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My Fave Japanese Stores in Singapore #3 : Don Don Donki
A picture heavy post. This store is so enticing and attractive, although it’s more on the expensive side compared to Daiso of course. The fruit is like eye candy and the fresh scent of apples today. Just wow. Feast for … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore, Japanese, Singapore Living
Tagged culture, Don Don Donki, Food, groceries, japanese, Life, Living, photography, photos, Singapore, snacks, supermarket, travel
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Where We Used Our CDC Vouchers #12: Yakader Dum Briyani at Tekka
Been coming here for years and raving about it to relatives. Miss this a lot during the lockdown period. Back then this stall was not as famous as Allahuddin. When we first tried the Yakader chicken dum briyani, the chicken … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore, hawker, Indian, Singapore Living
Tagged briyani, culture, Food, hawker, Life, Living, photography, photos, Singapore, travel, Yakader
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Where I Used My CDC Vouchers #10: Revisited Toa Payoh Lorong 1 Block 127 Dough Fritter Stall, 02-05
The yellow bean hum chim peng was piping hot today and so perfectly good. The salty sweet combo is just heaven to this carb addict. Today there was a young guy at the stall and a lady perhaps the wife … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese, hawker, Singapore Living
Tagged Chinese, culture, Food, hawker, hum chim peng, Life, Living, photography, photos, Singapore, Toa Payoh
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Where I Used My CDC Vouchers #9: Chey Sua Carrot Cake
I was so glad to see the stall was open today. The last time it was closed even though it was on a day they usually operate. It’s my very first time trying this famous white carrot cake. I asked … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese, hawker
Tagged carrot cake, Chinese, culture, Food, hawker, Life, Living, Lorong 1, photography, photos, Singapore, Toa Payoh, white carrot cake
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Life is unfair and humility is underrated
I hesitate to publish my raw thoughts. I’m aware that beneath this post lies my own bitterness due to certain traumas in life. But perhaps my thoughts about disparity and privilege might strike a chord with you. You see, on … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings, Singapore Living
Tagged culture, disparity, ego, humility, Life, Living, personal, Singapore, thoughts, values
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Northshore Plaza: We like this new mall at Punggol
In Singapore malls are needed to escape the intense heat. And it’s nice to find a new place to hang out, that’s not too crowded. I think it’s because it doesn’t have a Uniqlo. I noticed that any mall with … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged culture, Food, Life, Living, mall, photography, photos, shopping, Singapore
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Culture Shock #2: I will never understand why shoes are worn indoors
Even worse than not removing footwear and continuing to wear them indoors? Hopping onto beds with their shoes on. As a kid I just couldn’t understand it watching this on TV. I was imagining all the filth and grime from … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings, Singapore Living
Tagged culture, hygiene, Life, Living, personal, shoes indoors, Singapore, thoughts
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It’s a Lonelier Place with Devices
I know that devices have given us so many conveniences. In an emergency, when a lorry knocked down my eldest cousin, my mum had to rush to a neighbour’s house to use the telephone to call his mum, her elder … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Midlife Musings
Tagged culture, devices, happiness, Life, Living, personal, smart phones
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Culture Shock #1: Why is Living with Your Parents Stigmatized
As a kid in Asia I never could understand why in most Christmas movies, the kid who lives apart from their parents, often in a different State, dreads their visit. Why don’t they love their parents? It confused me on … Continue reading
Toa Payoh Lorong 1 Block 127
Hope to explore this market and food centre more. The hawker food is located on the second floor and there seem to be many stalls that have been there for years.
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged culture, Food, hawker, Life, Living, photography, photos, Singapore
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Where I Used My CDC Vouchers #7: My first Visit at Toa Payoh Lorong 1 Block 127 Dough Fritter Stall, 02-05
Extremely rare for me to find green bean ham chin pang (hum chin peng) and the owner here is so nice and friendly. Even after I run out of CDC vouchers, I would definitely revisit. The owner only makes a … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese, Food in Singapore, hawker, Singapore Living
Tagged Chinese, culture, Food, ham chin pang, hawker, Life, Living, photography, photos, Singapore
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Where I Used My CDC Vouchers #6: Teochew Handmade Pau, Toa Payoh, Lorong 1, Block 127 Hawker Centre
Honestly we wanted to try the famous carrot cake here at this Toa Payoh market and food centre on level 2. (The ground level is the wet market so you got to take the lift or climb up to this … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese, Singapore Living
Tagged CDC vouchers, culture, Food, handmade pau, hawker, Life, Living, pau, photography, photos, Singapore, Toa Payoh
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My Favourite Teh Halia at Tekka: Mubarak Ali Kopitiam
In my subjective opinion the best teh halia (ginger milk tea) in Singapore. I like my tea, sweet, milky, smooth, not tannic and the ginger doesn’t need to be overpowering .
Posted in Food in Singapore, Indian, Singapore Living
Tagged culture, Food, ginger tea, hawker, Indian, Life, Living, photography, photos, Singapore, Teh Halia, Tekka, travel
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Pandemic Art?
One fun thing about blogging is that you pay attention to details you may otherwise miss. Makes life more interesting for sure. Like what we saw at the Tekka hawker centre. Due to the pandemic we get a sticker that … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Art, blogging, culture, Daily Photo, funny, interesting, Life, photography, Singapore, Singapore life, Singapore photos, Tekka Market, travel
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Impressed by the Indian Heritage Centre
Time to dig out old photos from last year and blog about them. So much backlog. But I just have to mention the Indian Heritage Centre which we explored just before Deepavali last year. Best part is it was free … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged culture, Indian Heritage Centre, Little India, Serangoon Road
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Litte India Just Before Deepavali
Now is a great time to visit Little India with the added excitement from Deepavali, the festival of lights. Wrote about my visit at White as Milk.
Posted in White as Milk
Tagged culture, Deepavali, Little India, people, photos, Serangoon Road, vibrant
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Best Teh Tarik in Singapore (Nameless Stall at Kampong Glam)
The elderly white bearded uncle at the little nameless tea shop, just opposite Kampong Glam cafe makes the best tea in Singapore hands down. It’s called a Sarabat stall (selling mainly drinks and run by mainly Indian Muslim owners) and … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged Best, culture, drink, Food, ginger tea, halal, Kampong Glam, rose, sarabat, Singapore, tea, teh alia, teh tarik, Traditional
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Tired of Being Politically Correct All the Time
Worried that I’m gonna have a ton of bricks coming my way, but I’ve just been feeling this way lately. Just had to say it. It’s quite a restricting feeling to have to watch every single thing you say and … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society, Midlife Musings
Tagged 70's, cautious, culture, family, honesty, personal, politically correct, pretentious, self edit, society, thoughts
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Haw Par Villa: Gruesome & Strange, but a Once in a Lifetime Kinda Place
My mum recalls that when I was a toddler I used to love sitting on the plastic tiger at the entrance of Haw Par Villa. Back then we called the place Tiger Balm gardens. Try as I might I couldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society
Tagged 70's, attraction, campy, Chinese mythology, culture, grotesque, gruesome, Haw Par Villa, history, odd, seventies, strange, tiger balm, weird
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The National Library & Sleeping Folks
The new building is very impressive. But I still miss the tiny red brick building that used to the National Library I knew as a kid. It’s pretty conveniently located. Not attached to Bugis MRT (which would be lovely for … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged behaviour, book, books, culture, library, National Library, people, Singapore, Sleeping
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A Bit About the History of Tekka Market
Hope you read about one of our oldest markets at White as Milk. I have to confess that as a child I didn’t like coming here as the fresh meat and fish used to stink so bad. I used to … Continue reading
Posted in White as Milk
Tagged childhood, culture, Food, history, market, Tekka Market
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Does Singapore’s Food Culture Help to Unite Us?
I love getting questions about Singapore from readers. I’m no expert, but if I can help with the little knowledge I have, I feel thrilled. I just got another fascinating question from Nienke from Holland. She’s researching food culture in … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society
Tagged culture, ethnocentrism, Food Culture, harmony, peace, race, racism, Singapore, society, unite
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