This afternoon, DS and I had to pick up my niece who was arriving into Singapore and putting up with us for a few nights. We had arranged to meet her at one of the MRT stations in the East. As we were early, we decided to go into this bakery shop outside the MRT [...]
Archive for November, 2011
LOSS OF FREEDOM TO SPEAK ENGLISH IN SINGAPORE
Posted in Info-Sharing, Service, Singapore, Society, Thoughts, tagged Bakery, Commit Suicide, English, Indonesian maid, Mandarin, MRT Station, Service, Singapore on November 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
TRICKS TO HAPPINESS
Posted in Life, People, Philosophy, Thoughts, tagged Happiness, Life, People, Singapore, Sumiko Tan, Thoughts on November 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
WRITTEN BY DS Here is another long overdue “inspired by Sumiko Tan” blog entry. In her 13 Nov 2011 article, she declared that she was truly happy! Well, that’s really something to cheer about. Although her happiness was about the absence of pain, I wonder if it was her statement that she has found love [...]
11-11-11
Posted in Food and Drinks, Fruits & Foods, Info-Sharing, People, Public Transport, Singapore, Singapore Food, Singapore Restaurants, tagged 11.11.11, Bailey, Bus, Chendol, Dessert, Different Taste, Food, Frankel Avenue, Fried Sambal Chili Ikan Selar, Ikan Selar, Irish Cream, Rambutan, Singapore, Singapore Food, Singapore Restaurant on November 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
11-11-11 – Once in every 100 hundred years. Some perceived it as an auspicious or special day but there are also other contradicting views about this date. Whatever it is, it is all in the mind. Have you done anything special today? To me, it is just another normal day but what made it a [...]
DAILY CHICKEN RICE ?
Posted in Food and Drinks, Fruits & Foods, Info-Sharing, Service, Singapore, Singapore Food, Singapore Restaurants, tagged Bean Sprout, Channel 8, Chicken Rice, Food, Food Programme, Hainanese Chicken Rice, Joo Chiat, Mediacorp, Peranakan, Singapore, Singapore Food, Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice on November 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
DS and I live not far from Joo Chiat but it is a place rather unfamiliar to us since we hardly go there. I know that it is a gazetted conservation district in the eastern part of Singapore and there are many eateries there, but unfortunately my impression of Joo Chiat is somewhat negative based [...]