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	<title>Singapore Metblogs &#187; Tara Tiger Brown</title>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a Bird! It&#8217;s a Plane! It&#8217;s a Bee??</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Tiger Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, I know it&#8217;s not a bird or a plane, but it is HUGE! I found it already dead when I was walking around Mt Emily Park. Several locals came up to look at what I was carrying around in a leaf, and then quickly cowered away. They explained to me that this &#8220;bee&#8221; or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK, I know it&#8217;s not a bird or a plane, but it is HUGE! I found it already dead when I was walking around Mt Emily Park.  Several locals came up to look at what I was carrying around in a leaf, and then quickly cowered away.  They explained to me that this &#8220;bee&#8221; or &#8220;tiger bee&#8221; was very poisonous, some said deadly, and that I should be careful.</p>
<p>I did a quick search and I think it&#8217;s a &#8220;Black Bumblebee.&#8221;</p>
<p>What say you?</p>
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		<title>Tweet Tweet</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Tiger Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I did some digging and found some interesting Singapore locals, news sites, blogs, &#38; businesses to follow on Twitter. If you think I did a good job and you like them all, I did you a solid and made a list (aren&#8217;t I nice? :D ): http://twitter.com/#/list/tara/singapore Obviously there are tons more because Singapore likes [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I did some digging and found some interesting Singapore locals, news sites, blogs, &amp; businesses to follow on <a href="http://twitter.com">Twitter</a>.  If you think I did a good job and you like them all, I did you a solid and made a list (aren&#8217;t I nice? :D ): <a href="http://twitter.com/#/list/tara/singapore">http://twitter.com/#/list/tara/singapore</a></p>
<p>Obviously there are tons more because Singapore likes to tweet!  Leave some Tweeters to follow in the comments! Support local tweets!</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/angryangmo">@angryangmo</a><br />
Bio: World Blogging Award Winner, Writer for Travel Guides, Lifestyle Magazines, Crazy Expat, Hardly Surviving Singapore, Traveling The World Every Day</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/artzinesg">@artzinesg</a><br />
Bio: Singapore&#8217;s Online Art Magazine covers everything arty that&#8217;s happening in Singapore, exclusive interviews with artists and commentaries on art trends </p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/callsg">@callsg</a><br />
Bio: Latest Singapore News.</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/commonpeoplesg">@commonpeoplesg</a><br />
Bio: Commonpeople is a project to inspire creativity in Singapore.<br />
Note: They haven&#8217;t posted for awhile, but I think the vids are great. Tell them to start up again!</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/cowboycaleb">@cowboycaleb</a><br />
Bio: Popular infamous Asian blogger. </p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/Culturepush">@Culturepush</a><br />
Bio: Culturepush tracks cool stuff in art, culture and design in Singapore.</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/flu_sg">@flu_sg</a><br />
Bio: Your 1-stop SG Swine Flu center &#8211; statuses, resources &amp; tips!</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/hackerspacesg">@hackerspacesg</a><br />
Bio: Singapore&#8217;s Hackerspace</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/HungryGoWhere">@HungryGoWhere</a><br />
Bio: The 1st stop for hungry people. We&#8217;re Singapore&#8217;s best Food and Restuarant guide, listing the best promos &amp; latest reviews- by the community, for the community!</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/ieatishootipost">@ieatishootipost</a><br />
Bio: ieat of ieatishootipost.sg. Never waste your calories on yucky food!</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/KittyWuRecords">@KittyWuRecords</a><br />
Bio: Independent Singapore-based post-rock/shoegaze record label</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/mrbrown">@mrbrown</a><br />
Bio: father of 3, Blogfather of Singapore, satirist, writer, traveler, podcaster, tv host and boss of new media content company. Loves gadgets and bicycle commuting.</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/NG_Singapore">@NG_Singapore</a><br />
Bio: Singapore-based travel writer and food lover.</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/SatsugaiCat">@SatsugaiCat</a><br />
Bio:  I am a cat living in Singapore with a big dream! </p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/SBRMagazine">@SBRMagazine</a><br />
Bio: Singapore&#8217;s Business landscape, everyday, all day</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/singapore2010">@singapore2010</a><br />
Bio: The Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games. 14 &#8211; 26 August 2010</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/stim">@stim</a><br />
Bio: Singapore Twitter Incidental Musings. Helping Singapore Twitter users meet face-to-face since 2008<br />
Sad Face! Someone needs to run this account and get the tweetups going again!</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/stcom">@stcom</a><br />
Bio: Join The Straits Times&#8217; interactive community and get updates from our breaking news and blogs.</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/theAsianparent">@theAsianparent</a><br />
Bio: Singapore&#8217;s most popular parenting magazine &#8211; theAsianparent.com</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/TimeOutSG">@TimeOutSG</a><br />
Bio: We cover all of Singapore and a little bit more&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/tomorrowsg">@tomorrowsg</a><br />
Bio: The Unofficial Twitter feed for Tomorrow.sg: Bulletin of Singapore Bloggers. (run by @ketsugi)</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/whatsonsg">@whatsonsg</a><br />
Bio: Tweeting and RTing the latest and hottest events in Singapore. Join with #sgevents!</p>
<p>Here are some Twitter Lists that may be of interest to you:</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/tlists/singapore">http://twitter.com/tlists/singapore</a><br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/Watchmansg/singaporewatch">http://twitter.com/Watchmansg/singaporewatch</a><br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/nekogal/singapore-events">http://twitter.com/nekogal/singapore-events</a><br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/kizakee/singapore-soda">http://twitter.com/kizakee/singapore-soda</a><br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/ZairaOng/singapore">http://twitter.com/ZairaOng/singapore</a></p>
<p>Here are the most &#8220;influential&#8221; tweeters in Singapore according to wefollow: <a href="http://wefollow.com/twitter/singapore">http://wefollow.com/twitter/singapore</a></p>
<p>And the Singaporeans with the most followers: <a href="http://wefollow.com/twitter/singapore/followers">http://wefollow.com/twitter/singapore/followers</a></p>
<p>Remember to add ones to the comments that you like and don&#8217;t forget to include your own Twitter account! Stay awesome, Singapore!</p>
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		<title>Finding Stuff to do in S&#8217;pore</title>
		<link>http://singapore.metblogs.com/2010/06/06/finding-stuff-to-do-in-spore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 06:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Tiger Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m living in Singapore for the month of June with my family and with an extended period of time to explore the island I want to make the best of it. There are a few tools that I have been using to find the good stuff: TweetDeck, Blogs, and just recently FourWhere and YourSingapore. As [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m living in Singapore for the month of June with my family and with an extended period of time to explore the island I want to make the best of it.  </p>
<p>There are a few tools that I have been using to find the good stuff: TweetDeck, Blogs, and just recently FourWhere and YourSingapore.</p>
<p>As a <a href="http://twitter.com/tara">Twitter user</a> I&#8217;ve been using <a href="http://tweetdeck.com">TweetDeck&#8217;s</a> search feature for months and setup a new search column &#8220;Singapore.&#8221;  I have found out about good (and bad) restaurants, events and just today <a href="http://yoursingapore.com">YourSingapore</a> (ups to @rikaokd who <a href="http://twitter.com/rikaokd/status/15536342223">tweeted it</a>)  which is a GORGEOUS website created by the <a href="https://app.stb.gov.sg/asp/index.asp">Singapore Tourism Board</a> that allows me to browse stuff to do by category and complemented with beautiful photography.  I simply drag and drop things that interest me to a shopping cart and then organize by day and view each day on a map so I can make sure that what I want to do isn&#8217;t going to be too much to handle.  This is imperative for a place like Singapore where it is very hot and humid during the day and you probably want to limit your time outdoors.  This app isn&#8217;t just for tourists, I think it&#8217;s a great way for locals to find things to do as well.  Any time I travel and chat with the locals I usually surprise them with some fun thing to do that they hadn&#8217;t heard about.  Seriously, every city should have this app.</p>
<p><a href="http://fourwhere.com/">fourwhere</a> is built on top of the popular <a href="http://foursquare.com/">foursquare</a> check-in application.  You are presented with a map of Singapore and you simply click on the area that you are interested in and list of comments and tips pop up for places in that section of the map.  It has definitely saved us from making bad choices in restaurants!</p>
<p>[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSklJCZ40V0[/youtube]  </p>
<p>After talking to some of the locals, it became clear to me that one of their favorite pasttimes is eating at the many many incredible restaurants and stands.  Even Anthony Bourdain has declared Singapore &#8220;food heaven!&#8221;  There are some good blogs that focus on FOOD like <a href="http://ieatishootipost.sg/">ieat|ishoot|ipost</a> and <a href="http://www.camemberu.com/">CAMEMBERU,</a> both of which have mouthwatering pics of food and great reviews to go along with.</p>
<p>I would like to find some local Singapore Tweeters that talk about what&#8217;s happening here, so if you know any or can recommend even just one, please add to the comments.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m also looking for things I can do with a baby. Next week I am going to hang out with <a href="http://www.meetup.com/Singapore-Blissful-Babies-09-10-Playgroup/">Singapore Blissful Babies</a> and also hope to do the canopy walk. Hopefully I don&#8217;t have any run-ins with the monkeys as I heard they can be aggressive!</p>
<p>So far so good in Singapore!</p>
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