7AM: Greet the dawn with a jog around the futuristic Gardens by the Bay. Take in the skyline from the East Garden, as you wend your way through palm trees and pavilions in one of the city's most impressive feats of green architecture.
8AM: Enjoy a feast of street food at Maxwell Road Food Centre. A national institution in a country where “diet” is an impolite word, it offers an epic spread of over 100 hawker stalls. Do like the locals and enjoy a pork and century egg congee, with a fresh sugar cane juice hit with lemon.
10AM: Take a stroll through the National Gallery Singapore. Housed in the old Supreme Court and City Hall buildings, it boasts the world's largest collection of South East Asian modern and contemporary art.
NOON : Get fitted for a customized suit at Kevin Seah Bespoke. His atelier, hidden away in the middle of a business park, is a calm haven of choice fabrics (more than 20,000 at last count) and an obvious passion for tailoring. Next door is his ready-to-wear menswear studio stocked with an ever-changing catalogue of hard-to-find labels.
1PM: Work up an appetite with a stroll through the ginger gardens at Halia in the Singapore Botanic Gardens, before dining here. The kitchen makes clever use of local produce like farmed frogs that are gently poached and served with the titular halia, or ginger.
3PM: Pick up some art books at Basheer Graphic Books. The second home of architects, designers and fashion students, the store is crammed with everything from Taschen tomes to cult graphic novels and just about every design magazine in existence.
4PM: Break for afternoon tea at Tiong Bahru Bakery. There are six outlets scattered across Singapore, but this original out in the ’burbs still holds its own. Purists may find the croissants a little too crackly and crusty compared to their Parisian counterparts, but locals vacuum them up by the tray.
5PM: Stop and smell the orchids at Far East Flora. This florist is a certified Eden bristling with rare blooms. Choose the violet-mauve Vanda Miss Joaquim, Singapore’s national flower, named after Agnes Joaquim who crossed two local species to create this stunner.
6PM: Succumb to the subtle fingers of a masseuse at Remède Spa. An urban sanctuary nestled within the St. Regis hotel, the spa offers revitalizing treatments such as a steam bath followed by a Vichy shower. Alternatively, try the orange-blossom Rassoul Wrap, while reclining on a heated marble bed.
8PM: Take in a panoramic view of Marina Bay at The Clifford Pier. Superstar interior designer André Fu has enhanced the bones of this early 20th-century landmark by inserting a warmly lit dining room that opens out over the bay and Moshe Safdie’s towering Marina Bay Sands resort. The menu of local favourites like laksa and chicken rice is a delicious albeit expensive treat.