Where are all the mixed children?

Atticus gets lots of stares here. Robby & I get lots of stares as well.

This confuses me. Singapore is a mecca of Asian, South Asian, & Southeast Asian cultures. Singaporeans learn English at school, but they also pick up several other languages in school and at home. Many of their families have been here for generations, not like the United States, where most Asian Americans are first immigrants or second generation offspring. There doesn't seem to be a clear indigenous group here, unless it's the Malays. It's just a panoply of Asian cultures. Yet, we see very few interracial or interethnic couples. We see exclusively Chinese couples, exclusively Indian couples, etc. We have yet to see an interethnic couple.

Where are they? Is it taboo?

It occurs to me that perhaps people from ethnic groups seek out one another because they speak the same home language. If I speak Mandarin in my community, why date someone who speaks Hindi?

Nonetheless, this issue baffles me. I will have to find someone to ask...

Oh, Atticus gets stared at ALL the time. I am almost afraid that one moment I'll look away & look back to find him gone, kidnapped by an eager Singaporean woman who has been smiling at him in the subway. I know, I sound paranoid. I'm not used to being in a culture where people love children & babies so much. In America, we can express interest in strangers' children, but we always maintain a clear aloofness so as not to appear suspicious. Locals here like to smile at him, sometime tap his blanket or his hand. They show a real genuine interest in interacting with him. I like that.