It is this time of the year again – Christmas – time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. In about 8 hours’ time, DS and I will be heading up north for a cold but not white Christmas in Xiamen, China. This is one very rare time that we decided on a trip within [...]
Archive for December, 2011
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Posted in Classical Music, Culture & Tradition, Festivals, Foreign Countries, Leisure, Memories, Special Occasions, Travel, Vacation, tagged China, Christmas, Christmas Decoration, Handel's Messiah, Japan, Singapore, Universal Studio japan, Xiamen on December 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
20th WORLD ORCHID SHOW & PREVIEW OF GARDENS BY THE BAY
Posted in Festivals, Info-Sharing, Leisure, Nature, Siingapore Event, Singapore, Singapore Attractions, tagged 20th World Orchids Show, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore, Singapore Attraction, Singapore Event, Supertree Grove on December 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was hesitant to post this entry about the 20th World Orchids Show 2011 (themed “Where New and Old World Orchids Meet”) which was held at the Marina Bay Sands Exhibition and Convention Centre last month. However, in noting that there have been quite a bit of online search (therefore interest) about this event, even [...]
MY FIRST MUFFINS
Posted in Cooking & Baking, Food and Drinks, Fruits & Foods, Leisure, tagged Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Banana Cinnamon Muffins, Cinnamon Powder, Cooking & Baking, Eggs, English Rose Tea, Food, Mashed Bananas, Muffins, Oven, Plain Flour, Salt, Unsalted Butter on December 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What a nice way to enjoy a quiet and seemingly gloomy (due to the weather) afternoon – A cup of beautiful English rose tea (present from my dear friend in Malaysia) and self-baked muffins! This was my first attempt on muffins and being one who loves bananas, banana muffins became my obvious choice today. And [...]
THE CHARM OF PULAU UBIN
Posted in Info-Sharing, Leisure, Nature, Singapore, Singapore Attractions, tagged Buffet Breakfast, Changi Village, Changi Village Hotel, Changi Village Jetty, Chek Jawa, Coastal Boardwalk, Crabs, Cycling, Mangrove, Pulau Ubin, Quarry, Singapore, Singapore Attractions, Singapore's Last Kampong, Wild Boar on December 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On 6 December, DS and I went to Pulau Ubin again, this time with a Singaporean friend of ours who had never been there before. This was our third visit in two and a half years. We departed from Changi Village jetty after a hearty buffet breakfast at Changi Village Hotel, and it was almost [...]
A DUTY TO RECYLE
Posted in Environmental Care, Info-Sharing, People, Singapore, Thoughts, tagged Recycling, Recycling Bins, Recycling Collections on December 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I am delighted to notice that there have been more recycling bins placed in public areas like shopping malls and office buildings, in recent months. I am not sure what kind of programmes are in place in school to educate the young ones about the importance of recycling but based on my observations, I can’t [...]