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Monthly Archives: June 2010
I Wanna Go Home
Furniture store ‘I Wanna Go Home’ at Great World City (another mall in the central part of Singapore) has a name that reminds me of what children are prone to whine when they are at a boring adults party. Their … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged coffee, design, Furniture, Great World City, I Wanna Go Home, Life, Living, personal, photography, photos, shopping, Singapore, travel
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Drummer Boys in Blue (VivoCity Singapore)
The mall at VivoCity sure knows how to drum up business (pardon the pun). They really came marching out of the blue (sorry I can’t help it). They seemed to be enjoying themselves are they beat their drums and attempted … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged blue, Drummer Boys, Life, Living, photography, photos, shopping, Singapore, travel, travelling, VivoCity
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African Crafts at VivoCity
I was really impressed by the traditional attire of this African booth owner at VIvoCity. His authentic stall injects a whole load of vibrancy to the mall. I spotted his booth just across from the PageOne bookstore where I sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged African, crafts, Life, Living, shopping, Singapore, travel, VivoCity
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Mad Men: An Intellegent TV Show
I don’t watch much TV, but when I do I am selective and Mad Men is one show I love. It has an authentic feel, set in the advertising world of Sterling and Cooper of the 60’s and a captivating … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged Art, beautiful, beauty, Celebrities, culture, curvy, gorgeous, Life, Mad Men, TV
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The Writer Who Could Not Read
When I first saw this article at Huffington Post I was baffled and wondered how that was possible. This story will make you grateful you can read. The whole idea is pretty mind boggling to me. The neuroscientist who created … Continue reading
Sun Ho Vlogs and Had Home Near Brangelina?
Update 24 June 2010: Singapore Controversy Talked About on LA Weekly. Singapore’s City Harvest Church Controversy Comes to the Hollywood Hills By Patrick Range McDonald, Tuesday, Jun. 22 2010 @ 8:30AM Comments (28) Categories: crime Singaporean Pop Star Sun Ho … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Headlines
Tagged blog, Brangelina, Celebrities, gossip, Kong Hee, lavish lifestyle, news, Singapore, Sun Ho, tabloid, trashy, Video, vlog
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32 Year Old Swiss National Oliver Fricker at Court Today
This is life in Singapore. I think most Singaporeans are awaiting the verdict in this case, but I for one sincerely hope he is let off the hook (I mean spared the flogging bit). I also hope our laws dating … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Headlines
Tagged case, court, lawyer, Life, MRT, news, Oliver Fricker, Singapore, SMRT, Swiss, Video
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Icelandic Sea Blanket
We’ve been hearing so much about Iceland and it’s volcano, that I was delighted to come across this blanket by Icelandic designers in stunning cobalt blue. It’s even made of Icelandic wool from Icelandic sheep which have naturally bare faces … Continue reading
Posted in Lovely Ideas
Tagged Art, design, fun, happiness, Iceland, Icelandic, interior design, Life, Living, nature, Nordic, photography, photos, pretty, products, Scandinavian, seablanket, Sheep, travel
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Prettiest Pictures at A Creative Mint
{Photo by Leslie from A Creative Mint} I stumbled upon the prettiest little blog in all my history of blogging, that goes by the name Creative Mint. This lovely art blog is by Canadian, Leslie who stepped away from her … Continue reading
Posted in Lovely Ideas
Tagged Art, beauty, blog, design, photography, pretty, vintage
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Tom N Toms: Korean Coffee Place at VivoCity
I hope I’m not getting boring and predictable. I’ve now been to all 3 branches of this new Korean coffee place – Tom N Toms. The latest one was at VivoCity where I encountered ugly Singaporean behaviour. You know the … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged cafe, coffee, design, Food, Korean, Life, Living, personal, photography, photos, pretzel, Singapore, tea, Tom N Toms, travel
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Manly Knitting
Knitting you usually associate with your sweet old grandma and you’ll never find it in Macho land. But Nathan Vincent has switched all that with his creative manly knitting. In his own words he: critiques stereotypical gender mediums by creating … Continue reading
Posted in Lovely Ideas
Tagged Art, beauty, craft, creative, design, knitting, Nathan Vincent, out of the box, vintage
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Old Trains and Memories
With the closing of our old Railway Station at Tanjong Pagar, people are flocking to capture their last memories. It’s incredible when I think that the trains that have been running on these tracks since 1935. I was nostalgic too … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged father, Father's Day, Life, Living, memories, Nostalgia, personal, photography, photos, Singapore, Trains, travel
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Vintage Baby Photography for Sunday
Explore beautiful works of photographic art by photographer, blogger Shana Rae. She has created a software for Photoshop to easily convert your photos to works of vintage art. It even has a pretty name – Florabella Creations. I don’t own … Continue reading
Posted in Lovely Ideas
Tagged Art, babies, baby, beautiful, beauty, photography, photos, pink, vintage
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Tiny Feels Big on Page 34 of The Sunday Times
I am guilty of not reading The Straits Times (the local Singapore papers), getting my news fix from online headlines or blogs like Huffington Post or The New York Times instead. I also get a lot of my news from … Continue reading
Posted in Featured
Tagged blogging, happiness, news, Orchard Road Flood, personal, Singapore, Sunday Times, writing
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Why are Prince William, Harry and Beckham Wearing Those Awful Ties?
Huffington Post is doing a survey on who would you like to hang out with, but all I could think of was why those handsome young princes wearing such ugly oldish ties. Or is that the trend these days cos … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged Celebrities, David Beckham, Price Harry, Prince William, World Cup
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You’ll Find The Nicest Prata Uncle at The Old Railway Station
This is where the magic happens! Ghee is used to spread the kneaded dough on the hot plate. The Ghee which is clarified butter from cow’s milk and which has the most fragrant smell makes Indian dishes and desserts artery … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged childhood, Food, history, Keppel, KTM, Life, Living, Nostalgia, personal, photography, photos, prata, Railway, Singapore, Station, Tanjong Pagar, tea, travel
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Should I Change My Blog Design?
Update: Ok I’ve taken the plunge and changed it, but lots of my stuff and video links have now disappeared. If you stumble upon my blog and are frustrated by the empty spaces, please bear with me as I try … Continue reading
Old Railway Station: Love You Just The Way You Are
I am really sad that a tiny part of Malaysia in Singapore will be gone by July 2011. It was a disputed piece of land that has been historically managed by the Malaysia Railway called KTM, but recently Malaysian leaders … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Architecture, history, Keppel, KTM, Life, Living, Malaysia, memories, Nostalgia, old, Paul Theroux, personal, photography, photos, Railway, Singapore, Tanjong Pagar, tea, train, travel
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I Wish My Home Looked Like The IKEA Showroom
I love wondering around Ikea just gazing at the interior designs. They have incredible models of the perfect living room, bed room, dining room, kitchen and so on. I couldn’t help snapping a few photos at Ikea Singapore to share: … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Art, beauty, design, happiness, ikea, Life, Living, personal, photography, photos, shopping, Singapore, travel
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I Can’t Help Feeling Sorry for Kong Hee After Reading His Latest Blog Post
On this twitter Kong Hee describes himself as “guy with a famous wife”, in his own words. He seems like a pretty down to earth approachable person to have amassed this many followers, even if there was a huge measure … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Headlines
Tagged City Harvest Church, Kong Hee, news, scandal, Singapore, Sun Ho, Video
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