Humble Journeys Blog

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A weekend journal of exploring Singapore with Alex—my awesomely autistic little adventurer who loves all things that move, from planes to trains to shuttle buses. 🚌

Our weekends are built around simple rides and small discoveries across Singapore neighborhoods, parks and everyday places, with time to play, wander, and just be together. 💞

I also write both books inspired by my son’s love of adventure; however, this space is currently dedicated to the real memories we’re making together.

👉 Here’s an index of our adventures where you can browse by Singapore districts.

🎥 Follow our journey on YouTube for the full experience.

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Tampines Changkat Butterfly Garden

🎥Watch a video about this trip on YouTube: Singapore - Tampines Changkat Butterfly Garden 👩🏻‍💻 Search the adventures by Singpore District: Humble Journeys Index I had heard of Tampines Changkat Butterfly Garden before and often visited the surrounding areas, but I hadn’t really been there until this trip. The name brings up lovely images of butterflies fluttering everywhere in the garden, doesn’t it? So, Alex and I went there on a weekend. We took a bus to the nearest bus

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Changi Airport Terminal 4 Shuttle

Alex discovered the Terminal 4 shuttle from a short video I took at the airport. I was picking up my parents when I saw the big purple bus pass by and thought Alex would love it, so I filmed it with my phone. He was, of course, thrilled to ride the bus—but he was even more pleasantly surprised to discover a spot at Changi Airport Terminal 4 where he could sit and watch the airplanes going about their business. He loves airplanes and spends hours drawing and colouring the plan

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Sembawang Shuttle Bus & Sembawang Park Jetty

🎥 You can watch a short video about this trip on YouTube and other social platforms. How it all started Alex came to me and said, “Mummy, let’s go to Sembawang.” His father and I were mildly surprised that he even knew Sembawang. We live on the east side of Singapore, and like most families, we frequent attractions closer to home. Sembawang is quite a distance away from us. It had never occurred to us to visit that area, and we had never mentioned it to Alex. But there he w

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