After travelling the world, native of Michigan, USA, Christopher O’Grady settled down in a place, where it is “never cold and everything functions efficiently”, in Singapore.

Singapore is a unique mix of Asian and Western cultures, often described as a place where East meets West. Most of the local companies have significant influence of the traditional values of the Chinese, who make up 75 % of Singapore’s population. It’s the world’s only fully functioning city-state, a global hub for commerce, finance and travel. It is not the cheapest place. In fact it ranked as the 5th expensive in Asia after Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong and Beijing. However the tax system, safety and life quality are great advantage of the region. Maybe Singapore does not offer huge deal of the cultural heritage like countries in Europe. It can also have advantages. The local museums are opened for news genres and experiments as well as for new technologies. It has also unique and enriching tradition of the Peranakan culture, descended from marriages between Chinese or Indian men and local Malay and Indonesian women from the Malay Archipelago, is a fascinating blend of cultures from the region.