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Tag Archives: grandmother
Nostalgia: Old Fashioned Cream Cakes
These butter cream cakes with jam on top, transport me back to afternoons with my grandmother, aunties, uncles and cousins. I was one of the younger ones then as it was the early 70’s and the rest of my cousins … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings, Singapore Living
Tagged childhood, cream cakes, grandmother, Life, Living, Nostalgia, Singapore
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Asian Kid Self-Censorship Syndrome
I was emailing my cousin D an SNL clip on YouTube, that was a little raunchy. In my email I confessed that I would have put the video on the blog if my mum, aunts and uncles were not a … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society
Tagged Asian, asian kids, Asian parents, culture, family, funny, grandmother, Indian, Life, Living, movies, nudity, parents, personal, R rated, self-censorship, sexy, Singapore, SNL, society, TV
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Another Trip to Samy’s Curry at Dempsey Hill
The South Indian banana leaf curry here is so good, but I hope to not be tempted to return in a long time. Why you ask? Because it’s ruining my diet. I always overeat. Sorry to tempt you as well, … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged banana, banana trees, culture, Dempsey Hill, Food, grandmother, green, leaves, Life, Living, masala chicken, mutton, nature, personal, photography, photos, Samy's Curry, Singapore, South Indian, Tanglin Village, travel
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Anusha is Miss Singapore World 2010
Anusha Rajaseharan isn’t as tall as I expected at 1.69m, but then again this is tall by Asian standards. She’s just 21 years old and a student. The Miss World pageant will be in Sanya China on the 30th of … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Headlines
Tagged Anusha Rajaseharan, beautiful, beauty, Chinese, grandmother, Indian, Life, Living, Miss Singapore World 2010, photos, pretty, Singapore, women
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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
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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