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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Toddlers and Tiaras: You’re Never Too Young To Get Your Eyebrows Waxed!
Update: You’re never too young to get our eyebrows waxed! (via Dlisted) 10 year old Brooklyn even manages to warn other little girls “Don’t try this at home!”. The guy who waxes her eyebrows even boasts that she will only … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society
Tagged bad, crazy, culture, eyebrows waxed, little girl, Mothers, Mums, parents, Reality, society, Toddlers and Tiaras, TV, Video
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Beezus and Ramona
This is the vintage cover of the Beverly Cleary Book I tremendously enjoyed reading as a child. I think Joey King was a great choice to play Ramona, although both actresses are a few years older than they are in … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged beautiful, beauty, Beezus and Ramona, Beverly Cleary, books, Celebrities, childhood, cute, Joey King, personal, photos, vintage
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Jamie Yeo Gives Birth Prematurely To a Baby Girl
Update from Channel News Asia report: Jamie Yeo gave birth prematurely to baby daughter Alysia at Gleneagles Hospital on Thursday 4th November 2010 “I had no idea I was going to give birth, I thought I was just having stomach … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Headlines
Tagged Alysia, baby girl, beautiful, beauty, birth, celeb, Celebrities, cute, Jamie Yeo, local, photos, pregnant, Singapore, television, TV
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The Cloud Appreciation Society
When it gets super hot and humid in Singapore, the sky is actually at it’s prettiest, laden with fluffy clouds. The clouds over Singapore skies tend to look like pure white billowy smoke from a fire. The clouds seem to … Continue reading
Posted in Lovely Ideas
Tagged beauty, clouds, happiness, Life, nature, The Cloud Appreciation Society
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Russian Gymnastics School
I love to watch the Rythmic Gymnastics during the Olympics, but I never truly gave a thought to what these beautiful young girls must go through. The video is haunting and deeply melancholic. It’s sad to see from their eyes, … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged abuse, Art, beauty, dance, female, grace, Life, Melancholic, Russian Gymnastics
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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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Cruelty Against a Poor Puppy: The Plight of Butters
Update 22 July 2010: The owner was revealed as Ms Kachan Devi and she got away with a warning from the SPCA as they found the dog relating well to her and they considered her intent as well. Read about … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Headlines
Tagged abuse, bully, Butters, children, cruelty to animals, Living, maids, mean, puppy, Singapore, SPCA, woman hitting puppy
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I Ate With My Fingers Today, South Indian Style
After talking about our traditional culture of eating with our fingers, it dawned on me that we haven’t eaten any South Indian Vegetarian Food for a while. The great thing about Singapore is that if you crave for South Indian … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged ate with my fingers, childhood, culture, decor, eating with fingers, Food, Food Culture, Indian Tea, Komala Villas, Life, Little India, Living, Nostalgia, personal, photography, photos, Serangoon Road, Singapore, South Indian, South Indian Vegetarian Rice, Sweat Meats, tea, Thali
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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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My Definition of Family
Since I need to inject some new life into my blog, I thought I should start sharing information about the little trips I have taken. I will start, in my next post, with my last trip which was taken … Continue reading
The Noose Pokes Fun at Our Recent Freak Floods
I love this show that’s a parody of the local news and political situations in Singapore. This time the Noose spoofs the recent flooding of Orchard Road in Singapore. It also spoofs how much employers ‘care’ about their employees. Watch … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Headlines
Tagged Alaric Tay, Chua Enlai, comedy, flood, funny, Jurong, Laughter, Michelle Chong, Political Satire, satire, Singapore, The Noose
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The Noose Takes on Betting in Singapore
The humour lies in Singaporeans being crazy about betting. To understand the clip you should know that the Singapore government has allowed families to ban known gambling addicts in their families from the casinos and it’s called the exclusion order. … Continue reading
Posted in Laughter
Tagged Alaric Tay, betting, casinos, comedy, funny, gambling, Laughter, local tv, Singapore, Suhaimi, television, The Noose, TV
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Peking Duck at Yum Char
Peking Duck is the best thing on the Yum Char menu. This dim sum restaurant used to be only at Chinatown, but they have a branch at the Serangoon Garden Country Club now. My family likes this place because it … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged Chinese, Food, Life, Living, Peking Duck, photography, photos, restaurant, Serangoon Garden, Serangoon Garden Country Club, Singapore, travel, Yum Char
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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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The Noose: Ordering a Coke
The exact same thing happened to me when I tried to order a Coke. You have to watch till the end. The last bit about our second language situation is very funny. This is very contextual, and the humour may … Continue reading
Posted in Laughter
Tagged Alaric Tay, Chua Enlai, coffeeshop, comedy, Foriegn Workers, funny, Life, Michelle Chong, Political Satire, satire, Singapore, The Noose, TV, Video
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Writers’ Rooms
I felt like doing a post on the writers I am currently enthralled by, and I thought it would be fascinating to get a glimpse of the rooms where they produce their magic. A personal view of the rooms, where … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged authors, books, Charlotte Bronte, famous, home, inspiration, kurt vonnegut, Life, Paul Theroux, Peter Mayle, Rooms, V S Naipaul, writers, Writers' Rooms
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Amazing Hyper Realist Statues
This is the most real looking sculpture ever. This is what they use in the movies. Imagine in the future when robot technology and artificial intelligence improves, the movie A.I (wish I found deeply melancholic and nightmarish) could come to … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged Art, hyper realist, lifelike, sculpture, shocking
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Tuesday’s Design Inspiration
If it’s possible to fall in love with a room, then this room and me are soul mates. The red silver wallpaper and the full wall book case make me swoon. I love Swedish Design and I wish I could … Continue reading
Posted in Lovely Ideas
Tagged Art, beautiful, books, chartreuse, decor, design, hot pink, ideas, ikea, inspiration, interior design, lamp, Living, Nordic, photos, Scandinavian, Swedish Design, wallpaper
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Hotcakes at East Coast Park
Some days you just need a McDonald’s breakfast. Their pancakes which they call hotcakes are so yumm. Ask for extra whipped butter if you want to treat your arteries like I did. I particularly love the maple syrup given at … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged Breakfast, brunch, coffee, Egg Muffin, Food, Hotcakes, Life, Living, Mcdonald's, photography, photos, Singapore, travel
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