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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Singapore Presidential Candidates get Auto-tuned
Silly, but too funny not to share to take a break from the seriousness of the Presidential Elections. I thought Tony Tan’s voice got the most melodic treatment. [youtube]RqZOrwndVPc&feature=channel_video_title[/youtube] YouTuber by the name PE2011MusicVideos must have used some quite old … Continue reading
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Tagged auto-tuned, comedy, funny, music videos, musical, silly, Tan Cheng Bock, Tan Jee Say, Tan Kin Lian
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Curry Night Song
A YouTuber added lyrics and pictures to mrbrown’s Curry Night song. (sung to Vincent) Not Vincent Wijeyingha, but that song, Starry Starry Night. But I am sure Vincent would find this pretty funny. [youtube]MhLozqBqPMk[/youtube]
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Tagged Curry Night, lyrics, Mr Brown, mrbrown, the mrbrown show, Video
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Another SMRT Train Vandalised
This kind of thing is scary for passengers like me. Graffiti is fine, but thank goodness it was not anything worse. The last time the breach was at Changi Depot and this time it was at Bishan. What’s up with … Continue reading
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Tagged breached, graffiti, news, security, Singapore, SMRT, train, vandalised
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Rental Disputes – Borders at Wheelock and Freshness Burger at Nex
Update on 19 August 2011: No More Borders at Wheelock Place. What I posted earlier: The latest news is that Borders at Wheelok is closed for now due to a rental dispute. But they are not closed for business and … Continue reading
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Tagged Borders, closed, commercial property, disputes, Freshness Burger, Nex, rent, rental, Serangoon, Singapore, town, Wheelock Place
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My Village: Kites & Something New on the Rooftop?
My Village is not a souless mall as it’s Facebook Page declares and I have to agree. During this visit I spotted kites being flown and there was something new being constructed at the rooftop. The new Healthway clinic has … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged kites, mall, My Village, new, rooftop, Serangoon Gardens, Singapore, travel
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My Village: Chocolate & Peanut Butter Cake at Relish
Chocolate and peanut butter cake at Relish. This is so rich it must be shared. This is the perfect place to relax on a rainy afternoon, with soothing music, high ceilings and impeccable service. We never feel rushed here. Free … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged cafe, cake, chocolate and peanut butter cake, design, dessert, Entertainment, Food, happiness, Life, Living, My Village, photography, photos, relaxing, Relish, Serangoon Gardens, Singapore, travel
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Cook A Pot of Curry Day (& Chen Show Mao Eating Prata with Curry)
Update 20 August 2011: Viswa Sadasivan has written an excellent letter reminding us that the event on Sunday is about a stand against the legitimization of intolerance. Let’s not immediately label it xenophobia (although some people are using it to … Continue reading
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Tagged article, bullied, controversy, Cook a Pot of Curry Day, curry, dispute, FaceBook, family, humble, Indian, mediation, outrage, ridiculous, Singaporeans, Telegraph, unfair, Worker's Party
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Pink Street Lamps
I found these pink street lamps along Rosyth road quite unique. Never seen anything like these ones in Singapore before. But perhaps it’s just because I am paying more attention to little architectural details these days, with the blog and … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Architecture, design, Life, Living, photography, photos, pink, Rosyth Road, Singapore, Street Lamps
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The Full Moon and a Planet?
I think one of the planets can be seen with the naked eye today, next to the full mooon. Any astronomers out there who can enlighten me? It looks too huge to be a star.
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged beautiful, full moon, Life, Living, naked eye, nature, photography, photos, planet, Singapore
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Retro Toy Store at North Bridge Road
This is the first time I am coming across this toy store called Tai Sing which has been in operation since 1971 and has branches in Malaysia. It sells mostly toy cars and although I am not into this kinda … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Arab Street, Architecture, culture, Kampong Glam, Life, Living, North Bridge Road, photography, photos, shops, Singapore, Toy store, toys, travel
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Jalan Kledek
Jalan Kledek is the little street off North Bridge road. Inside the beautiful blue building there are two famous restaurants – Sabar Menanti II for Nasi Padang and the Islamic Restaurant for traditional briyani. It’s nice that the street is … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Arab Street, Architecture, bazaar, culture, Jalan Kledek, Kampong Glam, Life, Living, Malay, muslim, photography, photos, Ramadan, Singapore, travel
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Singapore Hawker Food & Desserts Below 500 Calories
I am really quite appreciative that the Health Promotion Board has the cool tool where they provide you with the calorie count and nutritional content of local hawker food. This kind of information has been hard to find in the … Continue reading
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Tagged bun, calories, diet, Food, green bean soup, hawker, healthy, Lor Mai Kai, Macaroni Chicken Soup, Mee Soto, Penang Laksa, Popiah, Singapore, soup, soya bean curd, wan tan mee
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Singapore Food & Calories (Briyani, Claypot Rice & Wan Tan Mee)
The Health Promotion Board has a very useful tool where you can calculate the nutritional content of various hawker foods found in Singapore. I was surprised by some of my findings. Food that I thought was healthy, turned out to … Continue reading
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Tagged briyani, calories, claypot rice, content, Food, hawker, health, Health Promotion Board, healthy, meals, noodles, nutrition, rice, Singapore, wan tan mee
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The Stop Cooking Indian Curry Story Upsets Me
Sunday, August 21st, is Cook a Pot of Curry Day. A brilliant group of Singaporeans set up a facebook page to celebrate curry as our way of life and it already has 17,364 attendees. (Update on 19 August 2011: The … Continue reading
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Tagged 21 August 2011, annoyed, August 21st, China, Cook a Pot of Curry Day, cooking curry, culture, curry, dispute, event, FaceBook, Indian, news, report, Singapore, Singaporean, Singaporeans, society, Sunday, today paper, unfair, upset
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Driving into JB (Shops & Sights)
I just got a timely warning to watch out for snatch theft by people on motorcycles. I have witnessed such an incident in KL but not in JB and I think it’s best not to risk it since I have … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Architecture, coffeeshop, culture, JB, Johor Bahru, Life, Living, photography, photos, Restaurants, seafood, streets, travel
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Sharon Au is Adorable in the 2011 Official NDP Music Video
[youtube]VIgoiKKa9_E[/youtube] The song is called ‘In a Heart Beat’ and it’s cheesy as usual, but there’s no denying that Sharon Au was adorable as the mum in the video. I also liked the nostalgia of the kids eating satay. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, adorable, celebrity, cute, local, mother, music, NDP, Nostalgia, Sharon Au, Singapore, sweet satay, Video
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View of Singapore from Malaysia
This is the view of Singapore from Malaysia, just to show you how close we are. We are close not only by proximity, but also in terms of culture, food and history. I think we have wonderful neighbours and I … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged causeway, coastal, culture, customs, Food, history, JB, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, Malaysians, MRT, neighbours, photography, photos, Singapore, travel, view
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Blogging at Singapore Actually
Delving more into the local scene and what everyone is talking about at Singapore Actually. It’s my other blog which I have neglected for quite a while. Hope you join me there as well. Here are some of my more … Continue reading
I am Singaporean because I love going to Malaysia
I think most Singaporeans should be thankful that Malaysia still welcomes us and that it’s so easy to get there. It’s no secret that we go there for cheaper petrol, food, groceries and even medicine. And we can relieve our … Continue reading
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Tagged City Square, cost of living, JB, Johor Bahru, Life, Living, Malaysia, mall, opposition, shopping, Singapore, Singaporean, Singaporeans
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Singapore on her 46th Birthday
Took a double decker bus around a small part of our clean island. Haven’t sat on the upper deck in many years and I recommend it. Thought these bunch of flags sewn together and fluttering in the strong breeze was … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged 46 years, 46%, bus ride, clean, double decker bus, Life, Living, National Day, photo, photography, pictures, red, sales, school kids, sights, Singapore, travel, view
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The Dead Fish Handshake
Been meaning to steer away from political topics, but I just keep coming back to them. Learnt something new today. I had no idea what a dead fish handshake was till I read about it on the internet, with Singaporeans … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, dead fish, debate, fish monger, handshake, insincere, Life, limp fish, Living, shaking hands, Singapore, Singaporeans, Video
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Feeling a Bit Disturbed about text from my Blog post being Copied and Pasted
Update on 18 August 2011: Sigh….the plagiarized text is up again Update on 17 August 2011: Thanks so much to Yahoo Singapore, who very promptly removed the plagiarized chunks of text. What I posted earlier: Someone copied a chunk of … Continue reading →