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Tag Archives: crowded
Blisteringly Hot Day at Changi Beach Before We Were Enveloped by the Haze Months Later
Somehow you can’t relax when the heat gets to you, but when I look at my photos in the air-conditioned comfort of my home I long to be transported back there again – there where the sun makes the water … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Changi Beach, crowded, Heat, hot, overpopulation, Singapore, sun, what to do
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Nightmarish Crowds at the MRT
In Singapore we are constantly yearning for space. This is what we face when we take the MRT at peak hour. Crazy huh?
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Bishan, Circle Line, crazy, crowded, MRT, public transport, queues, Singapore
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Typical Weekend
Just a typical weekend in Singapore.
Posted in Singapore Living, White as Milk
Tagged Bishan, crowded, Gelato, Junction 8, North, Singapore, weekend, West
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Pretty Christmas Trees & Awful Queues
It still feels like Christmas when I see all the lovely trees about town. It’s a very city kind of Christmas and I wonder what visitors from colder climates with real trees feel about it. I guess they too would … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Christmas trees, City, crowded, long, pandas, queues, school holidays, Sentosa, Singapore, vivo, zoo
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Massive Crunch at the New Food Republic Food Court (Parkway Parade)
Want to feel the crunch? Go to a newly opened food court like we did. It was so crazy. At first B said forget it, let’s go somewhere else. But uncharacteristically I persuaded him to walk one more quick round, … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged crowded, Food, food court, Food Republic, hawker, hovering, Kueh Tutu, Nasi Padang, new, opened, Parkway Parade, rude, Singapore
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You Huak Restaurant in Sembawang: Best White Bee Hoon in Singapore
This is definitely the best white bee hoon I’ve had in Singapore although I don’t think I would queue and wait up to 2 hours for it. The queue is constantly winding and the people in the queue are so … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged Best, coffee shop, crowded, hawker, queue, Sembawang, Singapore, White Bee Hoon
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Crazy Crowds at the New JCube Mall at Jurong East MRT (& My Directory Picks)
I feel embarrassed to say that I was one among the crowd at JCube. I really wanted to turn away from the madness. If you drive you can’t get a lot here and have to also wait for one at … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged crowded, crowds, directory, ice skating rink, JCube, Jurong East, mall, MRT, new, photos, shopping, Singapore
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I Hate Shopping in Singapore (those crazy crowds)
After a weekend trying to avoid getting shoved in malls, I wrote a post about my Love Hate affair with them. And if you live in a sparsely populated country – lucky you. Here’s a taste of what a crowd … Continue reading
Valu $ Store: Chocolate from the UK & the US
Was agitated by the crowds at Compass Point (I just call it Sengkang Mall). The noise didn’t help. There was an event going on where some local personalities were on the loud speaker trying to sell electronic good like TVs … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged cheap, Chocolate, Compass Point, crowded, made in, mall, noisy, Sengkang, UK, US, Value $ store
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Little India Sunset & Crowds on a Sunday
Posting some of my photos taken just after New Year. I have such a backlog and think I will probably go on a blog binge and then take another internet break for a week. It was a big mistake to … Continue reading
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Tagged crowded, crowds, Little India, Serangoon Road, Singapore, Sunday
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The Dreaded ERP
ERP stands for Electronic Road Pricing. An amount gets deducted from your car’s cashcard each time you go through this structure. If you don’t have enough money in your cashcard you will get a fine. There is no avoiding it … Continue reading
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Tagged Claustrophobia, crowded, ERP, jams, Life, Living, MRT, personal, photography, photos, public transport, Singapore, traffic, travel
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Kenneth Jeyaretnam on a Crowded Bus
{via GE2011media} Boy I wouldn’t like to be in a sardine packed bus like that, but it’s quite refreshing to see a candidate on it.
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Tagged bus, crowded, interesting, Kenneth Jeyaretnam, public, transport
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Singapore Daily Photos: New Mall = Lots of People
If you’re crazy like me and love getting bumped into every few steps, then you must come here to get the full Singapore experience. I definitely only do this for the blog, otherwise I’d rather be at a quiet bookstore … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged crowded, crowds, culture, Entertainment, Life, Living, mall, news, Nex, packed, people, personal, photography, photos, shopping, Singapore, travel
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Singapore’s Newest Mall: Braving the Human Crush at Nex (Part 3 of 5)
Isn’t this little girl so precious! What a perfect child model. A pirate, giving away balloons to the kids. The newly opened Shaw Theatre. The newly opened Pet Store called Pet Safari, which has a branch at VivoCity. Texas Chicken … Continue reading
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Tagged American, crowded, crowds, culture, cute, design, Entertainment, Fast Food, Life, Living, mall, new, news, Nex, Nex Mall, personal, photography, photos, Serangoon Central, Shaw Theatres, shopping, shops, Singapore, Texas Chicken, travel
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Singapore’s Newest Mall: Braving the Human Crush at Nex (Part 1 of 5)
The news has been reporting that the carpark design is terrible, and that people living around the area are upset by the traffic jams. It also seems like it’s practically impossible to get in. I was crazy and bored and … Continue reading
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Tagged carpark, crowded, culture, design, Entertainment, jam, Life, Living, mall, Nex, Nex Mall, personal, photography, photos, shopping, shopping centre, Singapore, travel
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Singapore’s Dwindling Green Space
Singapore has more green space than I figured it would, but when I compared it to other countries we seem so terribly built up. With the crunch for land and so many people, this is a problem. This is a … Continue reading
Trees Inside Jurong Point Mall
Jurong Point is a huge mall with interesting shops, but I was totally put off by the crowds the other day and just wanted to leave. The jostling crowds really stress me out. It doesn’t look bad from the photo … Continue reading
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Tagged crowded, crowds, Jurong Point, mall, shopping, Singapore, travel
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SMRT CEO: I ‘push my way in to trains’ too (via Want some tau huay?)
I’m too irrate to comment rationally and there’s already an expletive filled rant going on in my head each time I read about this issue, so I will just reblog tau huay boy’s post because he says it so well. … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Headlines
Tagged Angry, arrogance, bully, crowded, depressed, flippant, high salaries, Irrate, irresponsible, MRT CEO, MRT Train, news, no solution, Push, Singapore, SMRT, transport, uncaring
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