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Tag Archives: woman
Awesome Singaporean Lady who Tasted Hail
The 44 year old Singaporean lady who tasted the hail, totally made my day. She’s truly the bright spark amidst this haze crisis. Something infectious about her enthusiasm. Hope she becomes famous and gets advertising endorsements. Children don’t try this … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged famous, funny, hail, hail stone, Indian, lady, Singapore, Singaporean, Singlish, tasted, Video, woman
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Is It Wrong that I Still Call Myself Girl?
Warning: rambling post ahead….. I feel embarrassed when I refer to myself as ‘girl’ in online descriptions (and in my head). Gal seems more acceptable somehow. I am not sophisticated enough to be ‘lady’ or wise enough to be ‘woman’. … Continue reading
Awesome Sculptures at ION: Frangipani & Bendy Woman
Not only is the ION structure gorgeous, I also adore the art installations that motorists can see from the road, because they are so huge. Just discovered that they are part of a series called Art Beyond Limits and will … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Architecture, Art, beautiful, beauty, canopies, contorsionist, design, frangipani, installations, Kate Moss, Life, Living, Opera Gallery, Orchard Road, personal, photography, photos, rain trees, sculptures, shops, Singapore, travel, White, woman
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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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AMG on Expat life: Why I chose Singapore?
[youtube]JNb2tEZ_WLo[/youtube] A young lady from Eastern Europe tells us why she chose to come to Singapore. Just to add another perspective to things. She has a YouTube channel called AngMoGirl and she blogs too. I do like her accent.
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Ang Moh, expat, girl, immigrate, Singapore, woman, work, working
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China: Jilted Bride Attempts to Leap from Building
I hope the Chinese authorities treat her with compassion. The poor girl looks utterly distraught. The pain must have overwhelmed her in that moment. You can read the full article at the Daily Mail. Even more shocking, when you watch … Continue reading
The Sexist Interview: Young Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren was extremely poised, intelligent and witty, even then. It’s a fascinating interview, although sexist in some bits. I agree that school can be oppressive with all it’s rules and lack of liberty. At least in Singapore and in … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged Actress, Billy Crystal, comedy, female, Feminist, funny, funny or die, Helen Mirren, intelligent, interview, sexist, When Harry Met Sally, witty, woman, women, young
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Singapore is becoming the Playground for the Rich: The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands
Opera Gallery with an beautiful vintage black and white print of a woman’s form. My first instinct is, having your butt exposed doesn’t look very comfortable, and I want to cover her up. It is an undeniably sensual portrait. Love … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Architecture, Art, beautiful, beauty, culture, design, Entertainment, form, Life, Living, mall, Marina Bay Sands, Opera Gallery, personal, photography, photos, pretty, shopping, shops, Singapore, The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, travel, woman, women
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I think Facebook is Impersonal: Anti-social media? (via Newspaper to New Media)
This affirms why I quit Facebook and I just had to reblog this excellent post. You’ve just got to watch the video of the woman in the glass house (an incredible social experiment) who is just fed up with what … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged anti-social, delete, FaceBook, glass house, Life, quit, social experiment, technology, woman
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40 Seemed Old Till I Read About Eugenie ‘Sweets’ Who Lived to 114
Now 40 seems positively infantile. I am quite sure I am not fit enough to live that long. Nor do I have the resources, so I don’t wish to. I am still impressed by centenarians (100 or older) and supercentenarians … Continue reading
Halle Berry Makes 44 Look Better than 24
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Miss Zambia is Both Pretty And Intelligent
Alice Musukwa, aged 22, reminds me a little of what a grown-up Zahara Jolie-Pitt would look like, especially in this picture below. Don’t you think? {Image: Miss Universe 2010} I just love her full lips. Her responses to the questions … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Headlines
Tagged beautiful, beauty, Brangelina, intelligent, interview, Miss Universe 2010, Miss Zambia, news, Video, woman, women, Zahara Jolie-Pitt
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Eat Pray Love: Julia Roberts Wears A Sari
{Image: Glamsham} I was a huge fan of Julia Roberts when she was in Pretty Woman and My Best Friend’s Wedding. Then I don’t know why (either I changed and became jaded or she really did become more smug with … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged beautiful, beauty, book, celeb, Celebrities, celebs, culture, Eat Pray Love, happiness, India, Indonesia, Italy, Julia Roberts, Life, Living, Movie, spirituality, travel, woman, writing
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Villagers in Kerala Weaving Coconut Fibre Into Ropes
We met some lovely villagers on the way to Kumarakom. Suresh our driver, just stopped the car seeing that we were interested as we had remarked about spotting a well. He then drove into a narrow path where we could … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Cochin, culture, India, interesting, Kerala, Kochi, Kumarakom, Life, little girl, Living, people, personal, photography, photos, South India, travel, Village, woman, women
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Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks: People Who Used To Treat Her Like She Was Invisible Love Her Now
People who only treat you nice when you are successful and treat you as invisible otherwise. That’s what I would term a fair weathered friend. Someone who only cares about you when you are doing well, is someone you can … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged beauty, celeb, Christina Hendricks, fair weathered friend, fame, GQ, Life, success, woman, women
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Jolie Says She’s Fearless To The Point of Stupidity
Angelina Jolie is a living Diesal campaign. Here is her latest quote: “Doing a few stunts is a great part of the job. It’s wonderful therapy. I wasn’t scared. I get a kick out of it. I love that kind … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged Angelina Jolie, beautiful, beauty, blocked, celeb, Entertainment, fashion, fearless, locked, red gown, Stunning, Twitter, woman
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Grey Haired Lady Gaga: Does This Mean We Can Stop Colouring Our Hair?
I am posting this because my gen-Y cousin likes Lady Gaga. Also, I found this cover striking and I kinda found Lady Gaga’s matt gray nails attractive in the upcoming September issue of Vanity Fair. It’s also great if grey … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged aging, celeb, celebrity, Cover, Double Standards, Entertainment, fashion, Feminist, getting older, grey, grey hair, grey nails, Lady Gaga, music, nail polish, September, unfair, Vanity Fair, woman, Wrinkles
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Star Magazine’s Exposure of Angelina’s Bondage Photos Backfires
I wonder what Star Magazine has against Angelina. In their latest issue, they post never before seem images they think will cause Brad Pitt to dump her. So naive. These photos are great promotion for her movie Salt. They make … Continue reading
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Tagged Angelina Jolie, beautiful, beauty, Bondage, Brad Pitt, celeb, edgy, gossip, Korea, Nude, photos, shocking, Star Magazine, tabloid, woman
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Megan Fox Has Thai Food with her Step Son Kassius
Angelina Jolie lookalike and recently married Megan Fox says she’s very maternal, having looked after her stepson Kassius since he was 3. Here she looks stunning in casual wear and seems to be pointing out the paparazzi to 8 year … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged beautiful, beauty, celeb, Celebrities, celebs, Entertainment, gossip, Kassius, Life, Megan Fox, photos, stepmother, woman, women
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Katie Holmes Looks Pretty in a T Shirt and Jeans
I love simple casual wear so I think Katie Holmes looks really pretty here. You can see more of casual Katie at Just Jared, where I got the picture from.
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged beautiful, beauty, casual, celeb, Celebrities, celebs, fashion, jeans, Katie Holmes, photos, pretty, T shirt, woman, women
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Angelina Jolie is Stunning in Red
Angelina Jolie is just so beautiful. She truly takes your breath away in red and it shows that she should occasionally do away with her usual blacks in favour of colour. The Photo is from her promotion of her latest … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged Actress, Angelina Jolie, beautiful, beauty, celeb, Celebrities, celebs, diet, fashion, Movie, photos, red, red gown, Salt, skinny, Stunning, woman, women
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