Tag Archives: Singapore

The Grass is Green enough Here, wherever Here is

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 2 photos.

So this is it then. In two days time, I leave New York for good, and my nomadic life well and truly comes to an end.  I mean I will still continue with my Grand Tour of Southeast Asia, and … Continue reading →

More Galleries | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Coming of Age, or When September Ends

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 1 photo.

When September ends, my story will be complete – at least for now.  The pieces are falling into place: I’ve put my deposit down for a rental apartment; my flights to and back from New York have been booked; the … Continue reading →

More Galleries | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

I think I have an answer… to this question of Home

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 6 photos.

Ok, so… I’m about to head back to New York in two days time and I think I’ve got the whole thing figured out… this question of Home, that is. And for starters, well… I don’t think Home is just … Continue reading →

More Galleries | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Being Here, Craving for “Normal” There

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 3 photos.

Alright, I’m fed up. It’s simply too hard, this flying epic distances to enjoy a few precious weeks of domesticity. I’ve been homeless and placeless these past two years now. And there’s little sign that this state of being is … Continue reading →

More Galleries | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

“There’s No Place Like Home” – New Conceptions of Home for Young Mobile Persons in 6 Global Cities

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 1 photo.

I interrupt my New Urban Precincts series to say that I have finally uploaded my presentation at the recent Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in New York on 28th Feb on Slideshare, complete with (re-enacted) audio.  I’m not that … Continue reading →

More Galleries | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Dream of A City 2011… Autumn（秋）

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 21 photos.

In my eagerness to write about the last three weeks back in London and Berlin, I realise I left my Best of 2011 hanging.  And so, finally, here’s the third installment, capturing the best of my journeying between late Summer … Continue reading →

More Galleries | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

In New York Dreaming Of Being In Singapore Imagining Myself In New York

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 1 photo.

And so 2011 ends.  But my year of being in-between homes is hardly over. I started this year on a plane (literally) from home in New York to home in Singapore. And it is perhaps fitting that I end this … Continue reading →

More Galleries | Tagged , , , , , | 10 Comments

Home is a Non-place

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 7 photos.

Marc Augé (1995), in his seminal book Non-places: introduction to an anthropology of supermodernity, sheds light on the concept of “non-places,” noting that: “[i]f a place can be defined as relational, historical and concerned with identity, then a space which … Continue reading →

More Galleries | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Home is Elsewhere

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 1 photo.

A friend of mine, speaking on the subject of Home, said that what’s most important to him was flexibility – the ability to just pick up and go anywhere in the world; to be elsewhere easily. As long as he … Continue reading →

More Galleries | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Quality of the Evocative

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Kennie Ting

This gallery contains 1 photo.

I re-visited Portsdown Road today – where I used to live in Singapore – to wander and to relive memories. The area is a beautiful and rare patch of well-preserved countryside (for lack of a better way of describing it) … Continue reading →

More Galleries | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment