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Geylang: Singapore’s Red Light District Is More Famous For It’s Food
Our red light district just doesn’t seem like one. It is just slightly sleazy, surprisingly not too grimy, and seems quite safe, even at night. This place is dotted with well known coffeeshops and durian stalls. There are coffee shops … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged beauty, childhood, Chinese, colourful, culture, Durian Stalls, Food, Frog's Legs, Geylang, Hor Fun, Life, Living, Nostalgia, personal, photography, photos, Red Light DIstrict, Singapore, Temples
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Mirai-Chan: Cutest Little Japanese Girl Photographed by Mum Kotori Kawashima
What a pretty little girl Mirai-Chan is and she had such an expressive face. Her mum is Tokyo based photographer, Kotori Kawashima and she came up with a photo book based on her little girl. The books and images here … Continue reading
Posted in Lovely Ideas
Tagged Art, beautiful, beauty, childhood, cute, happiness, japanese, kids, Kotori Kawashima, Life, Mirai-Chan, photo, photography, photos, women
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Singa The Courtesy Lion Still Exists
I thought they did away with this mascot a long time ago. Singa the courtesy lion was part of Singapore’s Courtesy Campaign in 1979. It’s slogan was ‘Make Courtesy A Way of Life’. It doesn’t seem like we have made … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged childhood, Courtesy Lion, Courtesy Song, Life, lion, Living, Make Courtesy A Way of Life, mascot, personal, photography, photos, Singa, Singapore, travel
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If I Had a Childhood Bedroom Like That I Would’t Grow Out of It Either
That’s no 3D sticker, like I posted about earlier. No optical illusion. It’s the real deal. It’s a specially designed bed within a cupboard. It works because it is built around a window. This looks like the cosiest nook ever, … Continue reading
My Mum’s Olivetti: New Love For An Old Typewriter
My Apple iMac is gorgeous. I was yearning for it for years before I got it, and there is no question that I love it. But you know what? It’s been hurting my eyes. The backlight on the screen, even … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged Ad, Advert, beautiful, beauty, childhood, dad, decor, design, Elegance, father, history, interior design, ipad, launch, Life, Living, Mad Men, Manual, memories, mother, mum, Nostalgia, old, Olivetti, Olivetti 32, Olivetti Typewriter, personal, Singapore, Sophistication, story, trend, typewriter, vintage, writing
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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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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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Serangoon Garden Bakery & Confectionery: Deliciously Warm Buns Just Out of the Oven
This very old and famous bakery located at the Serangoon Garden Market for years is a favourite among the locals. I think this old fashioned place beats the chain bread shops set up by Bread Talk hands down. I’d rather … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged 70's, An Pan, bread, buns, cakes, childhood, Coconut Bun, Confectionery, Curry Bun, Food, Freshly Baked, Life, Living, Luncheon Meat Bun, Nostalgia, photography, photos, savoury, Serangoon Garden Bakery, Singapore, sweet, travel, yummy
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Not Their Real Hair Colour: Angelina Jolie was a Natural Blonde
“My natural colour is dark blonde. But when I was four or five, my mother dyed my hair dark brown, and she decided to keep it that way. And I stuck with that,” Angelina Jolie has been quoted as saying. … Continue reading
I Miss Old Fashioned Cream Cakes
I was craving for an old fashioned cream cake, but the one sold at Toast Box was quite a disappointment. It looked promising, but turned out to be not at all like the jellied butter cream cakes sold by the … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged 70's, blog, blogging, cakes, childhood, cream cakes, family, Food, grandma, grandmother, hougang mall, Life, Living, memories, Nostalgia, Old fashioned cream cakes, personal, photography, photos, Singapore, toast box
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You’ll Find The Nicest Prata Uncle at The Old Railway Station
This is where the magic happens! Ghee is used to spread the kneaded dough on the hot plate. The Ghee which is clarified butter from cow’s milk and which has the most fragrant smell makes Indian dishes and desserts artery … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged childhood, Food, history, Keppel, KTM, Life, Living, Nostalgia, personal, photography, photos, prata, Railway, Singapore, Station, Tanjong Pagar, tea, travel
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Blue Gumby? Take the Poll
A travel agent in Chinatown was advertising trips to the Shanghai expo and I couldn’t help thinking that the blue guy looks a whole lot like Gumby. When I first saw the mascot on the news the first thought that … Continue reading
Little Girls Should Not Look Like Grown Ups
I think these beauty pageants are horrific. It’s the mothers living through their little girls and I think they have awful values. Little girl’s having to get fake teeth called flippers, if their front teeth are missing, is just crazy. … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged beauty, childhood, Life, opinions, people, reflections, TV
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Growing Up in The 70’s
This post is truly revealing of my age, but I am feeling nostalgic today and going with the flow. The charming red brick building in the picture, used to be my favourite hang-out as a child. It was the only … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged 70's, ABBA, blogging, books, childhood, culture, happiness, Life, Lynda Carter, music, Nostalgia, personal, seventies, Singapore, The Donny and Marie Osmond Show, TV, vintage, Wonder Woman, writing
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Strawberry Shortcake Bus
I whipped out my camera when I saw this bus plastered with Strawberry Shortcake all over. I immediately thought of my cousin D when I saw this. Images of her when she was little clutching her strawberry shortcake doll came … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged childhood, Life, Nostalgia, photography, Singapore, vintage
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Gross Childhood Snacks = Happiness
Some of this may be weird or positively gross to most people. It just happens to be heaven to me. It’s what makes a bad day a whole lot better. Most of it is an acquired taste since I was … Continue reading
My Ceylon Connection
When you hear Ceylon, you think Ceylon tea. Today most people know Ceylon by it’s modern name Sri Lanka. I prefer the old name. The name I heard throughout my childhood. The word that conjures up an island paradise complete … Continue reading
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Tagged Ceylon, childhood, colonial, culture, grandparents, highlands, history, Jaffna, memories, Nostalgia, ocean liner, Singapore, Sri Lanka, tea
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Baby Wants to See the Fish
I see the long cradle that could rock from side to side. Sitting up in it, I couldn’t fall asleep. I kept asking to see the fish. I could only say “fish” and point. I stretched my arms out into … Continue reading
