IT IS a problem that many hobbyists face: space constraints for an evergrowing collection.

Civil servant Desmond Chua, 34, collects toy figurines such as 12-inch military figures, Transformers and Zoids.

To store his collection of more than 1,000 figurines, he converted one bedroom in his five-room HDB flat in Choa Chu Kang into storage space. He put in floor-to-ceiling glass shelves to display the figurines.

JAPAN is not all about sushi, sake, and sakura and a new cultural centre set up here hopes to get more Singaporeans aware about the intricacies of the culture.

AT LEAST one good thing has come out of the recession: Dads now have more time to spend with their families.

The Centre for Fathering has seen so much demand for its father-and-child bonding camps that it has had to turn people away.