Postcards from Seletar

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Sabine has just launched her new workshops at Le Petit Atelier

Come and join our NEW series of workshops designing a « petite vitrine » (little shop window in French). This 3-day workshop celebrates Asia’s exotic and colourful fruit markets (even apples come from China!). These “vitrines” are a fun and creative way for kids to learn patience. For adults they make unusual holiday souvenir frames. And parent and child can enjoy working together on similar projects.

More details here

So there I was Googling ‘jalankayu’, omitting the space between Jalan and Kayu by accident, and found an amazing site for pedigree cats

In France? Here’s why

I was stationed near Jalan Kayu (ed. that would be Seletar Airbase) during 1966 and 1967. It was my local village for shopping, including food and I even had a new suit made there to take home to England and also took some photographs there. I had nice memories of my time in Singapore and when we needed a name for our Singapura cats I couldn’t resist the name although I had to spell it all as one word.

In less than 2 weeks, schools will break for 5 weeks of holidays. If you are not planning to be away the whole time, a trip to Seletar is worth considering. Isabelle has published her workshop schedule, and later this week we expect to hear from 938Live, Jalan Kayu Community, Sabine, Steven and The Nature Society.

For now, some dates for your diary:

Tuesday, May 27th from 2 pm, Introduction to Printmaking, for 7 to 12 years old

Tuesday, June 3rd from 2 pm, Print your Book, for 7 to 12 years old

Tuesday, June 10th from 2 pm, Fun with Paints, for 5 years and older

Tuesday, June 17th from 2 pm, Design your own Notebook, for 7 to 12 years old

Based on the foundation laid by the team at Pei Hwa, we now have a bona fide Jalan Kayu Heritage trail guided tour. Below are the dates we received from the Community Centre that is organising these walks. Registration is required, using the downloadable form on CC’s site.

Well worth the 3 hours, if the experience of of Mads is typical.

In honour of Julia and Brian, former residents at Seletar Camp, who are in Singapore for a short visit, there is a little reunion from 1830 on Saturday, May 10th. Contact Sue for more details at 9105 7778.