Frederik Rettig has lived and worked in Singapore since 2004, the same year he got his Ph.D. in Southeast Asian history from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. He has researched and published on Vietnamese soldiers and workers in the service of France and also co-edited a book on colonial armies in Southeast Asia. The region’s female warriors, heroines, and revolutionaries constitute another research area, most notably the Indian National Army’s women’s unit, which had its main training centre in Singapore’s old colonial district during the Japanese occupation. Married locally with two kids, Frederik brings his interests in human beings and their experiences to his tours. He believes that Singapore, at the crossroads between East and West and always at the forefront of modernity, is one of the best places to do so.