Singapore Notes

Think a domestic helper sounds like a good idea? So did Wicklow ex-pat Hazel Larkin - until she read the fine print. more...

"Sorry, your slang's too deep." English is spoken in Singapore - but Hazel Larkin tells us that it's not the same language she grew up with. more...

Where does a fashion conscious gal get her gear when she's thousands of miles from Grafton Street? Singapore-based Hazel Larkin does her designer shopping in Malaysia. more...

"I'm so pale that the sun's rays bounce off me", says Hazel - but now that she lives in Asia, her pasty Irish skin makes her an exotic woman of mystery. more...

"Jim is not the only Larkin to have been involved in a lockout...": Lock yourself out! That's how Hazel met her neighbours and gained a police stalker in Singapore. more...

Wicklow native Hazel Larkin speaks to her daughter in three languages - English, Tamil and Irish. Why has this Singapore resident chosen to raise her half-Indian, half-Irish child as Gaeilge? more...

Hazel Larkin describes life as an Irish person in Singapore. more...