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Amazing Packing Skills
I love travelling, but I loathe packing because I do not travel light and always worry about what I have forgotten. There is never enough space in my bag. Wish I could pack like this guy. The overlapping technique will … Continue reading
Posted in Lovely Ideas
Tagged Clever, knapsack, Life, Living, overlapping, packing, suitcase, travel, travelling, Video, YouTube
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Manpuku: A Japanese Food Court in Singapore
When we’re at the eastern part of Singapore and at the newest mall there, Tampines 1, we always choose to have our lunch at the Japanese food court Manpuku. It’s a clean spacious place with loads of seats and all … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged AOBA, dessert, Food, food court, Hokkaido Ramen, japanese, Kyoto Sabo, Living, lunch, Parfait, photography, photos, Ramen, Shoyu Ramen, Singapore, travelling
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Driving Past the Singapore Flyer and Marina Bay Sands
It was another unusually cool, cloudy and rainy day in July. I was hoping it wouldn’t rain heavily as it might set off one of my anxiety attacks. Luckily it just drizzled and I managed to distract my mind. Taking … Continue reading
Vintage Ads: Singapore the sunny smile isle
Found this vintage Singapore tourism advert from 1974 where the catchphrase was Singapore the sunny smile isle. Charming wasn’t it. I think life was less stressful then and we probably smiled a whole lot more. Today the latest advertising … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Ad, design, history, Life, Living, marketing, Nostalgia, Poster, Singapore, STPB, the sunny smile isle, travelling, Uniquely Singapore, vintage, Your Singapore
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Texas Chicken with Best Ever Maple Syrup Biscuits (Singapore Expo in Changi)
Go ahead, take one. I know…it’s so cruel to tease with food. Especially fried food! Anyway, I love the thicker type of fries like this. My only issue was that this was fried to the point where it was too crispy. … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged biscuits, Changi Expo, Chilli Sauce, Fast Food, Food, French Fries, Fried Chicken, personal, photography, photos, Singapore, Singapore Expo, Texas Chicken, travelling
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A Lady Bug, a Grasshopper and a Bee (Singapore Botanic Gardens)
Drove by the Botanic Gardens and the cute bugs (a lady bug, a green grasshopper and a yellow bee?) sitting near the fence attracted me. Snapped some quick blurry shots. As I checked out the photos I noticed a sign … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Art, beautiful, Botanic Gardens, cute bugs, expats, green, Life, Living, nature, photography, photos, Singapore, Singapore Garden Festival 2010, Things To Do, travelling
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Places of Worship (Little India)
As we drove by Serangoon Road (Little India), I took photos of a Mosque, Hindu Temples and a Sikh Temple which was undergoing renovation. There was a church as well, but I couldn’t snap the photos in time. You can … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society
Tagged Architecture, Art, beautiful, culture, Hindu Temple, India, Life, Little India, Living, mosque, photography, photos, religion, sculpture, Serangoon Road, Sikh Temple, Singapore, society, Temples, travel, travelling
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Journey Through Little India
Little India is a place in Singapore where you can get pretty metal and plastic bangles for just a few dollars. I just adored the shades of blue and pink that these came in. Bangles used to be made in … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Architecture, bangles, beautiful, culture, Food, kulfi, Life, Little India, Living, photography, photos, saris, shopping, Singapore, thosai, travel, travelling
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Bintan: Just a Ferry Ride Away
Sometimes you just don’t feel like taking another flight, but you really need a short break to invigorate your soul. That’s when we decided to go to Bintan, a beautiful Indonesian Island, which is just a 45 minute ferry ride … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Angsana Bintan, Beach, beautiful, Bintan, Ferry, happiness, Indonesia, nature, near Singapore, personal, Short Getaway, short trip, Spa, travel, travelling, Trip from Singapore, white sands
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Give Way for the Olympics
Weirdly I don’t feel like it’s the real Olympics, otherwise I would be more excited. Why am I not excited about this? Well, actually it’s the very first Youth Olympics – held in Singapore, but I don’t see this featured … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Headlines
Tagged August 2010, Give way, interesting signs, Life, photography, photos, Singapore, The Youth Olympics, travel, travelling
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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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