If you’re ever in Singapore and want to experience the remnants of old world charm, check out these places:

Jubilee Coffee in Changi (1960s theme).

Cafe Coldbar at Wessex Estate, 9A Whitchurch Road (British army days). Photo by @sgfoodonfoot

Saddle Club (members-only, but the cafe is open to the public).

Some parts of Singapore are still green; the rest of the island I’m sorry to say is mostly cement and glass. Yes, I’m sorry.

I was born here in 1965. It was more exotic before I came. American journalist Nellie Bly must’ve have found it more exciting when she arrived in the 1800s.

Let me just give you an idea of how it was: when I was a kid, whenever I followed my mother to the bank along Scotts Road/Orchard Road, there was a snake charmer sitting outside the building. Imagine that.

Well, I just thought I give a residual taste of the past, or at least what’s left of them.

Nowadays,  people are rushing to who knows where. If you ask me, l find it boring.

[I don’t own the photos;  they may be subject to copyright]

Just wrote “The End” on the first draft of my South Australian thriller, SPIRAL.
One protagonist Wadjela, two Nungas, two SAPOL (police) boys in blue, a biker gang, Australian intelligence Services (ASIS) and a Russian assassin.
Here’s a song to celebrate.
Once the honeymoon ends, the tough part begins…rewriting, rewriting, and more rewriting.
May the Rainbow Serpent give me strength.

Didgeridoo – Yigi Yigi by David Hudson

My new thriller, GUN KISS, will be released by Imajin Books soon.

In this whip smart thriller,  the Philadephia Deringer that shot Abraham Lincoln gets stolen in Washington, D.C. and results in a hostage situation.

With a series of interwoven subplots, the story heats up to become a globe-trotting series of escapades and encounters by disparate individuals who each harbor their own special interests.

Gun Kiss includes a fierce battle against drug lords and a memorable romance with a Hollywood starlet.