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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!
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.
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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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.
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Love today’s feature! I don’t get to travel much, but I adore reading about life in other places. Not the “travel guide” version, but the real stuff. : )
Happy Hump Day!
yeah me too Dawna…the real stuff is always the most interesting.
Sounds so neat, I’m off to check it out!
See you there Amy π
Awesome! If you had told me 10 years ago that I would be into celebrity baby gossip I would have died π
I am sometimes embarrassed about this celeb addiction…..I don’t even have any kids (not from not wanting but just life turned out that way) but I find children adorable.
This is definitely going to make me want to travel. Beautiful photos! Heading off to read more!!
Thanks Courtney…see ya there π
What a beautiful place to live! And I know how you feel about snow. I grew up in South Texas where it hardly EVER snows. I love living in the Dallas area where at least we get snow once or twice a year.
I love your blog.
Thank you Patty…..I guess we all like what we don’t normally get. Like my dad loved to say Variety is the Spice of Life π
Your life sounds ideal to me right now! Blogging and reading would be my dream, although I do love my kids!
Thanks Alicia……a life with children sounds awesome. Tiring but awesome.
I’m excited to hop on over and read her blog. I’ve never visited Singapore and had no idea that the entire country is their city. Looking forward to learning more about the culture!
yeah we are that small…it takes hardly an hour to drive from one end of the island to the other.
Wow, I can tell this is going to make me want to travel!
Everytime I read blogs outside of my country I want to travel as well π the only wish I could avoid the plane travel.
howdy.
howdy cc π
Happy SITS day – I am enjoying reading your blog (I love travel too)!
thank you Ado π Love your blog
She sounds fantastic.
We are paying tribute to Elizabeth Taylor at my place. I have selected my most favorite ET quote.
Loved your tribute video
I am excited about checking out her blog!! I want to go to Singapore!
aww..thanks April
We got Island Fever living on the Big Island of Hawai’i. But, we weren’t crowded and shopping was virtually non-existent. I’m off to read about Singapore!
I am not much of a shopper unless you’re talking about books, but there people shop till they drop since there’s not much else to do. You hardly need to walk to get to a mall. They are all attached to our train stations. We’re quite spoilt that way. It’s an advantage of being a tiny country.
Love your pictures. Can’t wait to check out your blog!
thanks Trish..I can’t wait to check out yours too.
THe blog looks interesting. Headidng hat way now! π
see ya there Sazz π today has been exciting.
Wow a great blog! Love reading about other cultures and things from a different perspective!
Awww thanks!!!
this blog looks very interesting!!! Going to go check her out!
Looks like another good one… Heading over to check it out and say hi π
Hey Kelly….see ya and thank you π
I love blogs from other countries! I can “experience” other cultures, since traveling isn’t something I can do much of in this phase of my life. Someday though!!
since I am broke I enjoy travelling in my own country for now and virtually through blogs like yours π
A blog from Asia!! Yay!!! Although I’ve never been ti Singapore myself, I’ve always wanted to go! And I hope there are lots of juicy book reviews!
Check out my guest post from Jennifer of Always in Wonder!
I’ve always been intrigued by Singapore. Can’t wait to read more.
I love reading blogs outside the states, as well. I’m off to check it out!
Happy SITs day!
Her blog sounds so interesting! Love hearing about different ways of life!
Are you are work-at-home mom? Can you relate to this post? http://thingsicantsay-shell.blogspot.com/2011/03/pour-your-heart-out-being-work-at-home.html
looks like a gorgeous place to live! happy SITS day!
I don’t like the heat but somehow our bright sun makes photo-taking easy. Everything looks good in the sun. thank you!
How interesting! Love the pictures and someday I hope to visit a tropical paradise!
Happy Blogging,
Kathleen
I am so used to tropical that to me temperate is exotic π Maybe I can get some of that temperate charm from your blog.
She’s giving me wanderlust! Now I want to see Singapore!
glad to ‘infect’ you π flattered too…thank u
i love learning new things.. and seeing different cultures…
me too…my fave subject used to be Anthropology….fascinating stuff
Already stopped by her site and I love it! Amazing pictures and scenery!!!!
Trianna are so kind to say so π Makes me blush
I’ve been ridiculously absent around here. My apologies. Seems like life just got all in the way. Dang kids. BAH! Anyway, I shall try much harder to get by and make comments. ‘Cause goodness knows I loves me my SITStuhs! Can’t wait to go read some more about life in Singapore.
thanks Allyson…I’ve never had so many comments in my life..it’s overwhelming and just wonderful π thank you everyone!!!
Hurray for your SITS day! π
Thanks my friend!!! π the support of sisters is pretty darn awesome. SITS sisters and WordPress sisters π
Whoa those pictures are gorgeous!
shucks…that’s so nice of you to say Stephanie π
Looking forward to learning more about Singapore… Happy SITS day!
Thanks Christina
Good morning! Off to check out the FB.
thanks Holly
This blog brings me back to our days in Hawaii. Although, the islands of Hawaii are bigger than Singapore I think. I love island life but also missed the change in seasons while living there. π
Happy SITS Day!
I long for seasons…especially winter….mainly snow
Off to read the feature:-)
thanks Susie
I always love finding other international bloggers!
Hey Tina..I love finding bloggers from all over the world..it’s fun….feels like free travel.
Wow. I never thought of Singapore like that! It is so interesting to learn about new cultures and climates. It reminds me (somewhat) of living in FL, which I did for a few years. I couldn’t imagine living on a crowded island though, I think I would feel trapped! Living near family makes it all worth it, I agree!
that’s why I love the weekdays. That’s the good part about being unemployed. the weekends are a horrer.
Just looking at these pics makes me want to travel!
Hi SITSTAS!
Come check out what I wore in New Orleans…The BIG EASY!
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thank you….I have wanderlust all the time too…only wish I didn’t have to take a plane.
What a beautiful place to live^^
Thank you π π
I like this blog, the post about the culture differences was quite interesting. I blogged today about the sensitive topic of racism and I have to admit I was nervous to post it for fear I’d get ignorant reaction because let’s face it, there’s a lot of ignoramuses in the blogosphere. So far, it’s been well received. Fingers crossed. Check it out: http://sheswrite.wordpress.com
I can’t wait to go check out more! Happy Wednesday everyone π
see you there π
Roll call. Happy Wednesday
Happy Wednesday to you too π
This makes me want to go to Singapore…it looks so exotic!
I love it when you say where I live i exotic. I guess it kinda is with all our various cultures….very cosmopolitan π
Heading over right now!
Yay!
Her photos are delicious!
thank you….I am happy to tempt π
I keep chanting, “only 5 more days, only 5 more days”… the kids are on their second week of Spring Break! Reading FB, will help keep me sane~
Happy Wednesday, everyone!
The FB sounds so interesting. My dad went to Singapore for business when I was young. I remember he really enjoyed how beautiful it was. He liked that it was so clean, and he also saw a huge tiger just jump into the river to take a swim right by him.
Awesome that sounds soo interesting and a lot like our Singapore Zoo which has a very open natural concept with no bars. Expats in SIngapore and their kids LOVE the zoo.
Can’t wait to read more! Heading over now…
thanks Jen!! π
BEAUTIFUL area. I’d love it.
thanks Amber π