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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Butterfly Cake: 75th Birthday Celebration
My Aunty baked a cake for my other Aunty for her 75th Birthday party. It was a carrot cake with loads of icing which I love. My cousin helped to paint the marzipan butterflies which were made by my aunt … Continue reading
iMac Time Machine Back-up & My Melt-Downs
This is one of those rambling, disjointed posts that’s gonna make me sound stupid and neurotic, but since I need to vent I will risk it. I am really lousy with hardware stuff. Ok. The thing is, I just don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged back-up, Dumb, hard drive, personal, photos, rant, silly, stupid, thoughts, Time Machine
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Old Airport Road Hawker Centre: Rojak, Goreng Pisang & Peanut Pancake
The rojak here is famous and I think it’s the best. Aunty Oats peanut pancake is wonderful especially when it’s freshly made, hot and toasty. Another stall with Aunty in it’s name. I definitely see a trend here. Aunty equates … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged Aunty Oats, Best, culture, Food, goreng pisang, hawker centre, Life, Living, old airport road, peanut pancake, personal, photography, photos, Rojak, Singapore, stall, travel
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The Esplanade from Marina Square Shopping Centre
There is quite an odd looking fountain structure here. There was a bit of road closure today due to the National Day Parade. I spotted attendees in red taking the MRT from Promenade Station.
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged culture, Esplanade, Life, Living, mall, Marina Square Shopping Centre, MRT, National Day, participants, personal, photography, photos, Promenade Station, shops, Singapore, spectators, tourist, travel, woman
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Singapore Scene
This is what driving on Singapore roads is like. Just an ordinary day. You always spot a yellow crane or some form of construction. But our roads are pretty clean and relatively pot hole free.
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged construction, cranes, Life, Living, personal, photography, photos, roads, Singapore, traffic, travel
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Singapore Flags on HDB Flats as National Day Approaches
This is the first year I am noticing such huge flags, probably put up by the grassroots organizations.
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Life, Living, National Day, personal, photography, photos, Singapore, Singapore flag, travel
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Central Sikh Temple’s External Renovation Completed
Finally the barricades are down and we can see the whole structure of the Central Sikh Temple, which dates back to 1912. The Towner Road building though dates back to 1983. It was hard to take a photo from the … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Architecture, beautiful, beauty, Central Sikh Temple, culture, design, Life, Living, personal, photography, photos, religion, renovation, Sikh, Singapore, Temple, Towner Road, travel
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Lavender Street Shophouses
The Shophouses along Lavendar Street look a little more run-down and grungy compared to the more touristy areas like Ann Siang Hill or Haji Lane. The Balestier area has loads of lighting stores. Usually people who do home renovations come … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged balestier, culture, design, grungy, Lavender Street, Life, LightHouse & Bath, Living, personal, photography, photos, renovation, shabby, shophouse, shops, Singapore, travel
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Funny Sign: My Shop
We were totally intrigued by the very creative sign, but are still not quite sure what is being advertised or sold here besides bananas, oranges, watermelons and black bean soya drink (is this different from the usual white bean curd?). … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged balestier, culture, design, funny, interesting, Life, Living, My Shop, personal, photography, photos, road, shops, sign, Singapore, travel
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Auntie Shop
My posts lately have been all about Aunts and it was a nice coincidence to spot this store at Jalan Besar.
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Auntie Shop, balestier, culture, cute, funny, interesting, Jalan Besar, Life, Living, motor bikes, personal, photography, photos, sign, Singapore, travel
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Britney’s Niece Maddie Covers Her Aunt’s Song
Maddie is so sweet. In spite of the lyrics I find this wholesome and adorable. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RISpFp_FqXw]
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged adorable, Aunt, Britney Spears, cute, Maddie, niece, singing, sings, Up n Down, Video, YouTube
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Nagging Task: Backing Up My Photos on a Hard Drive
Trying to force myself to spend some time to back up my photos. It’s one of those mind numbingly boring tasks you just know you need to do, but keep pushing aside. I always manage to find something more compelling … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Apple store, authorized, backup, bad, culture, dealers, fake, hard drive, Life, Living, personal, photo, poor, real, rude, service, Singapore
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2 Blogs Dedicated to Suri Cruise
1. One’s all about her fashion. Check out the Suri Cruise Fashion Blog. 2. The snarkiness of this one can come across as kinda mean at times, but you can’t help but find it funny. Check out Suri’s Burn Book. … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged beautiful, beauty, blog, blogger, book, burn, culture, cute, fashion, funny, humour, interesting, Life, photos, pretty, suri cruise, surisburnbook, tumblr, witty
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My Aunty’s 75th Birthday
Was thinking about my aunty’s 75th birthday approaching, and I also came across this wonderful blog by 77 year old Aunty Uta where she shares her memories of living in a different world. I’ve always admired my aunt’s command of … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged 75 years, 75th, Aunt, aunty, birthday, Happy Birthday, memories, personal, thoughts, wishes
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Procrastination and those Nagging Tasks
I have tons of nagging tasks, you know those things you know you need to do, but end up being distracted by something else. You are either afraid of them (going to the dentist) or they just seem so tedious … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged bills, blogging, cleaning, habits, initimidating, Life, Living, nagging, nagging tasks, organization, organized life, papers, personal, procrastination, routine, thoughts
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Sand Dune Accident in Lancelin
I was shocked when I read about the serious injuries resulting from an adventure bus that overturned during a Sand Dune ride in Lancelin which is a small coastal town, north of Perth. I have gone on a similar ride … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged accident, bus, Life, news, overturned, Perth, Sand Dunes, Singapore, Singaporeans, tourists, travel
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Zahara and Shiloh are little mummies to the Twins in London
Just adore this photo of Shiloh holding the hand of Knox and Zahara minding Vivienne. Could this family get any cuter? Check out all the photos at Celebrity Baby Scoop, who always have the top scoop when it comes to … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged Angelina Jolie, babies, beautiful, beauty, celebrity, children, cute, holding hands, Jolie-Pitt, kids, Knox, Life, Living, pretty, Shiloh, twins, Vivienne, women, Zahara
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Awfully Chocolate at Kallang Leisure Park
I am hoping this will be my last unhealthy food post, but I suspect it won’t be. I did not quite enjoy the cake and was surprised when B who doesn’t suffer from a sweet tooth or carb addiction like … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged Awfully Chocolate, cake, Chocolate, culture, decor, design, Food, fudge, Kallang Leisure Park, Life, Living, mall, personal, photography, photos, pretty, shops, Singapore, travel
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Male Model at Giant Hypermart
Took this at VivoCity.
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged funny, Giant, hypermart, Life, Living, Malaysian, male, mall, model, personal, photography, photos, shopping, Singapore, supermarket, travel, VivoCity
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The Singapore Flag, the Pinnacle at Duxton and Palm Trees
I always think of the Pinnacle at Duxton as Lee Kuan Yew’s flat as it’s touted as his idea to develop the area. Although I may not agree with the man and take offense at some of his comments pertaining … Continue reading