers are from a trip I took to Adelaide Hills, one of my favourite places in Adelaide, Australia. In Singapore roses tend to wilt real fast in the heat. It’s a pity because I love them so.

      Caren with a C is cool! It’s nice to be unique.

      I must check out your blog……the donut story has hooked me.

    • bookjunkie says

      Thanks so much…..I can’t wait to check out your blog as well 🙂 I love how SITS brings women who love to write together.