Banana Lemon Singapore

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Illustrated aerial view of Sentosa beneath a transparent triangular-panel dome, with beaches outside and a winter-storage ship beside a floating cooling platform.

7 Oct 2026 · 9 min read

Winter, delivered: inside an imagined Sentosa dome

The machinery behind a week of snow on Sentosa: an illustrated fictional atlas of the ship, cooling circuits, roof joints and Quartzil cushions.

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Singapore, illustrated.

The comic collection

A Christmas snow globe encloses a snowy tropical island and cable cars beneath triangular geodesic panes, with Merry Christmas on its base.

Winter, delivered: inside an imagined Sentosa dome

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In a tropical Eden, Eve picks an apple from a planted steel Supertree while a serpent watches from a low branch.

The Lake Above the Gardens

The story behind it Fig. 03

Neighbours share a long table of different dishes, drinks and flowers between Joo Chiat shophouses, with a sleeping dachshund and a passing fluffy dog.

Joo Chiat Without Cars: A Street Full of People

The story behind it Fig. 04

Comic: a white LEGO Shashlik box showing a brick-built grill, standing on a pale sandy table against a cream-coloured wall, with three loose bricks beside it.

Making Shashlik in Singapore

The story behind it Fig. 05

A pencil-and-watercolour Merlion looks directly at the viewer, with a glowing red mechanical eye exposed beneath chipped stone.

What If Singapore’s Merlion Ran on Steam?

The story behind it Fig. 06

A lone visitor walks around a spiralling blue-and-yellow tower with round windows, echoing Katong Shopping Centre.

Katong Shopping Centre: Singapore’s Brutalist Mall

The story behind it Fig. 07

A Minecraft creeper slides down a mosaic dragon playground in an old Singapore HDB courtyard, drawn in pencil and watercolour.

Singapore, Remixed

The story behind it Fig. 08

A smiling man gives a thumbs-up as a black cat runs across the path directly in front of his feet.

A Crashed Car. A Lucky Number.

The story behind it Fig. 09

Comic: a seated man tenderly hugs an enormous metal key in a modest apartment.

My Son Lost His Keys in Singapore. Finding Them Was the Easy Part.

The story behind it Fig. 10

Editorial comic of Bruce Willis wearing a giant square pizza box marked PIZZA while the pizza lies at his feet.

Choice Cuts Pizza & Records: A Slice of New York on Joo Chiat

The story behind it Fig. 11

A blue Singapore taxi followed by a grey paper sickness-bag taxi at a taxi stand

Jerky Driving in Singapore Taxis: A Passenger’s Story

The story behind it Fig. 12

Illustration of an emergency cabinet containing a grill spatula beneath the words In Case of Burger Emergency, Break Glass

Wildfire Burgers Singapore: Why I Keep Going Back

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