/articles/making-e-payments-when-you-travel-how-save-fees-and-guard-against-fraud-0
SINGAPORE – Digital payments may be catching on around the world, but a recent study has found that 56 per cent of people in Singapore use cash most often when making payments overseas.
Their…
/articles/six-reasons-revisit-lakeside-garden
Looking for a quick getaway this month? Make Lakeside Garden in Jurong your stop the next time you are out and about!
Opened in April 2019, Lakeside Garden is part of Jurong Lake Gardens,…
/articles/making-e-payments-when-you-travel-how-save-fees-and-guard-against-fraud
SINGAPORE – Digital payments may be catching on around the world, but a recent study has found that 56 per cent of people in Singapore use cash most often when making payments overseas.
Their…
/movie-and-book-reviews/hold-sky
Cixin Liu
Call No.: English LIU – [SF]
All rights reserved. New York: Tor, 2020
/articles/weekend-trip-cha-am-hidden-gem-around-3-hours-bangkok
CHA-AM, Thailand – Bangkok is an all-time favourite destination for many. But, this February, I skip the crowded malls and jam-packed sois for a coastal getaway in nearby Cha-am.
Not many…
/articles/5-things-do-home-going-vacation
SINGAPORE – Holidays are meant to be relaxing, but let us be honest – the days leading up to them are often a frenzy of last-minute packing, tying up loose ends at work and tidying the house so you…
/articles/national-museum-singapore-opens-reunion-space-seniors-dementia-and-wider-community
SINGAPORE – Preparedness is knowing what to do when an elderly man wanders into the loading bay at the Esplanade.
At the time of the incident in December 2021, security staff immediately…
/articles/love-one-snip-time-retired-hairdresser-has-been-cutting-hair-terminally-ill-26-years
She and other hospice volunteers share their patients’ stories of love, loss and regret as they accompany them on their final journey
SINGAPORE – After giving the patient a haircut, Madam Ivy…
/articles/hong-kong-reopens-new-and-shiny-nostalgic-and-timeless-city-back
HONG KONG – Finally, Hong Kong has emerged from its three-year isolation after the global pandemic.
Travellers, now returning, will discover a city both new and nostalgic.
My…
/articles/weekend-trip-farms-and-food-trails-kluang-hidden-gem-just-two-hours-singapore
JOHOR, Malaysia – When it comes to nearby vacation spots, it is easy to feel like you have seen and done it all.
Johor Bahru is but a day trip, you have been to Melaka multiple times, and you…
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/inspiration/bonding-through-art
I gravitate towards therapeutic activities. While I’ve never been good at art, I want to learn and improve so that I can create art with my grandchildren… especially my eldest grandson, who likes to…
/inspiration/overcoming-challenges-times-uncertainty
Many of us may be busy with everyday life, but it is still important to spend some time to enrich ourselves with knowledge.
/articles/10-checks-expose-investment-fraud
You have to be alert because the art of deception is getting sophisticated.
While many are reeling from the worst recession ever, crooks and scammers appear to be thriving as never before by taking…
/inspiration/passion-make-difference
I have gained many positive things by volunteering and giving back such as developing more compassion and patience towards others and in return receiving love and friendship from staffs and other…
/articles/nus-honours-104-year-old-pioneer-gynaecologist
Oon Chiew Seng also made contributions in women's health, anti-ageing science, dementia.
Dr Oon Chiew Seng, one of Singapore's first obstetricians and gynaecologists, has received an honorary degree…
/articles/new-year-resolutions-how-forge-good-habits-and-break-bad-ones-2021
SINGAPORE - As 2021 approaches, many people might be making resolutions to start positive habits, especially after a year of disruption.
But how can you optimise your chances of making good habits…
/movie-and-book-reviews/letters-stars-expressions-love-and-affection-departed
Death is a natural and inevitable part of life. While many tend to avoid this topic, we are often reminded of our finitude through experiencing the deaths of those around us. In the process of loss,…
/movie-and-book-reviews/common-life-drawings-and-poems
Some shun poetry as they think poems are too abstract and lofty. This wonderful anthology of poetry and sketches succeeds at being relatable by depicting our everyday life.
/inspiration/volunteering-learning-experience
“Now, having gone through it, I realise that there is so much to gain and that I have truly learned a lot from all my experiences.
/articles/beyond-age
For Dr Ma Swan Hoo, age is just a number.
Looking cool and poised in a sky blue embroidered blouse and matching scarf, Dr Ma Swan Hoo muses on a thought that has her eyes dancing and the corners of…
/whats-on/activities/archives-unlocked-90s-tv-ads-we-grew
Time: 06:00 PM – 07:00 PM
About this event
What were your favourite TV commercials from the 90s? Join Assistant Audiovisual Archivist June Pok as she revisits memorable advertisements from the…
/whats-on/activities/histories-empire-experiments-and-reports-fisheries-department
Time: 06:00 PM – 07:00 PM
Join Choo Ruizhi as he shares some of his encounters and experiences trawling through the annual reports of the Fisheries Department.
About this event
Fish was one of…
/whats-on/activities/my-life-stories-learning-comes-full-circle-time-your-life
Time: 02:30 PM – 03:30 PM
Celebrate your life stories at this cosy session.
About this event
NOTE: Registration is only approved if your myLibrary ID is verified.
Important Notice
/whats-on/activities/histories-beyond-city-nature-stories-orang-seletar-1
Time: 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM
The Orang Seletar are one of the last “living” communities of sea people, or Orang Laut, of the Singapore and Malaysian waters.
About this event
/whats-on/activities/archives-invites-patricia-welch
Time: 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Lessons Learned Writing the History of a Society or Club
About this event
How does one research and write the 50-year history of a Singaporean society or group when few…
/whats-on/activities/archives-invites-dr-bernard-tan-anthem-national-memory
Time: 06:00 PM – 07:00 PM
Join us as we unpack a tale of how the orchestral versions of "Majulah Singapura" kept pace with Singapore’s progress.
About this event
Many Singaporeans grew up…
/whats-on/activities/livestream-jazz-coloured-stories
Time: 08:15 PM
JAZZ COLOURED STORIES presents Maya Nova’s unrecorded, original songs and compositions written in recent years.
About Maya Nova
/whats-on/activities/histories-beyond-city-nature-stories-orang-seletar-0
Time: 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM
About this Event
The Orang Seletar are one of the last “living” communities of sea people, or Orang Laut, of the Singapore and Malaysian waters. For them, nature does not…
/whats-on/activities/archives-unlocked-automobiles-archives
Time: 06:00 PM – 07:00 PM
Sharing on how Former Ford Factory came to be, exhibition on life during the Japanese Occupation and the maintenance a permanent exhibition.
About this event…
/whats-on/activities/home-truly-growing-singapore-1950s-present
Time: Daily from 10:00 AM - 07:00 PM
The National Museum of Singapore presents Home, Truly: Growing Up With Singapore, 1950s to the Present in collaboration with The Straits Times,…
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