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Fort Canning Park (1 of 3)
We don’t have mountains in Singapore, but I’m happy that we have hills even if they are just 60 metres high like this one. Did you know that this place was known as Bukit Larangan? It means “Forbidden Hill” in … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Architecture, Art, beautiful, beauty, culture, design, Fort Canning, Fort Canning Park, happiness, Life, Living, nature, personal, photography, photos, pretty, Singapore, travel
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Find Your Childhood at Children Little Museum (Part 4 of 5)
There were recreations of scenes, like the drink stall, the barber shop and mobile theatre. For me they didn’t look familiar but the drinks brought back memories, especially the magnolia milk in a bottle. Made me long for a magnolia … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged bottled, culture, decor, design, drinks, Entertainment, Food, happiness, Life, Living, old, personal, photography, photos, Singapore, travel, vintage
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Find your Childhood at Children Little Museum (Part 3 of 5)
A classic doll from the 60’s and 70’s. When I was small I was fascinated by dollies especially those which has eyes that could open and shut and the baby ones that could ‘drink milk’ from a bottle. These days … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Art, beautiful, beauty, Bussorah Street, childhood, Children Little Museum, culture, cute, decor, design, Dolls, Entertainment, happiness, Kampong Glam, Life, Living, Nostalgia, personal, photography, photos, pretty, shopping, shops, Singapore, toys, travel, vintage
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Find your Childhood at Children Little Museum (Part 1 of 5)
This little marvel of what I first thought was a little toy shop, is actually a tiny museum of sorts. It’s within Kampong Glam in a little shophouse on 42 Bussorah Street. You can’t miss it. Look out for the … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged 50's, Art, beautiful, beauty, culture, decor, design, fridge, happiness, Kelvinator, Life, Living, Nostalgia, personal, photography, photos, pretty, refrigerator, Singapore, travel, TV, Video, vintage
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Walking from Bussorah to Kandahar Street
As we walked on, this perfume store appeared at Bussorah Street – Jamal Kazura. The store that sells perfume made without alcohol. You can make your own fragrance too. Resisted the Turkish, Mediterranean place because Nasi Padang was calling. We … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged adventure, Arab, Architecture, Art, beautiful, beauty, cake shop, culture, decor, design, Entertainment, exotic, exploring, Food, happiness, Kampong Glam, Kandahar Street, Life, Living, museum, perfumes, personal, photos, pretty, shopping, shops, Singapore, travel
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Another Stroll Down Haji Lane
Crossing over to walk to Haji Lane. This makes me wonder if there is a short cut to Haji Lane by another way. Oh well, think I’ll leave that for another day. Currently one of the must sees for tourists, … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged adventure, Architecture, Art, beautiful, beauty, bistro, cafe, cool, culture, decor, design, drawings, Eighty-Two Tales, Entertainment, fashion, Food, Haji Lane, happiness, hip, Life, Living, personal, photography, photos, pretty, shopping, shops, Singapore, travel, walking, women
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Chomp Chomp: Hokkien Mee & Carrot Cake
Most people like the thick style of Hokkien Mee that’s sold at Geylang, where lard is used and all the juices are soaked up and you eat it with sambal. I much prefer the light slightly watery version sold at … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged Ah Hock, beautiful, beauty, Best, carrot cake, Chomp Chomp, culture, Entertainment, Food, happiness, hawker, hokkien mee, Life, Living, local, personal, photography, photos, pretty, Singapore, travel, yummy
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Relaxing with Tea, at Java Detour (The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands)
When you buy tea from a cafe it’s always nice to have real tea leaves, even if it comes in a bag. Most of the time I pay the same and get tea bags filled with lower quality tea dust … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged Architecture, beautiful, beauty, culture, decor, design, empty, Entertainment, Food, happiness, Java Detour, Life, Living, mall, Marina Bay Sands, matcha latte, orange dulung, personal, photography, photos, pretty, relaxing, shopping, shops, Singapore, tea, The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, travel
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Thinking about Arab Street
My heart definitely belongs to charming Arab Street. What I mean is the whole of Kampong Glam, including Haji Lanes and all the lovely little shops and cafes. It’s one place that I can’t wait to return to. I especially … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged adventure, Arab Street, Architecture, beautiful, beauty, Cousin, culture, explore, fashion, Haji Lane, happiness, Kampong Glam, Life, Living, personal, photography, photos, shopping, shops, Singapore, travel
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Photos & Videos: 3 year old Babytard (the baby on his CD) finally meets James Blunt
Update: 14 July 2011 My 2 favourite people in one eco friendly video. I have so much respect for famous people who remain so down to earth. I have always been a fan of James Blunt’s music, but now I … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged babytard, Babytard met James Blunt, beautiful, British, CD Cover, concert, culture, cute, Entertainment, exciting, family, happiness, humble, Idaho, James Blunt, Life, Living, meets, musician, nice, photo, photos, princesstard, Shay Butler, shaycarl, Shaytards, Singapore, some kind of trouble, sweet, Video, videos, YouTube
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Uniquely Singapore Skies
I love looking up and taking photos of our skies. In spite of our perpetual summer, we do see quite a bit of variation if we look hard enough. A fine day. Clear skies. Cumulous clouds on a blistering hot … Continue reading
Posted in Nature
Tagged beautiful, beauty, clouds, convectional, cumulous, happiness, Life, Living, nature, personal, photo, photography, pretty, Singapore, skies, sky, storm clouds, weather
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My Top 5 Most Shared Posts
I love looking at my WordPress stats. Ok, I am addicted to checking it obsessively. One thing I like to look at is what kind of posts my readers are interested it and one indicator is the posts that they … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged 100 Reasons, babytard, bloggers, blogging, blogs, Chinatown, culture, happiness, interest, James Blunt, Life, Living, most read, most shared, most shared posts, music, personal, Shaytards, Singapore, statistics, stats, Tintin, top 5, topics, traffic, WordPress
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Quotes that Speak to My Heart: Inspiration for a Happy Life
The first quote by Leonardo Da Vinci is startling and true. {Image: Mazefall} This second one I needed, to quell that negative voice in my head, and naysayers. {Image: From Up North} And finally to halt the self-induced guilt trips. … Continue reading
Posted in Lovely Ideas
Tagged Art, beautiful, happiness, inspiration, Life, Living, lovely, quotes, typography, words
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Melt in Your Mouth Pineapple Tarts at Cousin C’s Birthday Party
My aunt made the best ever pineapple tarts from scratch and they were gone in seconds. The pineapple jam filling was made from real pineapple and not the store-bought jam. The buttery pastry was crumbly and melted in your mouth. … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Aunt, Bakerzin, BBQ, birthday cake, birthday party, chicken, Cousin, culture, family, Food, fortune cookies, happiness, homemade, Life, Living, Lo Hei, oranges, party, personal, photography, photos, pineapple tarts, prawns, pretty, relatives, Singapore, Singapore Pictionary, strawberry shortcake, The Raffles Lighthouse
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Thankful for Every Blog Comment
Your blog comments are like sweet little notes that I treasure. Over the past year the blog has been adorned with over 3000. I am just so thankful. Comments take time out of a busy day and that’s why they … Continue reading →