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NEIGHBOURHOODS
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January15
THE SCENE
When you walk out of your place,
the first thing you see is:
Crown Centre.
The closest store to your front
door is:
Pizza Hut.
Your street would make the
perfect backdrop for a remake of:
Ha! I love this question but don’t have
an answer.
Your neighbours are great, but
you wouldn’t mind a little less:
Absolutely nothing. I would like
more
interaction with my neighbours. But
maybe I’m too shy to make friends with
them.
The unofficial uniform of your
street is:
Flip-flops.
If a celebrity moved in next door,
it would most likely be:
Ellen DeGeneres. I just think it would be
fun to have her as a neighbour!
When you’re in need of a dose of
culture, you:
Get in a cab and go anywhere.
If you’re missing home, you:
I don’t really miss home. I love living in
Singapore. But I do miss Sonic (for drive-
in fast food) and Taco Bell (for Tex-Mex
food). And nothing can be done about
not having Tater Tots (deep-fried grated
potato).
A mandatory stop for out-of-town
guests is:
First, we take our guests to eat at Suan
Thai, our favourite restaurant. Then we
drive around Orchard, and beyond,
to see the beautiful city skyline past
Gardens by the Bay, Marina Bay Sands
and the Singapore Flyer.
You’d swap houses in a secondwith:
The Prince of Brunei’s on Nassim Road.
We almost have enough kids to fill it.
A common myth about your
neighbourhood is:
That it’s only for expats. It’s not!
If you’re ever woken up at night,
it’s almost always due to:
The revving engines of Lamborghinis,
Porsches or Maseratis; or the pub across
the street during World Cup football.
A massive late-night rager on
your street is likely to be:
The kids in the house behind us
screaming and crying as loudly as
possible.