Several mental breakdowns, 6 holidays and a global pandemic later, I’m leaving the land of the Merlion…

Prior to moving to Singapore for the year, I had never even travelled beyond Europe. What lay ahead of me was a mystery, aside from the wild assumptions strangers told me and the random bits of information I got off google… If I could go back to a year ago today, this is what I would tell 2019 Poppy.

And believe me, if there’s any place to take amazing insta pics – it’s Singapore.

“You’re going to Singapore? But you won’t be able to eat anything!” “You might be able to get away with not eating meat, but you’ll definitely have to eat fish and animal products” “Is veganism even a thing in Singapore?” These are word for word things that were said to me when I told people I was going to live in Singapore. Whether you too are a vegetarian/vegan, haunted by these words of discouragement, or maybe you yourself have said one of those phrases above, this blog post is here to bust those myths!