tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37372352441584837182024-03-14T01:53:53.170+08:00rojak rendezvousrojak = melange = mixturepetite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.comBlogger500125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-65369789108990599572012-10-14T08:22:00.001+08:002012-10-14T08:22:56.239+08:00Performing for Ghosts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hungry Ghost month came & went. I don't miss the ashes flying about or watching out where I walk in case I trip over some offering. But I do look forward to the performances. Typically you either get the Getai, which I'd talked about <a href="http://rojakrendezvous.blogspot.sg/2011/08/getai-in-our-backyard.html">here</a> or the Chinese Opera. </div>
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There were several going on in my neighborhood throughout the month. </div>
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I asked around & made sure we went for one of the Opera Performances. </div>
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Meanwhile the auction & feasting carried on. </div>
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The performance was indeed for the ghosts & a handful of us. </div>
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When I mentioned that I was going to the airport, my colleague asked me to check out Kinetic Rain. I thought it was going to be one of those touristy water feature that you would expect to find at Changi Airport. </div>
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Boy, was I wrong. It is beautiful, awesome & we were mesmerised. </div>
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It is apparently the world's largest (it is after all in Singapore) kinetic art installation - computer-controlled aluminum *droplets* 608 of them, moving them up & down fluidly forming beautiful patterns. Created by German ART+COM. Be sure to look for it when you are in Terminal 1. </div>
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Bukit Brown Cemetary with 100,000 graves is the largest Chinese burial site outside of China. Growing up in Singapore, I've never heard of it until this whole controversy about building a highway over it & the need to exhume 4000 graves. Since my parents are from China, none of our ancestors are buried there, I suppose. </div>
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I recently went on a visit with the Nature Society & was struck by how little I know about that place. Apart from the controversy, I read about it being the final resting place for a lot of the pioneers of Singapore, names like Joo Chiat, Gan Eng Seng, Boon Lay, Boon Tat - should be familiar as many places are named after them. Lee Kuan Yew's father & aunt are both buried there. </div>
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But I had no idea the size. We walked for 2 hours & covered only about 75% of the area. While we were there, we came across many people walking their dogs, running & riding (the Singapore Polo Club is close by). It really should be called Bukit Brown Heritage Park (something I came across on the internet which I thought was very apt). Why hadn't I known about this place before ? This is truly a hidden gem in Singapore. </div>
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I don't find anything morbid about a cemetery - in fact a walk through it is like a history lesson. Pere Lachaise cemetary in the middle of Paris, is well visited (not in small part due to Jim Morrison's grave). I fully intend to return & spend more time exploring before it becomes yet another casualty of our development plans. </div>
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Interesting fauna & trees</div>
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A tomb with a man & his 5 wives</div>
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A rich man</div>
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Mr & Mrs Ong Sam Leong</div>
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the largest grave in Bukit Brown</div>
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Intricate stone carving depicting 24 Filial Piety stories</div>
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on the grave site of Ong Sam Leong</div>
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This is the story of Wang Pou. When his mother was alive, she was afraid of thunder. Even when she was dead & buried, he would run over to her tomb to comfort her whenever there was thunder. </div>
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A Sikh guard</div>
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Unique to graves in this part of the world</div>
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Combination of Chinese lion, Western angel & Gurkha</div>
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That huge binoculars helped us see up close a beautiful blue kingfisher</div>
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A useful plant to spot if you heed Nature's call</div>
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The soft leaves makes for a good substitute</div>
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petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-12188883966373563912012-03-17T10:47:00.001+08:002012-04-01T20:39:25.398+08:00Off the Beaten Track (not quite)<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We're quite an outdoorsy kind of family, if you have not figured out by now. When we have nothing planned for the weekend (ie. shows or activities), we would almost always go walking, cycling, rollerblading or have a picnic at the parks. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">So it's not at all surprising that one weekend we found ourselves heading towards Pulau Ubin. That place brings back lots of fond memories of my many many camping adventures during my JC days. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLE54FujDIIaPlNltJII1rNVB0q3-_AkISIbIKBWJCPx5SqeNayYPahgEBLBzpUwRI3vqDnvy2xpED0azf9OrFqC3YeAA58zLWqlf7MNpzRdo_yNSaAoBdpo9X9eAtoXza6Ddslxws3UbX/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLE54FujDIIaPlNltJII1rNVB0q3-_AkISIbIKBWJCPx5SqeNayYPahgEBLBzpUwRI3vqDnvy2xpED0azf9OrFqC3YeAA58zLWqlf7MNpzRdo_yNSaAoBdpo9X9eAtoXza6Ddslxws3UbX/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720322164930971202" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxMqqz9iPcqbtfqEnQ32pIU6DA8fkj6sbOSzmgjWJ0TIHYwpacTeQP48uPCvWcUC-f-9lFdjJg0OM-YZH_GlnQuoufnUlws2VNYTS6XtCEKXCYky772tJfdWvKTljYsO5AcjaHTgLQIx5/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxMqqz9iPcqbtfqEnQ32pIU6DA8fkj6sbOSzmgjWJ0TIHYwpacTeQP48uPCvWcUC-f-9lFdjJg0OM-YZH_GlnQuoufnUlws2VNYTS6XtCEKXCYky772tJfdWvKTljYsO5AcjaHTgLQIx5/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720322084945693490" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Getting there is easy & part of the fun. Take a bumboat from Changi Point Ferry Terminal (which has been renovated & not as rickety has I remembered). You will be approached by one of the bumboat uncles to ask how many in your party & once there are 12 passengers, he will set off. $2.50 per person each way & $2.00 for your bike. There is a queue of bumboats & the uncles seem to know who goes next even if nothing seems to be organised officially.</span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcTSTjuIci7JNPBZYGxv0ibiTbACoXWzRKkUVxl1F4fNVdeGBDoE7nzdm1J9qwv39xCqWEoOCKry7563YZokSdzFfvgY2wb-aADdNZLvmrfLvO_io5WOGotylpEqbtRHbVhTTu7CqUOcG9/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcTSTjuIci7JNPBZYGxv0ibiTbACoXWzRKkUVxl1F4fNVdeGBDoE7nzdm1J9qwv39xCqWEoOCKry7563YZokSdzFfvgY2wb-aADdNZLvmrfLvO_io5WOGotylpEqbtRHbVhTTu7CqUOcG9/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720322077359753618" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcyYP4KB8VxXjL7vHPp7GCHol9PF4GrkrmU-WH7hsKiXxu-zW3YjPVSXG7Mhs82iweT_wP7i-COURuPB7X4O8ZV7Gfv8Jxx7D-hzFheyx0CztMxccAxbVB1Zygk4K4AXs3qlMxBrezFlh/s1600/4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcyYP4KB8VxXjL7vHPp7GCHol9PF4GrkrmU-WH7hsKiXxu-zW3YjPVSXG7Mhs82iweT_wP7i-COURuPB7X4O8ZV7Gfv8Jxx7D-hzFheyx0CztMxccAxbVB1Zygk4K4AXs3qlMxBrezFlh/s320/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720321971004006770" /></a>A quick 10-15 min ride gets you to the island. Right after you walk out of the jetty, you will feel like you have stepped back in time. Balik Kampung. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxTGNCy77JUEVW9ARS5Ae9ewPCeKvHY2DOUWn1m0y_V38L1mloPSoKRCdUbZtyz1opnM811EFREWdDtlcGeuAb22UlU5MCvYtFjn12rEluKV25GTCjs7kHIZlU74Lk_BBI7UnGpNPEQK3/s1600/5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxTGNCy77JUEVW9ARS5Ae9ewPCeKvHY2DOUWn1m0y_V38L1mloPSoKRCdUbZtyz1opnM811EFREWdDtlcGeuAb22UlU5MCvYtFjn12rEluKV25GTCjs7kHIZlU74Lk_BBI7UnGpNPEQK3/s320/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720321968533436738" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Kampung houses</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtVrky1tYOW-ygumQInOVF5CIpXj34K9Mjgwi5xXnC9KU79kj2Id9lhlFyYDjJsw6qc_pRDHcEkyj_jSTr3JCKoSh2CTOhzcxGAnJ_bt1mi8a3kiAagx0xuJNvJA295YPHQk8UtBOwu6M/s1600/6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtVrky1tYOW-ygumQInOVF5CIpXj34K9Mjgwi5xXnC9KU79kj2Id9lhlFyYDjJsw6qc_pRDHcEkyj_jSTr3JCKoSh2CTOhzcxGAnJ_bt1mi8a3kiAagx0xuJNvJA295YPHQk8UtBOwu6M/s320/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720321962830744050" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Fisherman</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscsWauq9SXzbHAujCH9aYyPqtymoMkDFm6DNZrHpkDpDpA67pVPVPUZzyMroyhZFn7y1XC_xUCDtWqdq7g0fRHD2B4nzx-VH44Rn8L0pEm8pLuRkJB7-h9BP-XSlW7cHIiKsQlmDB5H-i/s1600/7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscsWauq9SXzbHAujCH9aYyPqtymoMkDFm6DNZrHpkDpDpA67pVPVPUZzyMroyhZFn7y1XC_xUCDtWqdq7g0fRHD2B4nzx-VH44Rn8L0pEm8pLuRkJB7-h9BP-XSlW7cHIiKsQlmDB5H-i/s320/7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720321956748108594" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Even the bike rental place is *relax*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Cycling Tip : Due to the bad roads, make sure you check & double check the brakes before you pick a bike. We brought along The Girl's bike but hired ours there. They will provide you with a map of the island & advise you which trails to take. Even though some were advised to be difficult, our 7 year old did alright, as did the adults but expect to walk up with your bikes for some of the steeper slopes. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Z1shLIjPYZ-d125Zgm2aXnR4FZznHSTjy90AT713zei_l3jp-_QVIvavroqu4qBU70r-iYJGX3PGe_4LPEnSRtrvC_bPQF51UUmEzu_SZG4ZQiog6iVRuo17PEr7f4VpSkVLNnxBWzoI/s1600/8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Z1shLIjPYZ-d125Zgm2aXnR4FZznHSTjy90AT713zei_l3jp-_QVIvavroqu4qBU70r-iYJGX3PGe_4LPEnSRtrvC_bPQF51UUmEzu_SZG4ZQiog6iVRuo17PEr7f4VpSkVLNnxBWzoI/s320/8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720321957367932082" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Quaint, charming, I'm already loving it</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">There are vans that will take you around the island but what's the fun in that ?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUO83zY3ScMV841gF8zq1S05PR80dIjHvSlQ5Jmq2XkRGUNE899bVagiqCLOU4_olDGFvE7LdWGeR3WNTWWi5pvsKU3oc6cZEEAwwmU2wZ3SWPk4cv9_Gvtkw8hL-rytwVNmAz9cZszuEG/s1600/9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUO83zY3ScMV841gF8zq1S05PR80dIjHvSlQ5Jmq2XkRGUNE899bVagiqCLOU4_olDGFvE7LdWGeR3WNTWWi5pvsKU3oc6cZEEAwwmU2wZ3SWPk4cv9_Gvtkw8hL-rytwVNmAz9cZszuEG/s320/9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720321799051176146" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Nothing is a rush here</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUBB4Nys0OrH7OFZa_NfQUMjmaeDFHBhAkBWyGbdQ91zcy8DB7axj35TxOh5Vag3_yMOfILY4Kj4Ws_XswBpCs9LygamTJeR9B2U4otxgIjnWwKFN0BVusiXSzTS8Np_JiNPrBakX3PzMD/s1600/10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUBB4Nys0OrH7OFZa_NfQUMjmaeDFHBhAkBWyGbdQ91zcy8DB7axj35TxOh5Vag3_yMOfILY4Kj4Ws_XswBpCs9LygamTJeR9B2U4otxgIjnWwKFN0BVusiXSzTS8Np_JiNPrBakX3PzMD/s320/10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720321789239702386" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhswQUYzXfPEJ1ZG1Kv9MoQWGSL7HQ51opg7OoiZUKYLNm1M9Bqk-bjl-S5GYqVhRVEYIe99MsNsWWtAUOSXm_d7Btdnf5gaMU6lN4vKnyhkTgBdQ-TB2bPw4JcFMDMPXQwwIHhae436xyo/s1600/11.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhswQUYzXfPEJ1ZG1Kv9MoQWGSL7HQ51opg7OoiZUKYLNm1M9Bqk-bjl-S5GYqVhRVEYIe99MsNsWWtAUOSXm_d7Btdnf5gaMU6lN4vKnyhkTgBdQ-TB2bPw4JcFMDMPXQwwIHhae436xyo/s320/11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720321785999476994" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLy31jZl2GMSId6B6cUCR89arQnXcEVwY6U6r5nZQ1pZpzUxXDM5HzSrTo7rfADwbEZ_vyj_kYEabNpGVEGc0DJ-7suqW19tfihw5nmEUIP8UA2yykeEqOcEh_v14tVT7yQAthjxpoTrG/s1600/12.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLy31jZl2GMSId6B6cUCR89arQnXcEVwY6U6r5nZQ1pZpzUxXDM5HzSrTo7rfADwbEZ_vyj_kYEabNpGVEGc0DJ-7suqW19tfihw5nmEUIP8UA2yykeEqOcEh_v14tVT7yQAthjxpoTrG/s320/12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720321781836267794" /></a>We took the Western trail, past the Celestial Resort (didn't know there was one on Ubin but it's not exactly your Capella Hotel) in the direction of the Outward Bound School. It's a dead end & we had to retract part of the way back to the east for Chek Jawa. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxGpVz_NKF-qvg8NV8QjtD6IKFA5huNXzvt5Q6nRbIVyZrQzD9aNdlFe1OUK8-iV-BheXHNQjjOCmw-whES7fTnuzH5SpDK5ojN-EDollwEnTO5oIggCdd6ooGlCCpk10eKKwNBtqQEWc/s1600/13.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxGpVz_NKF-qvg8NV8QjtD6IKFA5huNXzvt5Q6nRbIVyZrQzD9aNdlFe1OUK8-iV-BheXHNQjjOCmw-whES7fTnuzH5SpDK5ojN-EDollwEnTO5oIggCdd6ooGlCCpk10eKKwNBtqQEWc/s320/13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720321778344545522" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Not sure what this is but the old guy who runs the stall below was drying these in the sun & claimed to have medicinal value & invited us to try his special concoction</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbXuz5NHcmrBC5ryDVM1S35lMB1mmkcGN3sdPBUwdvhP9uwSMW_coU0Hrlo2yaM06UQV765gUmRTaBEKOlbjzF809Wcj6-2ecCWx9F8lC8eq1wSyHNvrntozL3UnlxubtC-JBwnU68MPPa/s1600/14.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbXuz5NHcmrBC5ryDVM1S35lMB1mmkcGN3sdPBUwdvhP9uwSMW_coU0Hrlo2yaM06UQV765gUmRTaBEKOlbjzF809Wcj6-2ecCWx9F8lC8eq1wSyHNvrntozL3UnlxubtC-JBwnU68MPPa/s320/14.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720321593920139042" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Love this sign</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Very Bob Marley Very Kampung Very Ubin</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fJ2Sf3VkrblMBG24-utY6uaxtMLW4exGTkvEI9EsBR8el9SalqyGH9m0XdJVh8mHLpjbQSvoMDwiqVfRa_7sMY8INNSvlOHaaijQVIS8ylD6YWPaymg1HDICM5g9EB9BAZ-QWUF5r6ci/s1600/15.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fJ2Sf3VkrblMBG24-utY6uaxtMLW4exGTkvEI9EsBR8el9SalqyGH9m0XdJVh8mHLpjbQSvoMDwiqVfRa_7sMY8INNSvlOHaaijQVIS8ylD6YWPaymg1HDICM5g9EB9BAZ-QWUF5r6ci/s320/15.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720321586996888706" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We did as the sign said & stopped for a coconut</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHuaMJF1lxaNHgk80UWRS5Pm7VbWCelQnIBWVtWjKA39kz_vC2u7vdyJpVBnOS41DqTknV2euBmvZEHJp7lbk_qroIdAu8ypVFQLScXnk7XHbBjbmQvinW_qT5a0lHSjBUAWk3lCxFKW9S/s1600/16.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHuaMJF1lxaNHgk80UWRS5Pm7VbWCelQnIBWVtWjKA39kz_vC2u7vdyJpVBnOS41DqTknV2euBmvZEHJp7lbk_qroIdAu8ypVFQLScXnk7XHbBjbmQvinW_qT5a0lHSjBUAWk3lCxFKW9S/s320/16.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720321587969175970" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">He had a whole garden of herbs & plants</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">And was preparing these for his special soup</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzp6SrC-ME_LzfW5qg03sDWYlf6mAjnDau_Was1YGvJKgZw3x68rTcRSvEJLYlaPov4VS1C4MLEyc7ROzhkPSYnJce5KfUEpstoevcbj6Zm6LUNDLGTJe4byFgaUbbwT3BcBoBIgMkbjaW/s1600/17.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzp6SrC-ME_LzfW5qg03sDWYlf6mAjnDau_Was1YGvJKgZw3x68rTcRSvEJLYlaPov4VS1C4MLEyc7ROzhkPSYnJce5KfUEpstoevcbj6Zm6LUNDLGTJe4byFgaUbbwT3BcBoBIgMkbjaW/s320/17.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720321586608090930" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">It wasn't quite ready yet & we weren't quite so adventurous to give it a try</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih874jdSp4OA2auLV1onaP03SYIw5wR6OyE2uUjBj1XW4AerQhSDF1OEimyK9Fwq0nXKGs8lsfKS8GQjJzyZ40TATxTFCTf1S4q76f5cWFZkJ8qTdGQKY95mYHkxdwVuVPlVQ0lSMgMwzJ/s1600/18.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih874jdSp4OA2auLV1onaP03SYIw5wR6OyE2uUjBj1XW4AerQhSDF1OEimyK9Fwq0nXKGs8lsfKS8GQjJzyZ40TATxTFCTf1S4q76f5cWFZkJ8qTdGQKY95mYHkxdwVuVPlVQ0lSMgMwzJ/s320/18.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720321578988290130" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We met a guide for a group of MBA students </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">who showed us an unmarked path to a great view of the quarry</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0MR0tcB3m99F-BjEj-Nms27BaYzfO7PJccbsy8KDbjPuT28cNm4GlMLWGOB3zM7v6CCR9kVaueqr8KGbVF4aBkNksldx6rMT3tCJlZg1x9SoKDBcj6gC3Lqx_7imPYQQU-YbKEI0CLAn/s1600/19.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0MR0tcB3m99F-BjEj-Nms27BaYzfO7PJccbsy8KDbjPuT28cNm4GlMLWGOB3zM7v6CCR9kVaueqr8KGbVF4aBkNksldx6rMT3tCJlZg1x9SoKDBcj6gC3Lqx_7imPYQQU-YbKEI0CLAn/s320/19.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720321435210520034" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The last of the kampung houses</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhF3zT8synN8oWeyd3XQQ-H2jEt6nN4P1JaiM4TsdtxGwB15smn6e2xHD2_U_Md3yZUud5JOZhIBxooipzFxjlz5Pjj3mVTlsZsx70CLW1J_Af0jQcSSQAAE1JdI50Yb7iH8iKtQNX5OI/s1600/20.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhF3zT8synN8oWeyd3XQQ-H2jEt6nN4P1JaiM4TsdtxGwB15smn6e2xHD2_U_Md3yZUud5JOZhIBxooipzFxjlz5Pjj3mVTlsZsx70CLW1J_Af0jQcSSQAAE1JdI50Yb7iH8iKtQNX5OI/s320/20.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720321428828677362" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">If you are in Ubin, you can't miss Chek Jawa Wetlands</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The website lists timings for tides cos the best time to go is at low tide so that you can see all the beauty under the mangrove. It was high tide when we were there & now that I look at the website to see what we had missed, I plan to go back again</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8CQuiKssx0N0jyKvflehiEMlfB6LxGHLiM0vlaACLlHdEvjgB5xv4JTIy1IXw83AiGv9D81TjcCdNkeOSiVc08xAa2phPKLYOBy5xH6kU0a09iisxRisEuTQxPhgjvvCbycaaLOInFf3/s1600/21.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8CQuiKssx0N0jyKvflehiEMlfB6LxGHLiM0vlaACLlHdEvjgB5xv4JTIy1IXw83AiGv9D81TjcCdNkeOSiVc08xAa2phPKLYOBy5xH6kU0a09iisxRisEuTQxPhgjvvCbycaaLOInFf3/s320/21.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720321425388827570" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxBUtWdbYMc0KCmpu72aqSXweuBIPfSzEyg6Ql1sQDfwd8GP4VsZzWEQyQ3sznPhdEzo6JGuSt9Hk9Il4tHDcRrQsDp0AvPDYvQfrAH2Lfa9mmHlFOVjaksAb9VKwsNupKQrzmR987JZsu/s1600/22.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxBUtWdbYMc0KCmpu72aqSXweuBIPfSzEyg6Ql1sQDfwd8GP4VsZzWEQyQ3sznPhdEzo6JGuSt9Hk9Il4tHDcRrQsDp0AvPDYvQfrAH2Lfa9mmHlFOVjaksAb9VKwsNupKQrzmR987JZsu/s320/22.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720321415404374354" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNmK9j1VvBSoIly8as6pb70QrFPD2MQG25Nrp8xZQrzMCWsye4_82En2bJv6nYgfQ7_fkfzgwAtXqRpg-7crE4wopxyXAoR_QHpIORIEYeQkP05S22McWYFr7jr4NDSgxMXxMLFm-gljH/s1600/23.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNmK9j1VvBSoIly8as6pb70QrFPD2MQG25Nrp8xZQrzMCWsye4_82En2bJv6nYgfQ7_fkfzgwAtXqRpg-7crE4wopxyXAoR_QHpIORIEYeQkP05S22McWYFr7jr4NDSgxMXxMLFm-gljH/s320/23.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720321413535788242" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">A wild boar that caused quite a ruckus amongst the visitors</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Another reminder that we are not in concrete Singapore</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">As per my title, Ubin is off the beaten track but it's not exactly undiscovered, there were throngs of tourists & Singaporeans alike visiting the island. Most hire a van to take them to Chek Jawa whilst others head for the seafood restaurant. We had a modest but delicious meal at the Malay restaurant right next to the jetty. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I really enjoyed our day out & would recommend it for anyone looking for something different to do in Singapore.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-21256836320006208592012-03-16T11:05:00.002+08:002012-03-16T12:38:31.197+08:00Mad about Lego<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">It all started when my sister in law gave the kids Nano bricks for Christmas. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">That got The Girl all excited about Lego.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">That got me looking for her first Lego set. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">That had X make the declaration he had never played Lego as a kid *gasp*.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">So now we each have our own Lego sets to contend with. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Girl, Lego Friends</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">X, Lego Technic</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Me, VW Camper</span></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDn1NOFxjAsjUhuwLXoSYoCbHHS8IrgroIMTFjcPT2pW4e8w7aY0CYMxRzD_DUpx-1qSqHOECOH4c76B-wkBsPC-ehEgp0fNffmrQtIfJ0trYdxnpXnLzFwDL1npthqXOfXtSB0LY2s_cm/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDn1NOFxjAsjUhuwLXoSYoCbHHS8IrgroIMTFjcPT2pW4e8w7aY0CYMxRzD_DUpx-1qSqHOECOH4c76B-wkBsPC-ehEgp0fNffmrQtIfJ0trYdxnpXnLzFwDL1npthqXOfXtSB0LY2s_cm/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720348191812485234" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZ0ZzRQZEMIeZkmZgrKkQ_B2MiXi1ggLVSZPlVnBk39RrRKHQEGHfwlxEuSHX1EZPznNHqQ93ssghCnuBiKlCUqroFskhLhejPPCorZHVG_IBAL6x2MZpPASKE7ll9L2ZO_jk-T5ngtu1/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZ0ZzRQZEMIeZkmZgrKkQ_B2MiXi1ggLVSZPlVnBk39RrRKHQEGHfwlxEuSHX1EZPznNHqQ93ssghCnuBiKlCUqroFskhLhejPPCorZHVG_IBAL6x2MZpPASKE7ll9L2ZO_jk-T5ngtu1/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720348189318376130" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_g-v1w4BcJrfQhagpb0lboB2wEG0acVPQFj5Nm2uljgmquggrhieyFyWpiuz97yzo0ZxZSB8N1O6KMLNkEojKh61dHM0uOV5brCMoMxiF1E9m51W1de7glV-HmeOScOEmavTBCbpfTOo/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_g-v1w4BcJrfQhagpb0lboB2wEG0acVPQFj5Nm2uljgmquggrhieyFyWpiuz97yzo0ZxZSB8N1O6KMLNkEojKh61dHM0uOV5brCMoMxiF1E9m51W1de7glV-HmeOScOEmavTBCbpfTOo/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720348183482381186" /></a>petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-64082688530005157842012-01-05T11:02:00.000+08:002012-03-16T12:53:08.700+08:00NY eve dinner<div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5VPF7OBB4hGmglmRFoD8WceX9geoWepVPQJHzJgpTEt2tsYKns_suTC-amqsWw94eQmgEmS3yVcb-UzrcqYRsBh3EXhyphenhyphenLrpfgbzfGECkcob4CFFOJ1scCeo1Zgc4PFYPjWrjgTjM5Ul_2/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5VPF7OBB4hGmglmRFoD8WceX9geoWepVPQJHzJgpTEt2tsYKns_suTC-amqsWw94eQmgEmS3yVcb-UzrcqYRsBh3EXhyphenhyphenLrpfgbzfGECkcob4CFFOJ1scCeo1Zgc4PFYPjWrjgTjM5Ul_2/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720325156183695026" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We're lucky there's a chef in the family so celebrations are generally done at home. We didn't make any plans for Dec 31st so it was a last minute "let's go to Sheng Shiong & see what's there" menu planning. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The seafood there is always fresh but you never know what is available. Pity they don't deliver cos to my surprise, they have quite a good selection of wine. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Here's our New Year's eve dinner</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2AFiBT-I0jBlLFf7vut5EW_ZLXgoTi7F0HWPAfSJh1knufqDfF-jxSBhKMDtImbNmCjlzb-cRtkiprYqUhSZ0i3B9GAMkDkWDIvvsT1iG-XN5YRSS5JL01-69HBbjBByNySvgNGAyDeZA/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2AFiBT-I0jBlLFf7vut5EW_ZLXgoTi7F0HWPAfSJh1knufqDfF-jxSBhKMDtImbNmCjlzb-cRtkiprYqUhSZ0i3B9GAMkDkWDIvvsT1iG-XN5YRSS5JL01-69HBbjBByNySvgNGAyDeZA/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720325086233516770" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNTnmNQOmiqqiOXQgQgG8EyvlzjLidBejGk4ew1AKE8gCM6gNLeIWa1Li_PencCC-b6BDZ_Y1Om3Rni3n8RfmpZbn2jzPsqiEhWjfrMnM9km2Unsklq93M0L9GE31AaqatshC5j75_SyAt/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNTnmNQOmiqqiOXQgQgG8EyvlzjLidBejGk4ew1AKE8gCM6gNLeIWa1Li_PencCC-b6BDZ_Y1Om3Rni3n8RfmpZbn2jzPsqiEhWjfrMnM9km2Unsklq93M0L9GE31AaqatshC5j75_SyAt/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720325081712028834" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Lobsters in butter garlic sauce</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52XmKVEIULDsMQpT1Dcb6WXRuc0x_IV5nbBkMOhOVARsy1km9sLK24Td0u_s1nE6csKEYQQgHnxGLcmV8BqS50QB8au8w7Y7G7DBkPWwQT309XTLhbgfwNt3YyqPz7GWw1Wu8H-alP6DN/s1600/4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52XmKVEIULDsMQpT1Dcb6WXRuc0x_IV5nbBkMOhOVARsy1km9sLK24Td0u_s1nE6csKEYQQgHnxGLcmV8BqS50QB8au8w7Y7G7DBkPWwQT309XTLhbgfwNt3YyqPz7GWw1Wu8H-alP6DN/s320/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720325076626410082" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvP6ytt3Vc57gNFqHnyyD5SArrjEUsQM7u4T7e6TcJ-gwnJdYUmyP_lGE102jmESqE6K12KjOsb_0qNfTtNl7yo0PUYPZbcgaRoHZYFK6X2Guf9RIpT8Hu1XHsCZRBecbWirkMk7Eah0pI/s1600/5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvP6ytt3Vc57gNFqHnyyD5SArrjEUsQM7u4T7e6TcJ-gwnJdYUmyP_lGE102jmESqE6K12KjOsb_0qNfTtNl7yo0PUYPZbcgaRoHZYFK6X2Guf9RIpT8Hu1XHsCZRBecbWirkMk7Eah0pI/s320/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720325070515580546" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Pepper shrimps</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7FaTv1DbHSxVk6NgcT-Ea1IL73C_wL702CNbkAaqAbntVwIGoPhasF4h39eiqNef9e4PcAMbi1kXz7WVrVcShZ1STXDf4_MJff3fKpK4_lA3pKqcW5h3TuyJ9mQlUObdX7XRzOEw6YVON/s1600/6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7FaTv1DbHSxVk6NgcT-Ea1IL73C_wL702CNbkAaqAbntVwIGoPhasF4h39eiqNef9e4PcAMbi1kXz7WVrVcShZ1STXDf4_MJff3fKpK4_lA3pKqcW5h3TuyJ9mQlUObdX7XRzOEw6YVON/s320/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720325066107583474" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Clams in white wine sauce</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We love our seafood</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> & fresh seafood is so easy to prepare</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-34692042712428182812011-12-29T18:06:00.007+08:002012-03-16T12:45:17.252+08:00A magical garden<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">It doesn't seem right but I'm posting it anyway. I drafted this in December & only just realised I had not posted it. A few months late. </span></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjxMRCRG4aloOWlUTywxWGBxTHpQmKCJcxJo2_aXAjfWMgWfmsxzuN-WBkRlh4xEHVsoZQP5nSqjtXXRmfaIIyXFtn0dgimjm26dVRxe45mJRbxNH0JcoZaaj78QZfSbq-hi4vbVXczwWF/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjxMRCRG4aloOWlUTywxWGBxTHpQmKCJcxJo2_aXAjfWMgWfmsxzuN-WBkRlh4xEHVsoZQP5nSqjtXXRmfaIIyXFtn0dgimjm26dVRxe45mJRbxNH0JcoZaaj78QZfSbq-hi4vbVXczwWF/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691491368424857378" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Hope you are all enjoying the holiday season. We most certainly are. It's good to be back celebrating it with my family here in Singapore. On the other hand, I miss white Christmas (tropical Christmas just doesn't have the same feel about it), the oysters (a must for every year end celebration in France), the food (foie gras, charcuterie) & my French family. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdasEavlehVTfcpRR62CWAU_lPfFLAFsPHrfCOS4YxcUL0T0K2cu5plaM5_d-mTxWBZycapw-cU9y7dz8sSJdTljFjfnDSZWnTSFY9jKk05Mmi8rPCJ881VjGWdvtQNbNVitBL0LfHeBqv/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdasEavlehVTfcpRR62CWAU_lPfFLAFsPHrfCOS4YxcUL0T0K2cu5plaM5_d-mTxWBZycapw-cU9y7dz8sSJdTljFjfnDSZWnTSFY9jKk05Mmi8rPCJ881VjGWdvtQNbNVitBL0LfHeBqv/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691491363414479970" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; ">Instead of jostling with the crowds along Orchard Road to see the Christmas lights, try doing it in Botanic Gardens. For the month of December, some 300 trees are lighted up in an event called Trees of the World. It's quiet, tranquil & just a little bit surreal. We had a picnic there one night & it was so much fun. It felt like our own private garden.</span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwlFaSaqA0FmIQL_QJ-3eXKDY_b1V0aPDdbJb_jVP28esYWE5rmHN9rW_vUOJxkHH0DL444bYHt3d1IuHVzO7__cR8nGnMy8V-R8Anlr3szB41QBG5yH2A8VRJuwc2SsHEGtI0LmKtVsC/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwlFaSaqA0FmIQL_QJ-3eXKDY_b1V0aPDdbJb_jVP28esYWE5rmHN9rW_vUOJxkHH0DL444bYHt3d1IuHVzO7__cR8nGnMy8V-R8Anlr3szB41QBG5yH2A8VRJuwc2SsHEGtI0LmKtVsC/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691491359158866850" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzzGq_jO2zkvVdIfcGefQ_B4xJBD_h0IJDao-c2feuplviXtiXvlpTs3aZDdpTqvtENa-Y-hKyYGF2ELAiM6UkElzwugFlHXoE2i-ds8ltvqszuWrTk4VR-Jw4ZOFjdzPMueegSAONcxA/s1600/4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzzGq_jO2zkvVdIfcGefQ_B4xJBD_h0IJDao-c2feuplviXtiXvlpTs3aZDdpTqvtENa-Y-hKyYGF2ELAiM6UkElzwugFlHXoE2i-ds8ltvqszuWrTk4VR-Jw4ZOFjdzPMueegSAONcxA/s320/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691491361206811362" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Nathaly's own creation</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Wrapping paper for her Christmas present to me</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-522293377199955142011-12-26T16:38:00.008+08:002011-12-26T18:21:46.586+08:00Experience a moving masterpiece<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I'm embarrassed to admit that I have not heard of what is otherwise known as the Mona Lisa of China - the legendary Qing Ming Shang He Tu. Shame on me especially since I can rattle off dozens of Western paintings & artists. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Over Christmas eve dinner, my brother raved about this exhibition & so we decided to check it out on Chrsitmas & I am so glad we did. It was really an amazing experience. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Qing Ming Shang He Tu (translated : Along the river during the Qing Ming Festival) was painted during the Song Dynasty some 900 years ago by Zhang Zhe Duan. It is a panoramic scroll painting of 5 metres & what makes this special are the details - a record of everyday life at that time - merchants, artisans, wine shops, camels, horses, sedan chairs, story teller, doctor, children. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">For the World Expo 2010 Shanghai, the painting was digitally re-created with animation into what is known as "Moving Masterpiece" & making it the star attraction at the China Pavilion. The installation, 30 times bigger than the original, really has to be experienced. It's now in Singapore - after making its rounds to Taiwan & Macau.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibPgeYrR8AZWWlwy94fYKpl3qsKusdxPYbZt90yK3hQQxsO22vkQGhddIf_w5dx9UEeyAPGJOVDqd_fQmLk4EB0QxhDaWzKdPJ6uqM2ULz_B65NljfB4oYjqt1Q2UTuVsgI_c_of9VYoeU/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibPgeYrR8AZWWlwy94fYKpl3qsKusdxPYbZt90yK3hQQxsO22vkQGhddIf_w5dx9UEeyAPGJOVDqd_fQmLk4EB0QxhDaWzKdPJ6uqM2ULz_B65NljfB4oYjqt1Q2UTuVsgI_c_of9VYoeU/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690355354594151426" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; ">The exhibition is divided into Pre-Show Hall - water, fire, earth, wood etc - gives visitors a background to life during the Song Dynasty - the commerce, the scholarly pursuits, urban & country lifestyle. Be sure to get an audio guide (part of the entrance fee).</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_JygJhRylGz1J8GKgX7KWAu-B-YnM2CeArNU9Va0KQmKKitrGXIaKq5p0Ck-DYRnLDOxF0tqxCfoA32HadXRasMJ9U-sEV4z3VsHCb1WF4SViK6PHeA3c0ZLtmTgWO6o_BLuUTgJ0f9O/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_JygJhRylGz1J8GKgX7KWAu-B-YnM2CeArNU9Va0KQmKKitrGXIaKq5p0Ck-DYRnLDOxF0tqxCfoA32HadXRasMJ9U-sEV4z3VsHCb1WF4SViK6PHeA3c0ZLtmTgWO6o_BLuUTgJ0f9O/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690355350823835266" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Description of the Boat Men</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqjDJpW1LjucqpWMzXSpSHWtJc_oGRvEbDU1_HmYLhHtfaIcTjqWWR_ssyB2WzGSPXsAWO1A2J6QFjEdZaCgA3i1r-2T9CySp6xLJ0DMyk4G95Hzjrc5b7zWLlad5tgJd5c379hv_hhzsp/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqjDJpW1LjucqpWMzXSpSHWtJc_oGRvEbDU1_HmYLhHtfaIcTjqWWR_ssyB2WzGSPXsAWO1A2J6QFjEdZaCgA3i1r-2T9CySp6xLJ0DMyk4G95Hzjrc5b7zWLlad5tgJd5c379hv_hhzsp/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690355345605317362" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Entertainment</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgINjohiDfirwhug8wksQAR4nvdDcViUbkCKdIuAIEUVjZHHPvLCJ0Cp2rLC-iDOwGj_Dkp2bri5b5T-3SuKlCQakixmsygzCrU8pBbrUB2dgVvwOL1Iuk_ZWDOOxxaa7GL1-q46W1upsgy/s1600/4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgINjohiDfirwhug8wksQAR4nvdDcViUbkCKdIuAIEUVjZHHPvLCJ0Cp2rLC-iDOwGj_Dkp2bri5b5T-3SuKlCQakixmsygzCrU8pBbrUB2dgVvwOL1Iuk_ZWDOOxxaa7GL1-q46W1upsgy/s320/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690355345478315474" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Ingots </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY43Ze623wFcYRK-N3ZYbDsGQu1Lrv1Np_GtWzv1BIyhDOFs6DnZeHSNyyYmiOBc7kheVTBNMuq02UKe3nBqWC6mRBSmighJlGLRpqrOaTwB8xcWMn50_V5ZiNroaZk_bjorN6I4C10B55/s1600/5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY43Ze623wFcYRK-N3ZYbDsGQu1Lrv1Np_GtWzv1BIyhDOFs6DnZeHSNyyYmiOBc7kheVTBNMuq02UKe3nBqWC6mRBSmighJlGLRpqrOaTwB8xcWMn50_V5ZiNroaZk_bjorN6I4C10B55/s320/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690355341156344130" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJIwZn5EvOHuc7sTljosNAKOqa8WhaqroJkXb0oJFHYdP49HTRa7KuEL_jMbeiKZBKO7yr7-bEgb85Fxdh3K_vKl8vrRiUKdNMR7bSI0blJ2rzH_IoIfzhMt6gutCBPRtT-5TKw1B6qKC/s1600/6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJIwZn5EvOHuc7sTljosNAKOqa8WhaqroJkXb0oJFHYdP49HTRa7KuEL_jMbeiKZBKO7yr7-bEgb85Fxdh3K_vKl8vrRiUKdNMR7bSI0blJ2rzH_IoIfzhMt6gutCBPRtT-5TKw1B6qKC/s320/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690355178028147474" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCM2zx8_HzP5aClMI0brk4i8OCt-RG6Dl9VhNndFoGmeTBx_rRWd03dQm7daDlaXrJNgATr0StERDkaEQr62D1nYbtjWQatZYZuKw3fsovfVGITndYmslrCDWEfCEdJwg86-01CLSUT4O/s1600/7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCM2zx8_HzP5aClMI0brk4i8OCt-RG6Dl9VhNndFoGmeTBx_rRWd03dQm7daDlaXrJNgATr0StERDkaEQr62D1nYbtjWQatZYZuKw3fsovfVGITndYmslrCDWEfCEdJwg86-01CLSUT4O/s320/7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690355174817646642" /></span></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Given that the painting is a National Treasury & insurance would have run into millions, the original is still in the Palace Museum in Beijing. This is the Stone Gate from the "Golden Scroll" copy. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ltbMZ4lqw5ZurihJuhgXbP6TQYSV1eECPua7c98ck90IXLz1fjintWK9MOt5C-42FtjHv9bDGHJmbaPB0FlQq8Sg7UFUJ9lVMU2QoVBh1_CItn96DWAMHhV7SI02GUA0RTEmyRKp_fc5/s1600/8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ltbMZ4lqw5ZurihJuhgXbP6TQYSV1eECPua7c98ck90IXLz1fjintWK9MOt5C-42FtjHv9bDGHJmbaPB0FlQq8Sg7UFUJ9lVMU2QoVBh1_CItn96DWAMHhV7SI02GUA0RTEmyRKp_fc5/s320/8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690355164520775026" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Wholesale wine shop</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKr38w8H79JKBix-CfH3po0CAkkWp6SKuO1l1wYc0mhqD5CIUpFmcD73usev8xSU4ICMc6t2VRXeZtyn_jDH36EzReno2OX6qrVCcxaBwjONTITy6llM0riLoqIXB34PgMmKF1TIreKwo-/s1600/9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKr38w8H79JKBix-CfH3po0CAkkWp6SKuO1l1wYc0mhqD5CIUpFmcD73usev8xSU4ICMc6t2VRXeZtyn_jDH36EzReno2OX6qrVCcxaBwjONTITy6llM0riLoqIXB34PgMmKF1TIreKwo-/s320/9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690355164699483794" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Q4_A2o2b0PFwGpDtEbFoyhJjnEmjAbMHfOdiJKPW2Za2UdtrzliG05EiD7kOOacXU3S-_8l8xkpFQIgDQpsL4xFfVOXLvjnD9-7RjK2bcF802uknkwCw-8W4d5GITENavlnYyLDnRxcZ/s1600/10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Q4_A2o2b0PFwGpDtEbFoyhJjnEmjAbMHfOdiJKPW2Za2UdtrzliG05EiD7kOOacXU3S-_8l8xkpFQIgDQpsL4xFfVOXLvjnD9-7RjK2bcF802uknkwCw-8W4d5GITENavlnYyLDnRxcZ/s320/10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690355160933440386" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; ">Next stop, main hall. I was in awe - WOW the painting came alive. You could hear the sounds of the boat men, the characters moving around, the laugher of the children as they run around.....I was instantly drawn to the size of it. What is also amazing is the fact that they did both a day as well as a night scene.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHAmU0bn6Hqr87cUekzDcfvW0-8QRehb1fcp3dyjmfqQK_6PfvSHPpHEBan3y53JdLwUI9y_luceWhchNS1Q1L_raLOJAezowGnfi7S18AB9TB1iu0faZtBafv2CSjtmLIVRdRTziYbkZ/s1600/11.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHAmU0bn6Hqr87cUekzDcfvW0-8QRehb1fcp3dyjmfqQK_6PfvSHPpHEBan3y53JdLwUI9y_luceWhchNS1Q1L_raLOJAezowGnfi7S18AB9TB1iu0faZtBafv2CSjtmLIVRdRTziYbkZ/s320/11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690355006935667138" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Day Scene</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijz6qP6FPT39duHQ18ldlZxwfx84HAE7_zMj0u_gYZ47mpzwoR3ebfSBTV_9YD3fcYreAaUECC9SDOBUb9I2dqEXO6TXSPuNh-AFFgDb0vN4zlprINbBkBrxCQj0UJcaKcDUSA-Znblt45/s1600/12.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijz6qP6FPT39duHQ18ldlZxwfx84HAE7_zMj0u_gYZ47mpzwoR3ebfSBTV_9YD3fcYreAaUECC9SDOBUb9I2dqEXO6TXSPuNh-AFFgDb0vN4zlprINbBkBrxCQj0UJcaKcDUSA-Znblt45/s320/12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690355001134556242" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Night Scene</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5haCyDvtj3YDb9y1giGeFYrhnrjntzU-4Keq29jD7L4ZA56Tl72hhSTk7JkP4BzUB1QGG4DK76EJyYiVFNnSdV0u02XrXn3EAMriESdiGX83Va0NMHBm390fVFhKvX-DtMIRLSMChBfp/s1600/13.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5haCyDvtj3YDb9y1giGeFYrhnrjntzU-4Keq29jD7L4ZA56Tl72hhSTk7JkP4BzUB1QGG4DK76EJyYiVFNnSdV0u02XrXn3EAMriESdiGX83Va0NMHBm390fVFhKvX-DtMIRLSMChBfp/s320/13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690354990669837474" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The rainbow bridge</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">scene where a boat almost capsized</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">As with all Chinese scripts, you work from the right to left. The painting starts with the quiet countryside of willow trees, cottages, village & small boats. Moving along to the busy outskirts & then to the capital of Kaifeng. </span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDY0FmfE6lPKipYUbSCjvuRgkmUk_VpyBfDEzUCD-zVskxV8dVOQ4cnXvk8Q0J_t8m4GvvXT47A1SHxa8Do2zd1uCsiG0TM8obFqywLWA0KYMpiH7WIBK2ci4NE_-JHPvyix6UjCxqY2tz/s1600/14.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDY0FmfE6lPKipYUbSCjvuRgkmUk_VpyBfDEzUCD-zVskxV8dVOQ4cnXvk8Q0J_t8m4GvvXT47A1SHxa8Do2zd1uCsiG0TM8obFqywLWA0KYMpiH7WIBK2ci4NE_-JHPvyix6UjCxqY2tz/s320/14.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690354994207492722" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I was so mesmerised. I stood at each section looking at both the day & night scenes. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The audio guide is excellent in drawing your attention to the details. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoONLNwI027Z8IwTK89Cm-kkRwuNrZ69VhNlk9Nj_eOlRne2__3jeUPlevNBFmlZ5q46rK7C65vmxxPAsjqQEucUfOscs7gyC3WlFi0Mfx2t9phfyYy7T2NUxs9Ty_HJS1Oz8qUzX3_wcq/s1600/15.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoONLNwI027Z8IwTK89Cm-kkRwuNrZ69VhNlk9Nj_eOlRne2__3jeUPlevNBFmlZ5q46rK7C65vmxxPAsjqQEucUfOscs7gyC3WlFi0Mfx2t9phfyYy7T2NUxs9Ty_HJS1Oz8qUzX3_wcq/s320/15.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690354989014613186" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Follow the camel procession</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioDxhJ8sWoeKOf1-5YgwS59p1EtKjZ2as_QKd9CxoS2j6TMMXpyu06_4fhwAt_0mLRo1YiFhaCxqBSg5B9pCVjwulrXpvZgFxVURrSr2Dp19IhY0HrgJjbJndPT08KdI0PZ_WUySDtuhMn/s1600/16.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioDxhJ8sWoeKOf1-5YgwS59p1EtKjZ2as_QKd9CxoS2j6TMMXpyu06_4fhwAt_0mLRo1YiFhaCxqBSg5B9pCVjwulrXpvZgFxVURrSr2Dp19IhY0HrgJjbJndPT08KdI0PZ_WUySDtuhMn/s320/16.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690354023031321138" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The majestic city gate</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-ZE4TyJ_hCFZza-aU8Uy9uttsLK5T6kWpSYE9piPwpeg6JloQqMomHBB2FXsKcrX6-UTcAIs_k6IVUgm5QxBbvMhSVcB3fEUWN-G-w4KbE8p0BQaBM-Si_An_CVK8WMpsORku9ePmHKO/s1600/17.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-ZE4TyJ_hCFZza-aU8Uy9uttsLK5T6kWpSYE9piPwpeg6JloQqMomHBB2FXsKcrX6-UTcAIs_k6IVUgm5QxBbvMhSVcB3fEUWN-G-w4KbE8p0BQaBM-Si_An_CVK8WMpsORku9ePmHKO/s320/17.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690354017798609026" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The city well & the pharmacist</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTqssVuTL3kTHrtX48PhYP5T1umCEQ3eTwXcc_vZ7hudW-7xkXkTWhkbl8GhMa8OMVs6AAUq83RvNw2oY4w1AxjIva2GYMTwkw3HMAWNYsku-xsCTBSivxNnNaMy5Don19wLQ6Vh5CgtU3/s1600/18.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTqssVuTL3kTHrtX48PhYP5T1umCEQ3eTwXcc_vZ7hudW-7xkXkTWhkbl8GhMa8OMVs6AAUq83RvNw2oY4w1AxjIva2GYMTwkw3HMAWNYsku-xsCTBSivxNnNaMy5Don19wLQ6Vh5CgtU3/s320/18.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690354013262517218" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The horse drawn carriage</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ccv4MgTgYF20zbdNkD6bstBmL5uiPriNRltLTHABcPrzBaq13jG1Y6Dr-aygkWtlUKgCbGO8G5GyqGqm-t-ZUQh_ntmdNdt52ggl7WKxWgFSr5Y_6ahenAyPowbLnHQo51drST1uksBe/s1600/19.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ccv4MgTgYF20zbdNkD6bstBmL5uiPriNRltLTHABcPrzBaq13jG1Y6Dr-aygkWtlUKgCbGO8G5GyqGqm-t-ZUQh_ntmdNdt52ggl7WKxWgFSr5Y_6ahenAyPowbLnHQo51drST1uksBe/s320/19.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690354007661819346" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The bustling wine shop</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpsg2AjbdM5xQ1Yx_g0618nvRfdS6SQ_BGlXsa3DCgk3kdA_TkQ-4ku4Kp6GLphZTnmNR_DxDBKnMGQ15sRx-hsPfQH3BImwH-QBBpmuaYb2HS-4PAovFAwFPYqxwFaiavCyyFtfaO1wd8/s1600/20.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpsg2AjbdM5xQ1Yx_g0618nvRfdS6SQ_BGlXsa3DCgk3kdA_TkQ-4ku4Kp6GLphZTnmNR_DxDBKnMGQ15sRx-hsPfQH3BImwH-QBBpmuaYb2HS-4PAovFAwFPYqxwFaiavCyyFtfaO1wd8/s320/20.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690354010728643842" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Awesome</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Magical </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Once in a lifetime experience</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-9154089606358044202011-11-07T09:08:00.004+08:002011-11-07T09:35:07.091+08:00A taste of middle eastern<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqaBrZtJfE1d-85nUH4avh-jznrvvdloKPTf4gCpCQ0cYw6zvAAR9o00576l2TAnHO1kdTQz_QzaKwP0p3mOjPIk6QYUpHSPp6C6cczDI6m5te6FG-NwA21qs1Jx7lMSzL9DRxJ8TG_IMa/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqaBrZtJfE1d-85nUH4avh-jznrvvdloKPTf4gCpCQ0cYw6zvAAR9o00576l2TAnHO1kdTQz_QzaKwP0p3mOjPIk6QYUpHSPp6C6cczDI6m5te6FG-NwA21qs1Jx7lMSzL9DRxJ8TG_IMa/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672055141918866562" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Admittedly I don't know Middle Eastern cuisine well but X is a big fan. So when we found ourselves wondering around RWS looking for a place to eat, he was immediately drawn to Anar. The belly dancing, I'm sure helped pique his interest too but unfortunately we were too early. I believe it starts from 8pm. </span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAahyphenhyphen66nAYnj2XPRpoVRie4TeKH3fVoucY4CVKDNxuP_xfgaFkzD2iEltfeqxpRRtanQrN9AUOWzTJbpQKnVkGLLq8NyTFqpN8L-MMaZAmweLRnp_GD8jITSPtA-7yhifxgUp2O5QUE_ch/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAahyphenhyphen66nAYnj2XPRpoVRie4TeKH3fVoucY4CVKDNxuP_xfgaFkzD2iEltfeqxpRRtanQrN9AUOWzTJbpQKnVkGLLq8NyTFqpN8L-MMaZAmweLRnp_GD8jITSPtA-7yhifxgUp2O5QUE_ch/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672055136635492690" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Once inside, you feel immediately transported into the movie set of the Arabian Nights. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vMMsQTkpLcAY0fL-NN3RjHPFwvEwdSzBo7VD4jYgdhQ_7sqxnyzkEL4tKMfK_Hq1kAuOT7XcyU9DwyYisNIOwJ0si-vtvjLRB3RkptdExeojiMchZ_PC6qIfFRctHtkJXudvEH7b2Khc/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vMMsQTkpLcAY0fL-NN3RjHPFwvEwdSzBo7VD4jYgdhQ_7sqxnyzkEL4tKMfK_Hq1kAuOT7XcyU9DwyYisNIOwJ0si-vtvjLRB3RkptdExeojiMchZ_PC6qIfFRctHtkJXudvEH7b2Khc/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672055134860088994" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj1ZJJ_kcEDkPtizJ6VG-0RPF7wSy8MzV18IlG5SVETAb27DSm8I2DqDLMdarCYekm4o7CgKIKD62rbmD1LTbUNDCVrKzez557W-AO7w9zkxYXxinpFvAyjIIrVKU1EIIF3IIxF8MynM54/s1600/4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj1ZJJ_kcEDkPtizJ6VG-0RPF7wSy8MzV18IlG5SVETAb27DSm8I2DqDLMdarCYekm4o7CgKIKD62rbmD1LTbUNDCVrKzez557W-AO7w9zkxYXxinpFvAyjIIrVKU1EIIF3IIxF8MynM54/s320/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672055130534262482" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">A complimentary starter of feta cheese </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7HY_Mepn_n_iYngQ_-SLAMSeMPlUejkGDjwPyQb-L9YwqeOLOT4TIHaFzYqTGqYQi5DmwvRWnizfPt-rG6iRHmLj0vEW0QQ-T8_KqyIpfglmEAshi_FuoCDoRGDLAuUQRf8cRRVVPFDZR/s1600/5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7HY_Mepn_n_iYngQ_-SLAMSeMPlUejkGDjwPyQb-L9YwqeOLOT4TIHaFzYqTGqYQi5DmwvRWnizfPt-rG6iRHmLj0vEW0QQ-T8_KqyIpfglmEAshi_FuoCDoRGDLAuUQRf8cRRVVPFDZR/s320/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672055122876898786" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">with a complimentary serving of pita bread</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">(they charge $2.50 for additional serving which I thought was unnecessary considering the restaurant but that was my only complaint of the evening, everything else - the food & service is excellent)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsPcaoLfjs7q6MXmb41cur_be8mOqTleZ-zd7CcgAvx3GnSSVQzrC5Ypb_ehN1v5o6InyHZd5F3WXF80rrubR0f37JlD_-7rpT4I8CgoNe0q_NyL_jzOR5fJxwWj_SI0u9oQR3UUZFoK9/s1600/6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsPcaoLfjs7q6MXmb41cur_be8mOqTleZ-zd7CcgAvx3GnSSVQzrC5Ypb_ehN1v5o6InyHZd5F3WXF80rrubR0f37JlD_-7rpT4I8CgoNe0q_NyL_jzOR5fJxwWj_SI0u9oQR3UUZFoK9/s320/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672054971943346098" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Moutabbal</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">X wanted to order this favorite Baba Ghanosh but the server highly recommended this instead. Also an eggplant dip. Excellent. We were happily dunking our bread in this</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXKoYGgbikLnGghyqWyKO_23cBvsia5QoPbtIdV-E4HuST8kUucRKLnJJRVcJ8-QJ-oWfNMVMl06gNeN0RwKlyypbQVFWfh7MrC6HGatK2lpStuRqaXIsp7Z1QIzCkJlZLn6xT0SZ72vq/s1600/7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXKoYGgbikLnGghyqWyKO_23cBvsia5QoPbtIdV-E4HuST8kUucRKLnJJRVcJ8-QJ-oWfNMVMl06gNeN0RwKlyypbQVFWfh7MrC6HGatK2lpStuRqaXIsp7Z1QIzCkJlZLn6xT0SZ72vq/s320/7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672054967276993602" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Hummus with minced beef</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">My favorite. Hummus is a chickpea puree perfectly complemented with bits of beef</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_gHGu4E0Rs2HluO8zQBYA4pgIQ0RUi4qHYXnJlSHhFQtRmPBdp8y5WzcfD8JEKnbOX_kGzcXXJ1WanP_iH7jHAaEtQaBV4mPPcNDvgsudPVKw0JfPzZ6X7uXJw9eGIyAQDOYcOPKb0By/s1600/8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_gHGu4E0Rs2HluO8zQBYA4pgIQ0RUi4qHYXnJlSHhFQtRmPBdp8y5WzcfD8JEKnbOX_kGzcXXJ1WanP_iH7jHAaEtQaBV4mPPcNDvgsudPVKw0JfPzZ6X7uXJw9eGIyAQDOYcOPKb0By/s320/8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672054962323186114" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Chicken livers - this was delicious. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">All the starters appealed to us so we ordered 3.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Word of warning tho : the dips are rich & can fill you up especially if you eat with a lot of bread</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwnEh231LRNckns0BE3DrLH4tkw9kRwxOrDGMTRRdWY53pwevKwckZQhOXNX8rJabIV28robv-kkosWik4tKxtrT8jsNHXGUprnzyduSjCk6VI0HKfhFFSkGUilySWIK8hFwRi_t25n00/s1600/9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwnEh231LRNckns0BE3DrLH4tkw9kRwxOrDGMTRRdWY53pwevKwckZQhOXNX8rJabIV28robv-kkosWik4tKxtrT8jsNHXGUprnzyduSjCk6VI0HKfhFFSkGUilySWIK8hFwRi_t25n00/s320/9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672054957156830082" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Grilled Lamb Chops & Beef Medallions</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Tasty & cooked just right but we still preferred the starters</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHnpSmyNNwSXwBGAODMnns0v1tE89tuaI7n6LDBbXawOkYHZG32ojGZAuaGqrL2-Ava9jTPqBfGs8gd5ZJhAqIwSC_HU0FdeYGINxiS3jaFyutN_7jwChZ98nVLY66aW5nvYGlKCQCld5u/s1600/10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHnpSmyNNwSXwBGAODMnns0v1tE89tuaI7n6LDBbXawOkYHZG32ojGZAuaGqrL2-Ava9jTPqBfGs8gd5ZJhAqIwSC_HU0FdeYGINxiS3jaFyutN_7jwChZ98nVLY66aW5nvYGlKCQCld5u/s320/10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672054954243160162" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">A shot of their beautiful restroom</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Will we return ? Absolutely !</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-11517759831074481092011-11-03T08:15:00.002+08:002011-11-07T09:06:23.618+08:00Buddha Tooth Temple<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBVaR-IUR1HKtDciAbwGr5nFd0toAzt92nf_DJYZZSDrh5tkT8wqJis4WRORdl6CnDVjIpohkapydru1OE1wcFn-B1DSzKc45vysSx4qIDh5IATiq4RJFQgSBXyOpMK1mPZ7FZjR6sKyzY/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBVaR-IUR1HKtDciAbwGr5nFd0toAzt92nf_DJYZZSDrh5tkT8wqJis4WRORdl6CnDVjIpohkapydru1OE1wcFn-B1DSzKc45vysSx4qIDh5IATiq4RJFQgSBXyOpMK1mPZ7FZjR6sKyzY/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669072811555854722" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">I must have passed by the Buddha Tooth Temple in Chinatown dozens of times yet last month was the first time I ventured inside. I followed a group of tourists so we won't be the only ones gawking & there were lots to *gawk* at.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">The entrance facing South Bridge Road is called the Mountain Gate. See the pair of the dragon ornament on the roof top of the gate, cast by a Japanese. I know this because these are all explained in their very well designed website - by way of which I realised that there is a museum that we missed. Note to revisit.</div><div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyDhmkQUpN8F44a0GMOJfXLt5oVecsjIAZbWHqoiTpBkq__aNkLp4ImlxfkY2hnf5_QlIanwzkJxEFxlgdOA4ySQKcYW_S2N10pSG1lVEZuzioeneGzKvlKVPRJef2cSxKvqTExVYJtIji/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyDhmkQUpN8F44a0GMOJfXLt5oVecsjIAZbWHqoiTpBkq__aNkLp4ImlxfkY2hnf5_QlIanwzkJxEFxlgdOA4ySQKcYW_S2N10pSG1lVEZuzioeneGzKvlKVPRJef2cSxKvqTExVYJtIji/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669072804819232114" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">They provide shawls for cover up in case you are not appropriately dressed. No shorts, miniskirts or revealing tops. </div></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFfnJcHv7FdEBpSUFs_XXmM7l5f2XT5eVONXkSpy9dKChFho2qwTaGmH3jWt6eiQWi9HSsYjd91OzJBBFGA9wS97gP5rVLC4dmaYZsdvOfwQC6Lut-C6uhAleGmuUh-IuoK1ZK9XmECtH/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFfnJcHv7FdEBpSUFs_XXmM7l5f2XT5eVONXkSpy9dKChFho2qwTaGmH3jWt6eiQWi9HSsYjd91OzJBBFGA9wS97gP5rVLC4dmaYZsdvOfwQC6Lut-C6uhAleGmuUh-IuoK1ZK9XmECtH/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669072806777427394" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaeCjWlHFq6-U7-GGS-04nmdrDcXeRrpzVwMSHbFTKlDlRZT9Q9mEiKB-ormdKcU9R4IqetU4YCjjlIzWgWCoceTimZ0XoJ9PiQR_GQ-w8FXe46DVC1N3FY-0KmL3iyZB7C7okxxdM76uq/s1600/4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaeCjWlHFq6-U7-GGS-04nmdrDcXeRrpzVwMSHbFTKlDlRZT9Q9mEiKB-ormdKcU9R4IqetU4YCjjlIzWgWCoceTimZ0XoJ9PiQR_GQ-w8FXe46DVC1N3FY-0KmL3iyZB7C7okxxdM76uq/s320/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669072806577808610" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2FKwi6FOEWIRnG-oZjLhXzf5JPeuBNER2-ocTHxjEYzr9ee0uvq0zi2oTKBqM_kaZsUXdSVr6-m09ys7ebYdyM7WSYgsi1PDwSpMLshANvu3_vVp3_QKH4UnIhyphenhyphenbFjZv0lFo2jhjn240p/s1600/5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2FKwi6FOEWIRnG-oZjLhXzf5JPeuBNER2-ocTHxjEYzr9ee0uvq0zi2oTKBqM_kaZsUXdSVr6-m09ys7ebYdyM7WSYgsi1PDwSpMLshANvu3_vVp3_QKH4UnIhyphenhyphenbFjZv0lFo2jhjn240p/s320/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669072671049703154" /></a>Even though I'm not of any particular faith, I'm always in awe of religious & spiritual places. This was no exception. The interior is opulent, to say the least.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogVDdvXLun5cWUFGR05qXGaie2nCLWykATidoXY_F7Akax-ZErvxDtaGJCzhn8vywVKFy9LO9zrWkr_289oJ9jlxhmeiY9-Qc0afIMFsg2n1YHB8s5mzF8XBSwmL1VkU5MdeI6KGxAqDm/s1600/6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogVDdvXLun5cWUFGR05qXGaie2nCLWykATidoXY_F7Akax-ZErvxDtaGJCzhn8vywVKFy9LO9zrWkr_289oJ9jlxhmeiY9-Qc0afIMFsg2n1YHB8s5mzF8XBSwmL1VkU5MdeI6KGxAqDm/s320/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669072666807967298" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The temple was completed at a cost of $75mio. These zodiac protectors are available for sponsorship. The website gives an extensive list of items that you can choose to sponsor - from floor tiles to ceiling boards, prayer wheels to lanterns. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXcOb2NQ2LFdZ3kNRg7Ve0CxIJ2bTaE4n3g6URIHccHBT69DrTvyu9W2w-x-Liki3TiMepzzx3PxQM5rbPkkryeTz_Vrg4SGuqvg6Hiss0zBnejacfmr64jOuc4CSy5KM6uUTk3pRRWn3/s1600/7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXcOb2NQ2LFdZ3kNRg7Ve0CxIJ2bTaE4n3g6URIHccHBT69DrTvyu9W2w-x-Liki3TiMepzzx3PxQM5rbPkkryeTz_Vrg4SGuqvg6Hiss0zBnejacfmr64jOuc4CSy5KM6uUTk3pRRWn3/s320/7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669072654705788642" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The hall is pretty amazing. </div><div style="text-align: center;">We spent a lot of time taking it all in. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5_KkMxC_x3Vg_yem5OrUX2nW23s-M1aCE5XZg-BNAbifxYsh7_xzR38gpSQAaOzBd8CpGG0tL1keK_7UgmqjUORmOnn3sHzRxzAncFhTdllTLSsmCR90zLc03fqnk3UAbn-L0Tl5xbz7/s1600/8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5_KkMxC_x3Vg_yem5OrUX2nW23s-M1aCE5XZg-BNAbifxYsh7_xzR38gpSQAaOzBd8CpGG0tL1keK_7UgmqjUORmOnn3sHzRxzAncFhTdllTLSsmCR90zLc03fqnk3UAbn-L0Tl5xbz7/s320/8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669072651705699106" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF73AwAOcUxllxCEKMRz-nBNCe6cO1e3hewSMLLwIcuCZa85ikz0S1phScpg_aGE_MJ5K88kiV1SfrvFbRhC29PbrMu76g152XspynKdI5q3lm1eQZwQZoWOOsZ_ZqQMUhJDzwH1hyphenhyphen3N3_/s1600/9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF73AwAOcUxllxCEKMRz-nBNCe6cO1e3hewSMLLwIcuCZa85ikz0S1phScpg_aGE_MJ5K88kiV1SfrvFbRhC29PbrMu76g152XspynKdI5q3lm1eQZwQZoWOOsZ_ZqQMUhJDzwH1hyphenhyphen3N3_/s320/9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669072645950204658" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFLhci6suFccJaiHsi8Sh0zVwcRs1nrBWoCbIO43MeZrXLr0HT0meKIMQ63CPEnNweOAnBNgYwCbqGnA4S8oWEi-z-yqsgWsvA30ZU0HMcjLDzHiqh4Q5uKt2vInOQfHGV1VYb8k1afAN/s1600/10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFLhci6suFccJaiHsi8Sh0zVwcRs1nrBWoCbIO43MeZrXLr0HT0meKIMQ63CPEnNweOAnBNgYwCbqGnA4S8oWEi-z-yqsgWsvA30ZU0HMcjLDzHiqh4Q5uKt2vInOQfHGV1VYb8k1afAN/s320/10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669072496781519906" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0L-pfBDl5OV_VSaAhBDeQnDMIwFmEj83bXdauKq9F4pctXJx5uCB-r8Q8Sq5-SFcLcjSWoWLprEEiiQvjh6WWsnX9sqspPYs7c1x6g9N4ZFNSxZPe_xIcSqxW3t5et1ivGwNBy8VI_8VA/s1600/11.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0L-pfBDl5OV_VSaAhBDeQnDMIwFmEj83bXdauKq9F4pctXJx5uCB-r8Q8Sq5-SFcLcjSWoWLprEEiiQvjh6WWsnX9sqspPYs7c1x6g9N4ZFNSxZPe_xIcSqxW3t5et1ivGwNBy8VI_8VA/s320/11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669072491737363442" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMY5eD9yMlUVDWXmqqY-n0tpDJMP3aQfbFYu5ZGNRxlQHUIqTrBU-7v0nXq0z2aMA1V9JFDvsFWPPDl7hNB5PKA1hwxrw7GKFVcBEhLLfydV5VLWde47CYSSAGQjYz8SyJoxj7dRjfhmkX/s1600/12.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMY5eD9yMlUVDWXmqqY-n0tpDJMP3aQfbFYu5ZGNRxlQHUIqTrBU-7v0nXq0z2aMA1V9JFDvsFWPPDl7hNB5PKA1hwxrw7GKFVcBEhLLfydV5VLWde47CYSSAGQjYz8SyJoxj7dRjfhmkX/s320/12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669072488278146082" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Prayers were starting</div><div style="text-align: center;">& it was time for us to leave</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmrN7ZE8PeZx9zYSYIG0nBCclECKL4yvFo67NIZ1hTCNhJAcrpguOmfF76SkCKb8remH2HqWdscw7ziof-LtVwBFModsOmnp2RukxtiIDkn2nnY74KB-UuMtbHIX2Oyk8EYTJPtAQWtKFb/s1600/13.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmrN7ZE8PeZx9zYSYIG0nBCclECKL4yvFo67NIZ1hTCNhJAcrpguOmfF76SkCKb8remH2HqWdscw7ziof-LtVwBFModsOmnp2RukxtiIDkn2nnY74KB-UuMtbHIX2Oyk8EYTJPtAQWtKFb/s320/13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669072483310438914" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwdyeAxmnmfwxLU5OihUK9CjjJBH1U6mAZQSIAJu6mTxcnRFyH96kDytShpj7iXTtl_aAwtkGRxvQMs-GjZGJREnCaCgtXK3k-Fcv-oVojDZlnfwX1fi_RCeMzRolnr7uioN7-17uMa-X/s1600/14.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwdyeAxmnmfwxLU5OihUK9CjjJBH1U6mAZQSIAJu6mTxcnRFyH96kDytShpj7iXTtl_aAwtkGRxvQMs-GjZGJREnCaCgtXK3k-Fcv-oVojDZlnfwX1fi_RCeMzRolnr7uioN7-17uMa-X/s320/14.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669072481433498402" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">If you ever find yourself with some time to kill near Chinatown,</div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">you know where you can go</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-83956811650627594712011-11-02T09:17:00.000+08:002011-11-05T07:55:15.956+08:00Sentosa Boardwalk Day & Night<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5Y21V-xQ_Oge0n6_WANV8azQFX1ue4hKeEmsII1MumvYfq5tRv8ULYZrQBHfdF-lFY_eKIhzjU_fCzC8mYUG4ReTSH6bV-NwGlDoOEtH9RWS-KYn3S5wCySdGL7iPckKaVcEtOQwpAlA/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5Y21V-xQ_Oge0n6_WANV8azQFX1ue4hKeEmsII1MumvYfq5tRv8ULYZrQBHfdF-lFY_eKIhzjU_fCzC8mYUG4ReTSH6bV-NwGlDoOEtH9RWS-KYn3S5wCySdGL7iPckKaVcEtOQwpAlA/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669088551348938530" /></a>When we went to RWS for the Lion Dance Competition, we decided to use the new Boardwalk. Another excuse for the Girl to bring out her scooter. There are signs within Vivocity with directions. <div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_Rk8iKQaZLHGbpqDlTzR_LmxuxHBiSfVMe4RVqrZGAhKQKiJmxU1CPVXd1A7zVJNdKXukW9o8izGA4G4Y15Kg-NZFdcjV03tJJmrLNWLGbmnnPoU8bLtATiZbXI8TVFPXgM2HCZyRzKJ/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_Rk8iKQaZLHGbpqDlTzR_LmxuxHBiSfVMe4RVqrZGAhKQKiJmxU1CPVXd1A7zVJNdKXukW9o8izGA4G4Y15Kg-NZFdcjV03tJJmrLNWLGbmnnPoU8bLtATiZbXI8TVFPXgM2HCZyRzKJ/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669088552622807650" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">You could walk or....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhleBkD0YVQ-OFYpKva2nSq62HbFcfYvp9e2ckfqnWtw-5jOCL70q_Dby7SMb9kw0Swa4uYFRAJGadAUovJBWSWo6ZkvLF93vUdMrD2KxiPtg_dFbDaJojgrtvl5TtQRBfPlJq0fXeI6PaU/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhleBkD0YVQ-OFYpKva2nSq62HbFcfYvp9e2ckfqnWtw-5jOCL70q_Dby7SMb9kw0Swa4uYFRAJGadAUovJBWSWo6ZkvLF93vUdMrD2KxiPtg_dFbDaJojgrtvl5TtQRBfPlJq0fXeI6PaU/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669088543093766386" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnaL9xYcxed_IW8MuPO3LeGttW0P5-6kFUohCcC_-bJaAlw2F0bI2YJR33LnGRcUcFe_HHJ86_h4lZocz5ekE_hic9cK1bSF8L9AK-WraVerb0Ve7v70FOkYSAZ5hayfaHnMgagSZV3yn/s1600/4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnaL9xYcxed_IW8MuPO3LeGttW0P5-6kFUohCcC_-bJaAlw2F0bI2YJR33LnGRcUcFe_HHJ86_h4lZocz5ekE_hic9cK1bSF8L9AK-WraVerb0Ve7v70FOkYSAZ5hayfaHnMgagSZV3yn/s320/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669088541894815346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">....use the travellator</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYEP4KqFXcjJIC5raEmm5xlZRJlI_XE0H9Bueq-tXozeRJGTsl6fnoJt7ovMIUNl6Ej1RgXticIDK9D5r_43QT3ErmpiRAWB8wEY1z7FPmMvOeCAhvTc66rTuC8e0CSTVFfw07aXolvNrf/s1600/5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYEP4KqFXcjJIC5raEmm5xlZRJlI_XE0H9Bueq-tXozeRJGTsl6fnoJt7ovMIUNl6Ej1RgXticIDK9D5r_43QT3ErmpiRAWB8wEY1z7FPmMvOeCAhvTc66rTuC8e0CSTVFfw07aXolvNrf/s320/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669088541008228386" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGB70J5dvbHeUeiHiXJcyYLF-qg0Mgsns6A1p043QEJQp8yL61YNu5zyKPmFRSAZOUVF27__wbFVhHMZkoKlR6ZjY33cnq9npMI9KUXx7Mcuvupuzo-K2rNQPjvhsyExu_3Q_u6rRCVTO/s1600/6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGB70J5dvbHeUeiHiXJcyYLF-qg0Mgsns6A1p043QEJQp8yL61YNu5zyKPmFRSAZOUVF27__wbFVhHMZkoKlR6ZjY33cnq9npMI9KUXx7Mcuvupuzo-K2rNQPjvhsyExu_3Q_u6rRCVTO/s320/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669088393772914642" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">There are also restaurants which we didn't have time to check out </div><div style="text-align: center;">since we didn't want to miss the show nor be exposed to the hot sun</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was a very hot day so we kept close to the covered walkway</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qdJmpAEKA_GairA_VtSSwKaxMXR4yzvg8AHc-v_I_IjdgDGkpmjP4l-ffYIMZuXElfTwwUHaetKVpixjgDxwyfZ07tOvPdgf1fwNWg92VSYpDi1ZSTDYhB3tn5-CXKIC4NQh5f0diAX1/s1600/7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qdJmpAEKA_GairA_VtSSwKaxMXR4yzvg8AHc-v_I_IjdgDGkpmjP4l-ffYIMZuXElfTwwUHaetKVpixjgDxwyfZ07tOvPdgf1fwNWg92VSYpDi1ZSTDYhB3tn5-CXKIC4NQh5f0diAX1/s320/7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669088387039244450" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ddZGfH9yDc0xbdKDTWg6uFOyJ3uMm4NPDYANyMcIj5210GWvxHNkMiQCig9mLUywSuHq8SXbB-0S61oYJyDLumT6OHNsm6Oktr0Z43QS61UZPBLxV4Svsa-uwk0Pb7tg0m-ZzYHqoHgt/s1600/8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ddZGfH9yDc0xbdKDTWg6uFOyJ3uMm4NPDYANyMcIj5210GWvxHNkMiQCig9mLUywSuHq8SXbB-0S61oYJyDLumT6OHNsm6Oktr0Z43QS61UZPBLxV4Svsa-uwk0Pb7tg0m-ZzYHqoHgt/s320/8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669088385249514098" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It is very pretty</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOB5LzRp5PuF5QWFichG5-pfznZqiGbUnrCf85r7oH8GYcPflYUBBCFryL4t98ODWVt1iIIJOqZCuzq4e0OxmKwpgM8YJuMS2QtJ9gHsABoBVbQl5RpqaoFChVYuT52V5bFiYxPY3Id9p/s1600/9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOB5LzRp5PuF5QWFichG5-pfznZqiGbUnrCf85r7oH8GYcPflYUBBCFryL4t98ODWVt1iIIJOqZCuzq4e0OxmKwpgM8YJuMS2QtJ9gHsABoBVbQl5RpqaoFChVYuT52V5bFiYxPY3Id9p/s320/9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669088378835801490" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTz2YYWmCxel3GEcUv7OL9YaQ4JxBv_HDaUX2B-t8gj88xeasTAP9WL-uR8jFqXrs0N4UeiZgHlfVKmVhpT_MIH-GLd-1WDIyVRvVlz6qJS0bjYJ66_aQDdpYaPvz-JsR37Q0LHHu1JRtK/s1600/10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTz2YYWmCxel3GEcUv7OL9YaQ4JxBv_HDaUX2B-t8gj88xeasTAP9WL-uR8jFqXrs0N4UeiZgHlfVKmVhpT_MIH-GLd-1WDIyVRvVlz6qJS0bjYJ66_aQDdpYaPvz-JsR37Q0LHHu1JRtK/s320/10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669088375406105250" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It was much more pleasant walking at night when it was cooler</div><div style="text-align: center;">& to see it all lighted up </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwJBur5Oz0aQv1niHxvsb5kc4YdkPhsNtoGXPk7055qLwAxIb2wGnC7cHhvqkLW2q5Jd2tI7YB-leFsnKD90h0IlyGIoYjThyX3Zbb6bMFaDz8B4c2jgQtdeHMjRW8zNxED9xQhwJjHuy/s1600/11.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwJBur5Oz0aQv1niHxvsb5kc4YdkPhsNtoGXPk7055qLwAxIb2wGnC7cHhvqkLW2q5Jd2tI7YB-leFsnKD90h0IlyGIoYjThyX3Zbb6bMFaDz8B4c2jgQtdeHMjRW8zNxED9xQhwJjHuy/s320/11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669088226808049666" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgUGkXgl2pL4aQhgzXjWIA0whcIW-r7wmzcXOK3CvSIRkd01Obs8L6KsfcRdfdFxGHwZmM4fVlTeQkmsrKR_Xmw-k9odA2Wvau2dwr19ZaItXkAFO9pFrBCxcydYoTX7MMN8LmoqIKiph1/s1600/12.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgUGkXgl2pL4aQhgzXjWIA0whcIW-r7wmzcXOK3CvSIRkd01Obs8L6KsfcRdfdFxGHwZmM4fVlTeQkmsrKR_Xmw-k9odA2Wvau2dwr19ZaItXkAFO9pFrBCxcydYoTX7MMN8LmoqIKiph1/s320/12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669088221965370690" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4CdBGoNBqf2cA0QYHEZ-DPgONQopWKvfKvemgqWjqWWFnEwqJ420QOh9Vxppn18YFAuLU2cBI88yBWuwOAWPWBiyHRB1jHJRJYvbFAiVr3Os7L1YjBKT7o8WMvEIu788yZZrvnSd21Ru/s1600/13.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4CdBGoNBqf2cA0QYHEZ-DPgONQopWKvfKvemgqWjqWWFnEwqJ420QOh9Vxppn18YFAuLU2cBI88yBWuwOAWPWBiyHRB1jHJRJYvbFAiVr3Os7L1YjBKT7o8WMvEIu788yZZrvnSd21Ru/s320/13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669088218459293378" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">See what I mean about the lights</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSgH0SLDxUDZM4J_gtdpxNG4k-1GACg_I0qShjDXrfXlyPo08pjGkhbyTBeFHYNG4wgGoBe44Lurkvn5FfUsn2DMAI2wAXefjkJ05EcCTDHee2F8-mdzKzK2oUCBOwD9KtFNUCpEfl49rg/s1600/14.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSgH0SLDxUDZM4J_gtdpxNG4k-1GACg_I0qShjDXrfXlyPo08pjGkhbyTBeFHYNG4wgGoBe44Lurkvn5FfUsn2DMAI2wAXefjkJ05EcCTDHee2F8-mdzKzK2oUCBOwD9KtFNUCpEfl49rg/s320/14.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669088214849975874" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UvH6_aWY-Fkr8oZ0pZcuto0-oA6fmIKti9sD34bzG2r-soNZgsguDF_AcdHW7axbdx3f8AvZ20jyGw167Ndi6-oZreLlkcZBWh3ZC1Ic4ySYuOu9C_rVragNUHG7NktxHG7EBxNGQ9ab/s1600/15.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UvH6_aWY-Fkr8oZ0pZcuto0-oA6fmIKti9sD34bzG2r-soNZgsguDF_AcdHW7axbdx3f8AvZ20jyGw167Ndi6-oZreLlkcZBWh3ZC1Ic4ySYuOu9C_rVragNUHG7NktxHG7EBxNGQ9ab/s320/15.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669088212463310578" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Noting this down for future reference when we want to eat around that area</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-54253415977612137882011-11-01T09:40:00.000+08:002011-11-05T07:41:32.573+08:00RWS Lion Dance Championship<div style="text-align: justify;">Sometimes browsing sistic could bring surprising & unexpected results. Here is one of them. I found myself drawn to & hence purchasing tickets for the RWS International Lion Dance Competition. The blurb says the event will showcase internationally renowned lion dance troupes. Hey why not right ? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Every year without fail when we were kids, my father, being the businessman that he was, would invite a lion dance troupe to our house to perform & to do the Cai Qing (translated to mean plucking the green). A Chinese belief that it will help the business do well. I love to watch Lion Dance & nowadays apart from Chinese New Year & the occasional shop opening, it's hard to see them in action. </div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7XDT05LIBgg54Dzl12X4F8TTL5ofvCVfgaJXLWTxItd2ycC6Fy9TXuXy7wjSulb1kup02DCswFn7PNJmSGH1bI9JYFz2e2yt3uFNodYkBRL68alA51YwvrWJd-E_bJnfu60Q_mN-FSuG/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7XDT05LIBgg54Dzl12X4F8TTL5ofvCVfgaJXLWTxItd2ycC6Fy9TXuXy7wjSulb1kup02DCswFn7PNJmSGH1bI9JYFz2e2yt3uFNodYkBRL68alA51YwvrWJd-E_bJnfu60Q_mN-FSuG/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669094288268461490" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">There were 2 days of competition. Semi finals on one day & finals on the other. I figured I'll get tickets for the finals & see the best in action. From 15 groups (not exactly international, they came from China, Macau, Taiwan & even one from Australia), it was down to final 8. </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4U3JdCiJK2BmFp7KDgxb81CpnXD2TtLFjPKP-tzWdeAoaSjZM3NpAPmscsoZEMndEn1I86CA9B7Xue3SxlIIlGnyMNUnfJk8mbZpzN2eHZtLpJGhuZ8r0iE2S9SY1AHRFnmoD9m3AUp7w/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4U3JdCiJK2BmFp7KDgxb81CpnXD2TtLFjPKP-tzWdeAoaSjZM3NpAPmscsoZEMndEn1I86CA9B7Xue3SxlIIlGnyMNUnfJk8mbZpzN2eHZtLpJGhuZ8r0iE2S9SY1AHRFnmoD9m3AUp7w/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669094286508979826" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Being the novice that we were, we didn't exactly choose the right seats - it was free seating. We were looking at the performance from this angle as you can see from the above picture. The problem is that you actually don't see how wide the poles go nor how far apart they are. It was only when we view from the big screen that we could see the difference & appreciate the difficulties in doing stunts on them. </div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvh_-_Yq7l3iOG21LiLsaHS8sJ3SvILlqgNWq8SUQTgMulav-yHrHxAvjTA43WOyFiT72QWf-cX3Wk46KHTLlJ9H1fhu-dWu0VoVi7ApHtQaQNMyNSyENPcxh0GnUPei75bmd7EjZAY6li/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvh_-_Yq7l3iOG21LiLsaHS8sJ3SvILlqgNWq8SUQTgMulav-yHrHxAvjTA43WOyFiT72QWf-cX3Wk46KHTLlJ9H1fhu-dWu0VoVi7ApHtQaQNMyNSyENPcxh0GnUPei75bmd7EjZAY6li/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669094283411266146" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">This was one of the Singapore lions that unfortunately fell midway through the performance. But they gamely picked themselves up & continued but needless to say had points deducted for the misstep. </div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8Qqjp7RUSOg6JU5p4MpbaSChbbA2_YeYuAb8gBcZXSpBUM8zEPpuJbyHWnzEbO8MW2D2GPmaFGgnCXQ0F8zBypBDCbtROjRUAVA_9CrhpsWaf-yViAtmt7E5ptRK5SIEjRwxiHGPRTrb/s1600/4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8Qqjp7RUSOg6JU5p4MpbaSChbbA2_YeYuAb8gBcZXSpBUM8zEPpuJbyHWnzEbO8MW2D2GPmaFGgnCXQ0F8zBypBDCbtROjRUAVA_9CrhpsWaf-yViAtmt7E5ptRK5SIEjRwxiHGPRTrb/s320/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669094277700553202" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">By the time we left, this Taiwanese lion was leading the pack. Yup we left at break time cos the noise was getting too much for the Girl & since we weren't supporting any particular group (apart from Singapore), after watching 4 groups perform, that was enough. </div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisttCpQoK9LpAXkiF3R6HGixujTV2d_v6AkP5VkfohKWaoXpL8gEUp5vWUsluCAFBIeEhBI0gy9AcN3jl5ON1LOV1Lc5p9VwptlNoSxah8pXt2dd7gNGmtVlXRjU5CpilI-lMR0DQGjQ6b/s1600/5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisttCpQoK9LpAXkiF3R6HGixujTV2d_v6AkP5VkfohKWaoXpL8gEUp5vWUsluCAFBIeEhBI0gy9AcN3jl5ON1LOV1Lc5p9VwptlNoSxah8pXt2dd7gNGmtVlXRjU5CpilI-lMR0DQGjQ6b/s320/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669094277514096466" /></a>It was an interesting experience - quite unlike our usual shows at the Esplanade. </div><div><br /></div>petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-14590946849620125122011-10-30T07:53:00.003+08:002011-10-30T07:55:45.907+08:00We've been busy watching rugby<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1r4y6ddt7b62EmLA5YCc2fQENH2F4M2n_G6R8y2S2upLNNOHOVANWSxChkIdcEtsWCl_6I7sU_oiY9NJTNgm_15aZ3Sc2fprHHHpwPEaPHyOHPtnrmMVzcv-jAcrLG68l9nGIjEyzX9L5/s1600/all-blacks-all-blacks-15766273-1024-768.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1r4y6ddt7b62EmLA5YCc2fQENH2F4M2n_G6R8y2S2upLNNOHOVANWSxChkIdcEtsWCl_6I7sU_oiY9NJTNgm_15aZ3Sc2fprHHHpwPEaPHyOHPtnrmMVzcv-jAcrLG68l9nGIjEyzX9L5/s320/all-blacks-all-blacks-15766273-1024-768.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669066679523763986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">X was of course supporting Les Bleus</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Me I was quietly for the All Blacks</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-59371138019295583962011-10-29T08:01:00.001+08:002011-10-30T08:14:06.731+08:00Moon cakes<div>I am so behind on my blog posts if I'm talking about mooncakes in October ! Oops</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOsCM2rbFzsAqSaqjleqRkwlm0qc2qYt1I5Ng2I3TmgUEXSb_WFtJ7fELoeLLWch9eoOvgFdEl51-qj3I-Yk3zSM1xO9fiYphrLhhyOdenJ5zC2AsxAfoG0DILV8OLSKffiFEhbPQ_9rXg/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOsCM2rbFzsAqSaqjleqRkwlm0qc2qYt1I5Ng2I3TmgUEXSb_WFtJ7fELoeLLWch9eoOvgFdEl51-qj3I-Yk3zSM1xO9fiYphrLhhyOdenJ5zC2AsxAfoG0DILV8OLSKffiFEhbPQ_9rXg/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669068790618208018" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjXbKt9jCq2vSOQfk2UR2uEIIvT1NVL3J7qb4rgc-muiCZEZZkzggRZk_LlWAnMVMwyi9LhIJO0B_zYasZkj2pg2sX4chND6u0uTIp0LjH2ZIZf-JI83j8FwElU6TUEl_IE7Y7QEN86iS2/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjXbKt9jCq2vSOQfk2UR2uEIIvT1NVL3J7qb4rgc-muiCZEZZkzggRZk_LlWAnMVMwyi9LhIJO0B_zYasZkj2pg2sX4chND6u0uTIp0LjH2ZIZf-JI83j8FwElU6TUEl_IE7Y7QEN86iS2/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669068783481660066" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdalX965rMEVu0iC5MVPwQyKvDvIg_QUJepWyzm3GwXIyf1K0i3pblr5NivChqL8cunhj6TCH1VEA_Fq6AbRXcne-Ff6BXN8GPThMMwyZrcBwGce_b-09h9MglRT5WQZq8_TtWZX3COHnO/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdalX965rMEVu0iC5MVPwQyKvDvIg_QUJepWyzm3GwXIyf1K0i3pblr5NivChqL8cunhj6TCH1VEA_Fq6AbRXcne-Ff6BXN8GPThMMwyZrcBwGce_b-09h9MglRT5WQZq8_TtWZX3COHnO/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669068780123326722" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitnlX7z1aK1310CPf_aEhM3ZqJ0drj5OBN7xSjC7rxj98vhutG88vaUlleHp6fnWgPUTtKa9wxg9rABfv4lDc_lT6dwO-C1qhQImq3QfKNAUZRbuOYb5C4I_JgEMmXU3Rua3EZx5oWy1Ou/s1600/4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitnlX7z1aK1310CPf_aEhM3ZqJ0drj5OBN7xSjC7rxj98vhutG88vaUlleHp6fnWgPUTtKa9wxg9rABfv4lDc_lT6dwO-C1qhQImq3QfKNAUZRbuOYb5C4I_JgEMmXU3Rua3EZx5oWy1Ou/s320/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669068775963885986" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">When it comes to moon cakes, I prefer them traditional. None of those fancy varieties that are everywhere. I get a headache just looking at them. If you are into those, where do you even start ? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This year I didn't buy ours from Tai Chong Kok but as you can see, their Chinatown branch was doing a roaring business.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhyHeVj6kpSJygAFj_hui8EyAongYzVBKt0ntzfiCi4K2Fg5t0IPg-Zru2KprcudATBGpaenUu7QsKOqdulGeB3gGZJHUOluv27pRcGkSSbWqIwh7mP_BZJRe-tl_g9Qp0dr8HoKIocdE/s1600/5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhyHeVj6kpSJygAFj_hui8EyAongYzVBKt0ntzfiCi4K2Fg5t0IPg-Zru2KprcudATBGpaenUu7QsKOqdulGeB3gGZJHUOluv27pRcGkSSbWqIwh7mP_BZJRe-tl_g9Qp0dr8HoKIocdE/s320/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669068771841937378" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I bought from Tai Tong & instead of my usual 2 egg yolks, decided to go for the extreme cholesterol experience of 4 egg yolks</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPM4vdpUkaC85SXj-zYSDsPxWuDhKUDXeJ8JOLwLgJuWaqXe31J4Tw9PT45CR2twuCvz0mAF0KKi4_RMwimrB9CalaK23iid7EJyLD7jmbCQQ_VNH43TbcM0iApKksML7o2CYdtmQ_3wt/s1600/6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPM4vdpUkaC85SXj-zYSDsPxWuDhKUDXeJ8JOLwLgJuWaqXe31J4Tw9PT45CR2twuCvz0mAF0KKi4_RMwimrB9CalaK23iid7EJyLD7jmbCQQ_VNH43TbcM0iApKksML7o2CYdtmQ_3wt/s320/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669068620636926290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Look at these babies</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The first moon cake of the year/season is always the best.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then diminishing return sets in.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieVcWAsxiJZCTS5EHIMC2rVue74Cd33LkgWrwyv1t45JiLsaofittKnWGJJW_Q0yVP6Ig8ct-3AbKbs6C96FXOFS021AMA0gJA8WE8mZgMQ2yi4FN9n_300hoPrCa9GbucNhn90E4Q56Do/s1600/7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieVcWAsxiJZCTS5EHIMC2rVue74Cd33LkgWrwyv1t45JiLsaofittKnWGJJW_Q0yVP6Ig8ct-3AbKbs6C96FXOFS021AMA0gJA8WE8mZgMQ2yi4FN9n_300hoPrCa9GbucNhn90E4Q56Do/s320/7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669068613674537282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">There is one exception tho</div><div style="text-align: center;">Snow skin moon cake with champagne truffle</div><div style="text-align: center;">from Raffles Hotel</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9O60pazWjQKdpHncAfI7xd6OwEmDgM7rIYrnWWoABNEDfFWcT9kCECbCgId8pOOfQQ7kLnF_Dbvkw34117vcVU-p-sDlMVK6JxkOwYRdvkrSUFAY-bu1GlwMDaULCS0nCGsfDJGpeCKp/s1600/8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9O60pazWjQKdpHncAfI7xd6OwEmDgM7rIYrnWWoABNEDfFWcT9kCECbCgId8pOOfQQ7kLnF_Dbvkw34117vcVU-p-sDlMVK6JxkOwYRdvkrSUFAY-bu1GlwMDaULCS0nCGsfDJGpeCKp/s320/8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669068609596929874" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-v7mcqpyBACogQHxVOEUyZzHgRBpFqZ1UHUXTDXGxi79uKZNBp_2SmFLBHtKzVCd7UfPK_XhDMDo5ZS_sSSUKMCvo8CxRyOJRqQOsHnE4WDyQUuT_mj3r-m3tL2tmNiBCRmDXGEWOGXYU/s1600/9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-v7mcqpyBACogQHxVOEUyZzHgRBpFqZ1UHUXTDXGxi79uKZNBp_2SmFLBHtKzVCd7UfPK_XhDMDo5ZS_sSSUKMCvo8CxRyOJRqQOsHnE4WDyQUuT_mj3r-m3tL2tmNiBCRmDXGEWOGXYU/s320/9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669068609911386370" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbE3wLEEURjGMQZmnYLf2M00g8S_38W7TKvgciXedOd8uNK2Mjaj2CoCPJyRF5F5sAoudABjTX_b0YhoGr-GdeP5FlIpTM8FVnLrGi6V8W8CCLNLFYU2rnMpscCT34ZJjpqfYnsOBo5BQA/s1600/10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbE3wLEEURjGMQZmnYLf2M00g8S_38W7TKvgciXedOd8uNK2Mjaj2CoCPJyRF5F5sAoudABjTX_b0YhoGr-GdeP5FlIpTM8FVnLrGi6V8W8CCLNLFYU2rnMpscCT34ZJjpqfYnsOBo5BQA/s320/10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669068604545647298" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I can pop a few of these without feeling guilty</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-43380047928817942962011-08-30T20:21:00.003+08:002011-08-30T20:58:40.557+08:00Getai in our backyard<div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">So we moved. Not exactly to the heartlands but definitely to a more local neighbourhood. Proof of this is the fact that a make shift stage was set up over the weekend for a getai show.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">For my foreign friends, getai translates to mean "song stage". These are performances typically staged during the Hungry Ghost Festival (which is now) sponsored by the Chinese clan associations or businesses in the area. Gosh I haven't been to one of these in ages & when I realised that there is one right in our backyard, it was time to introduce X & the Girl to this uniquely Singaporean experience.</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">It was a bit of a lost cause of course cos they kept asking me what was going on & my Hokkien wasn't good enough to do a meaningful translation & X could not appreciate the kitschy appeal of it all. But it was a walk down memory lane for me & I'm glad all this happened right in my hood. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
<br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1dk8Y_ji3lwRTE08NUss46cXpyV5pm_-qwAyiqL95BorpMGfgn_-QM7VqMkHXJsiFKMvcELRtDEhw3tgCCKdvZKxGYxoKEwKKxKieeZGvgm8WC6P6swubfTVPPZvDgheQiWTvV-gW4AZ/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1dk8Y_ji3lwRTE08NUss46cXpyV5pm_-qwAyiqL95BorpMGfgn_-QM7VqMkHXJsiFKMvcELRtDEhw3tgCCKdvZKxGYxoKEwKKxKieeZGvgm8WC6P6swubfTVPPZvDgheQiWTvV-gW4AZ/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646628961215627506" /></a>Hungry Ghost Festival occurs in the seventh month of the Chinese Lunar calendar. During this time, the spirits of the netherworld cross over to wander. Hence it is time for the Chinese to burn offerings, incense, put up performances to appease the ghosts so that they may enjoy their brief sojourn & return happily to where they come from. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgOLKQTL-gN8fzRVB72ln6FXT4HUzFx5oex5Dxt2Wga1LUDq1MrA36yBASaNhcRi4NiUtQWzhyphenhyphen_8VwhdQCXko9UqDlRm5dT3v6fEAYxkBrA0UpT_WGNOPlXwvGZ0Lic9H0Qf3kgxK9x8J/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgOLKQTL-gN8fzRVB72ln6FXT4HUzFx5oex5Dxt2Wga1LUDq1MrA36yBASaNhcRi4NiUtQWzhyphenhyphen_8VwhdQCXko9UqDlRm5dT3v6fEAYxkBrA0UpT_WGNOPlXwvGZ0Lic9H0Qf3kgxK9x8J/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646628957301325522" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Be it a make shift stage</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">there will always be fancy lighting, band & a very powerful sound system</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
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<br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7OBV7fG6XCD_T3EaN1DGLjNjBgQ93-yFpvN3N4wRTYpQIo4gp9mH9u-vJ7rVJGGM-xEDwiMipWWu5r_DCwXyTEiJ98xgyC06h8vFVJZuRxr0UIkwyCMCh8rsCKpf49tXT1ldvfP2aoxn/s1600/4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7OBV7fG6XCD_T3EaN1DGLjNjBgQ93-yFpvN3N4wRTYpQIo4gp9mH9u-vJ7rVJGGM-xEDwiMipWWu5r_DCwXyTEiJ98xgyC06h8vFVJZuRxr0UIkwyCMCh8rsCKpf49tXT1ldvfP2aoxn/s320/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646628951589599730" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Our fellow audience members</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
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<br /></div></div>petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-56472627245037679942011-08-29T08:34:00.000+08:002011-08-30T21:00:48.688+08:00Night festival<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We love the Night Festival organised by the National Museum. We've been going to them the past 2 years - you can read about them <a href="http://rojakrendezvous.blogspot.com/2009/07/one-night-at-museum.html">here</a> &<a href="http://rojakrendezvous.blogspot.com/2010/07/another-night-in-museum.html"> here</a>. This year it was no exception & the best thing is that they have extended it to 2 weekends.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
<br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEginRdXPjYManGCcbJPzkwnKYBJu6rLqobEII0PuwgdkIjOJY7KZ38IMguzVdqk696MuQMhGNM1p-orROIVvZe4NNNSIXGAE2_WaZ4GEtQZBUCmVD_BoMH5MW4UEKMb7sjn450f5dvdZXKh/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEginRdXPjYManGCcbJPzkwnKYBJu6rLqobEII0PuwgdkIjOJY7KZ38IMguzVdqk696MuQMhGNM1p-orROIVvZe4NNNSIXGAE2_WaZ4GEtQZBUCmVD_BoMH5MW4UEKMb7sjn450f5dvdZXKh/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646455298481306786" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">One night in the museum</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
<br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjux5D3b-OW3Un9-1PptgLoJhyphenhyphenZ4Lg6RjoRfQx9oaCxLlMT_bWeVjntcsK5juiZkKvq_W1BQFmse-ZXB_D3aDMkYFY44CiBfFoQgHyNIHjzHPy8B36s0q_PuZyXuN6XmzPipo0_eKVMjsAC/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjux5D3b-OW3Un9-1PptgLoJhyphenhyphenZ4Lg6RjoRfQx9oaCxLlMT_bWeVjntcsK5juiZkKvq_W1BQFmse-ZXB_D3aDMkYFY44CiBfFoQgHyNIHjzHPy8B36s0q_PuZyXuN6XmzPipo0_eKVMjsAC/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646455300302679138" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqi6dsocy3FxCacpWhm37ZC0TeEjh39I0sHb8xvwLrO7xwoy7sJfIq2jz_amMr4BkzMSKTI5pzQG-98V5iappMdoS4btU8VbwqqY35rN3l6O-kiJc7bQDVMHiG4qjqUZWVnpVX_Y15vK1H/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqi6dsocy3FxCacpWhm37ZC0TeEjh39I0sHb8xvwLrO7xwoy7sJfIq2jz_amMr4BkzMSKTI5pzQG-98V5iappMdoS4btU8VbwqqY35rN3l6O-kiJc7bQDVMHiG4qjqUZWVnpVX_Y15vK1H/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646455293766575010" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Eva Quartet singing Bulgarian folk songs</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Museum Rotunda provided good acoustics</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
<br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITDhn24-qMzLjtevPVpvEOi9IZ0koZXo9vKIvzEdu1xiQyrvaY6faZfK0t_0bNp7GdFwl27ffHnYrwCgAyN_OiDOl-rsJ-9lhtB-OwCintkGlzc3NEdwr2LhL_jDyQACGxVndbf8-xMqi/s1600/4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITDhn24-qMzLjtevPVpvEOi9IZ0koZXo9vKIvzEdu1xiQyrvaY6faZfK0t_0bNp7GdFwl27ffHnYrwCgAyN_OiDOl-rsJ-9lhtB-OwCintkGlzc3NEdwr2LhL_jDyQACGxVndbf8-xMqi/s320/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646455289373187442" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">This was my favorite</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Marco Polo by Taiyuan Puppet Theatre</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The story of Marco Polo performed in Hokkien & Italian !</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">(with subtitles of course)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
<br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrk5_GPRSuEo85hVCa6IBj4wWYalrSivjEN7p-bpgT6roETxML5Z_KWOARRoso44VMjYPkuoJE3F8v_6Wvb94QqlM4LQOd-k2rzIMKqKf7Ic1fC5JleJ1dop853FxWcYTGDb0BXR73iPVX/s1600/5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrk5_GPRSuEo85hVCa6IBj4wWYalrSivjEN7p-bpgT6roETxML5Z_KWOARRoso44VMjYPkuoJE3F8v_6Wvb94QqlM4LQOd-k2rzIMKqKf7Ic1fC5JleJ1dop853FxWcYTGDb0BXR73iPVX/s320/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646455288575720658" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdJJW7vRX_Un_wzSIphvbdOUKIQqNHD4oxk6BtHFmPUEWWkyzET_rdjo_QFOfeIO7fNQe151vi5AC50P5RYLwoRev5XTaVT3jytSzsBo72zcBlGn54aTdO6t-eLwMc0olXCMyyt8Gp57u/s1600/6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdJJW7vRX_Un_wzSIphvbdOUKIQqNHD4oxk6BtHFmPUEWWkyzET_rdjo_QFOfeIO7fNQe151vi5AC50P5RYLwoRev5XTaVT3jytSzsBo72zcBlGn54aTdO6t-eLwMc0olXCMyyt8Gp57u/s320/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646455131888624338" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Parking Mad by Benedetto Buffalino</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">parked Volvo cars in front of SAM flashing red & white lights from within</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">a crowd favorite</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
<br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXPnZRIPExbdXqbvOPOCUE0UjA_5mct5-HEB_nAkfTpTn8CzvT1xvfu8VwJozDVaFNDq7VzD9LVVSWOLrJjXoKcc_B0P37szTOg22dB_qQKensjOhP5WZe-1dyX6DeJw0bz5aCLb0H6nIZ/s1600/7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXPnZRIPExbdXqbvOPOCUE0UjA_5mct5-HEB_nAkfTpTn8CzvT1xvfu8VwJozDVaFNDq7VzD9LVVSWOLrJjXoKcc_B0P37szTOg22dB_qQKensjOhP5WZe-1dyX6DeJw0bz5aCLb0H6nIZ/s320/7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646455125854506706" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Curiosities by Alain Benini</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Jellyfish attack - courtyard of SAM</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Beautiful</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
<br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZgxnObNAqM19yz56tnIZV9Wqx0s9WKqveWl8LrpV6gcSSIGTWv2EG4eQrykXwchkoUh9yivhoy97v7xh9QNK20PG0ahpUZ65SJh8B9xG7jTv0wx8i_luCeoQ8ZeAznO9eS78S94PlBd_T/s1600/8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZgxnObNAqM19yz56tnIZV9Wqx0s9WKqveWl8LrpV6gcSSIGTWv2EG4eQrykXwchkoUh9yivhoy97v7xh9QNK20PG0ahpUZ65SJh8B9xG7jTv0wx8i_luCeoQ8ZeAznO9eS78S94PlBd_T/s320/8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646455124971712258" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Since it was raining on Saturday night & most of the events were pushed back, we headed over to the Peranakan Museum for their Night Ride programme. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Girl got to do her sand art in their glow in the dark room.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Always popular with the children</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
<br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS5G4VjwPsadgTO8QecPhwHekejYgW6AcmPkECeQNWbaakmW5SHHXGWL1bRhFSZ5wvTOwf6yVgDJoNu27PzrLxz-LVSKHrsdl0FA2_6xWsIrSFILfw59Wb9Fl5I4lub7NL8A28U-0coDs-/s1600/9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS5G4VjwPsadgTO8QecPhwHekejYgW6AcmPkECeQNWbaakmW5SHHXGWL1bRhFSZ5wvTOwf6yVgDJoNu27PzrLxz-LVSKHrsdl0FA2_6xWsIrSFILfw59Wb9Fl5I4lub7NL8A28U-0coDs-/s320/9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646455122433099618" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Performance by Fusion Beats</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
<br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZwlFhsa_8t2GML11z8kgDaAG5djOn2p1xjbdPb8xoogzfXPVIMhxRf8uEfmecK3dh13hvVCKVh_V4qjRrD_z-MwcDddt_05jEqiwsu6K9gfy7KPZd_i84VWF4xQG3hL8sxgAGTOSbWIc/s1600/10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZwlFhsa_8t2GML11z8kgDaAG5djOn2p1xjbdPb8xoogzfXPVIMhxRf8uEfmecK3dh13hvVCKVh_V4qjRrD_z-MwcDddt_05jEqiwsu6K9gfy7KPZd_i84VWF4xQG3hL8sxgAGTOSbWIc/s320/10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646455122300551026" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Our biggest disappointment was not being able to catch the highlight of the Festival - Corazon de Angeles in Paradise. Originally scheduled for 10.30pm (which is already late for the little one) but got pushed back to 11.45pm due to the rain & there was no way she could stay up that late (she fell asleep at 10 in the cab on the way home). </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">There's more this weekend so grab a program & enjoy the museums at night. </span></div><div>
<br /></div>petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-1428650708073069532011-08-10T07:10:00.001+08:002011-08-28T08:39:06.233+08:00Qian Hu Fish Farm<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJg29Y-7Yc71NvpDMlOYmwdogtvStdFYL3pAYDRzw3zeM3GyfZLztxZX6NkHWra4LnOIhB12iF1zCUyaV0kMy7RwDtmlL6UtqDJVBlECJtUG3mfUWVG189GZK6S1bLAvLoMq8-qNq5qVal/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJg29Y-7Yc71NvpDMlOYmwdogtvStdFYL3pAYDRzw3zeM3GyfZLztxZX6NkHWra4LnOIhB12iF1zCUyaV0kMy7RwDtmlL6UtqDJVBlECJtUG3mfUWVG189GZK6S1bLAvLoMq8-qNq5qVal/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632320829687734850" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I'm fascinated with the story of Qian Hu Fish Farm and the rise of the Managing Director Kenny Yap. A family business that started as a humble pig farm is now a multi dollar business listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. Even the story of how they decided on their logo is an interesting one. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#000000;">The Managing Director calls himself Kenny the Fish. The youngest of 7 brothers & the only one educated abroad, is featured in the media constantly. He has a website selling his many business books, one of which is called "Guppies & Yuppies. Kenny Yap - the fishy smell of success". Another "The rise of an Asian Entrepreneur" has him on the cover posing practically nude with bags of fish. Even you might be interested now ? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUdZcb_1bXqF-TKbjJr6UAKf5VqW2yMnBb_Zr2kknTTgc2PoHIqYs9gANgzxN8j-0HkC8JJsNGcbb7eUDneHoNe2cGH6KHA6AOtjsW4WMQSPZWMpbApTthYSk67V1q6ZxeP1L_oESWvCL/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}">
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<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">So what does Qian Hu do ? It supplies ornamental fish & it's listed on the exchange - wow. One weekend, we were wondering aimlessly around & when my brother suggested visiting their fish farm, I readily agreed.</span> </span></div><div>
<br /></div><div><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUdZcb_1bXqF-TKbjJr6UAKf5VqW2yMnBb_Zr2kknTTgc2PoHIqYs9gANgzxN8j-0HkC8JJsNGcbb7eUDneHoNe2cGH6KHA6AOtjsW4WMQSPZWMpbApTthYSk67V1q6ZxeP1L_oESWvCL/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632320826792262418" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">There is even a map of the compound so needles to say it is huge. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
<br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjqoJfPrtRkfFjbnvIFSOytOiixECTGjJCT27wW4VmKcYTMO4P53fBEu29gyUd3YRl38FKb0omsoRqAvjzDFHfpX3pztdtot9Q9jJCFLCzgZYCh5ru0ORLLgfr9LREBDo8oAX1eQkU3SoK/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjqoJfPrtRkfFjbnvIFSOytOiixECTGjJCT27wW4VmKcYTMO4P53fBEu29gyUd3YRl38FKb0omsoRqAvjzDFHfpX3pztdtot9Q9jJCFLCzgZYCh5ru0ORLLgfr9LREBDo8oAX1eQkU3SoK/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632320829300342226" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">A huge part of their business is the ability to successfully breed Asian Arowana. There were some selling for tens of thousands of dollars. They aren't edible (or at least I wouldn't eat a fish that costs $25,000), they aren't particularly pretty, they don't change colors nor do they talk. So what's the fuss ? They are endangered & also called Dragon Fish, enough said.</span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
<br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzIo0xTGtW-G2eeyKLkB795d9TeHLr-yY53fif8PVJktZXt7BpxcQMdJAGRSHALc2MPRbUWKU_ZLdoJFHXgzk8n-5FiEAgE6h3IcTjwCXZRI9Gfoiik4lPmOjtRsZvpYYoQO7iX_098t4G/s1600/4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzIo0xTGtW-G2eeyKLkB795d9TeHLr-yY53fif8PVJktZXt7BpxcQMdJAGRSHALc2MPRbUWKU_ZLdoJFHXgzk8n-5FiEAgE6h3IcTjwCXZRI9Gfoiik4lPmOjtRsZvpYYoQO7iX_098t4G/s320/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632320821063071810" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
<br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuzsryooy4_0fg4vMbXJ6NDzQxZ4jv-hZSqMd9O4CoabYObIwluOR1S8kM8oW9g04keyDjPhKqeUJtSqFvO65l__RhWSq0NSBw5eecmhJa5aOdQnMXtoqeYJdcx5a44HO4LBJ9FYwAfKQJ/s1600/5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuzsryooy4_0fg4vMbXJ6NDzQxZ4jv-hZSqMd9O4CoabYObIwluOR1S8kM8oW9g04keyDjPhKqeUJtSqFvO65l__RhWSq0NSBw5eecmhJa5aOdQnMXtoqeYJdcx5a44HO4LBJ9FYwAfKQJ/s320/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632320071546028034" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikdSyW_4f0wglpb4kJpuTt_rqyNWmgQPaR5x7vtqERgMLMHz2sj06Oz89bvyrBS0ou6MIQK3S3TIby-dXPJu6h9HZXgfYMhIAaGloDm7rrw88fDM8VFLOBVkDgw9KOnqBrC4F6joB7Tfg2/s1600/6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikdSyW_4f0wglpb4kJpuTt_rqyNWmgQPaR5x7vtqERgMLMHz2sj06Oz89bvyrBS0ou6MIQK3S3TIby-dXPJu6h9HZXgfYMhIAaGloDm7rrw88fDM8VFLOBVkDgw9KOnqBrC4F6joB7Tfg2/s320/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632320071753146066" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The company is obviously very proud of their MD cos there are walls (yup more than one) filled with newspaper & magazine articles all about him. He is after all the poster boy for Qian Hu.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1TamDgvgSF6GBG5of3QCjqSYhet79TWhHEYatlWesu_sR3N9NuQLBYlZboGZnuaSkJZtzCtCKi2gEoOIEEpeUAYRBNE3E-AooEgs6FOG3dgDhV_qfcTdE2b8nHeU-M1vFsfj02r1mG2X/s1600/11.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1TamDgvgSF6GBG5of3QCjqSYhet79TWhHEYatlWesu_sR3N9NuQLBYlZboGZnuaSkJZtzCtCKi2gEoOIEEpeUAYRBNE3E-AooEgs6FOG3dgDhV_qfcTdE2b8nHeU-M1vFsfj02r1mG2X/s320/11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632319798987317618" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitH69zWiSdIpcPcr3_R9VKLaTAqFCyvDt4t-Sxza5HYRa3NfsjbEks8qD1l16GJ6ZtD7CPbtBorCxep2Wy0e1TWcshC0yGZZuZ6s_IOHV5HEC_NLRRkV0GKv-v3V8ly1VQSAoPb3d71gC9/s1600/12.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitH69zWiSdIpcPcr3_R9VKLaTAqFCyvDt4t-Sxza5HYRa3NfsjbEks8qD1l16GJ6ZtD7CPbtBorCxep2Wy0e1TWcshC0yGZZuZ6s_IOHV5HEC_NLRRkV0GKv-v3V8ly1VQSAoPb3d71gC9/s320/12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632319803005224546" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNqwVgxphPxgStu5hGViCjiCLNb_wQITUL-IYccp6eHzaOOEI-9-NkTM6KhAC0bI6NnYQ-DA-mlq035LYa5JlBRCmUXfNtCyeVyTztuV3-uoAkvv-te3S6aFCpUzsK-XJWp6Mrop2XqwK/s1600/13.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNqwVgxphPxgStu5hGViCjiCLNb_wQITUL-IYccp6eHzaOOEI-9-NkTM6KhAC0bI6NnYQ-DA-mlq035LYa5JlBRCmUXfNtCyeVyTztuV3-uoAkvv-te3S6aFCpUzsK-XJWp6Mrop2XqwK/s320/13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632319796150090290" /></a></span></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We enjoyed looking at the fishes. I suppose if you have an aquarium at home, this would be a great place to get your supplies. We went kelong fishing last year & decided to keep the fish. After spending more than $100 to get an aquarium & accessories, the fishes lasted no more than 1 week. So much effort went to naught & the poor fishes....</span></div><div>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXB8l1sh08-ALuS9b17vFr_QMpNo8MT_Mun4lqj0CZ-qhOiUzgBKaHSN4LZCq8AqbJrsDMdj0l0NAaFu6mNkNAyuoPFuC4hDN1MZRzkZqpZfySX_vedz21MPQctPmzmS9b4Tp5u2nb6Xtr/s1600/14.jpg" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; " onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXB8l1sh08-ALuS9b17vFr_QMpNo8MT_Mun4lqj0CZ-qhOiUzgBKaHSN4LZCq8AqbJrsDMdj0l0NAaFu6mNkNAyuoPFuC4hDN1MZRzkZqpZfySX_vedz21MPQctPmzmS9b4Tp5u2nb6Xtr/s320/14.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632319790632212722" /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We couldn't tear the kids away from the terrapins</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
<br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikNbg4q6qfDO7HpiBs3wxlGuqHUE4R8VB2UnIsaczrxc1cL8qVITu7qwl2S3T5EgUVviwT91ePmWKGGQfvRuKRtWbGEYYkXnXORsoEhxr9IJteMF5voxf-43CdXC8h9an8Uj4YBlfhf05N/s1600/15.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikNbg4q6qfDO7HpiBs3wxlGuqHUE4R8VB2UnIsaczrxc1cL8qVITu7qwl2S3T5EgUVviwT91ePmWKGGQfvRuKRtWbGEYYkXnXORsoEhxr9IJteMF5voxf-43CdXC8h9an8Uj4YBlfhf05N/s320/15.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632319650579114082" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHli_VfWpTQft5SeZYTKUtVCph7VQPkQeHU72EMjmejflx6a6BourDqyX3WCBTe_TpK2MGltwQGK5GG-CY6lKOmYvziJ417htpA3dQmtJePyH1OlkMH7YaumqMejErD1dSzOCpD34Etqt/s1600/16.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHli_VfWpTQft5SeZYTKUtVCph7VQPkQeHU72EMjmejflx6a6BourDqyX3WCBTe_TpK2MGltwQGK5GG-CY6lKOmYvziJ417htpA3dQmtJePyH1OlkMH7YaumqMejErD1dSzOCpD34Etqt/s320/16.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632319650364226018" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">There was also an area for fishing </span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
<br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0HzSOcOC6VrHeyKdvGYwoEf1PrIIHldjlphwmgnQ154rpxKXBP9p0DIqzSGdNv20SGBY1GoMGX-7PQMCn6EuhRBILTSpqWsrilarx2pMEvcVAa1aflFgE-hq9jYyYagp_duQaz03hitlh/s1600/17.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0HzSOcOC6VrHeyKdvGYwoEf1PrIIHldjlphwmgnQ154rpxKXBP9p0DIqzSGdNv20SGBY1GoMGX-7PQMCn6EuhRBILTSpqWsrilarx2pMEvcVAa1aflFgE-hq9jYyYagp_duQaz03hitlh/s320/17.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632319647918212994" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZ15XHBy55KWXRo2e7bbyaz4ZJizl66uGKgg6tYCKaoGMBtNs9SmW2aoWSqOXE_hRbhT62dlFj7E_nsnIU7QrUje0HJB6qz99CyI7-22eL_nNaIWHbRxOkKnePakeoWJNiep5GGiaNwMU/s1600/18.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZ15XHBy55KWXRo2e7bbyaz4ZJizl66uGKgg6tYCKaoGMBtNs9SmW2aoWSqOXE_hRbhT62dlFj7E_nsnIU7QrUje0HJB6qz99CyI7-22eL_nNaIWHbRxOkKnePakeoWJNiep5GGiaNwMU/s320/18.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632319643454080754" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Although it's a little out of the way, Kranji is a place that we will probably be visiting more in future if we want to get away from the city</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Check out the Kranji Countryside Association <a href="http://www.kranjicountryside.com/">website</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">
<br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi43BSXmpxzc5Hql0DeVZfNp8u3R8TDf2KqJvaFSsGbWw-DmNoumkRyOW97aGH7xJisudb6qvDJh9_Gv9lsfjv27ZHpbGKfxHiJsmYZS_2dthTfonQmRyb1gI-mOtXgRXIXs_0adNP2axsl/s1600/19.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi43BSXmpxzc5Hql0DeVZfNp8u3R8TDf2KqJvaFSsGbWw-DmNoumkRyOW97aGH7xJisudb6qvDJh9_Gv9lsfjv27ZHpbGKfxHiJsmYZS_2dthTfonQmRyb1gI-mOtXgRXIXs_0adNP2axsl/s320/19.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632319640817058338" /></span></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Now who says Singapore is boring ? </span></div></div>petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-4457718423674089062011-07-30T07:27:00.004+08:002011-08-14T06:36:19.742+08:00Summer is a state of mindI miss Summer. <div>
<br /></div><div>This may seem a strange thing to say given that I live in Singapore where it's summer all year round. Let me explain. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>Summer is not just about the weather. Sure we look forward to the warmer temperatures after a long cold winter, wearing summer dresses & open toe sandals after having to be covered up for months. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>But mostly summer is about BBQs, trips to the beach, concerts in the park, lazy days by the pool & the longer days. So to me, summer is like a different world after winter. I'm missing it especially when I look at friend's photos on Facebook or hearing about their plans to go to the beach. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>I need to re-create that summer feeling here in Singapore. </div><div>
<br /></div>petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-15848644344414868722011-07-18T11:30:00.006+08:002011-07-21T21:00:44.976+08:00Design & Public Places<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-CYIdJlDNMOZLxJEPpFAOzQXmQwwppIxixXHoXlfGRRCV8Pxvdh_Dlz4P49J5d4MPqTn-5VFC0lMGXsk-pqRLwlYXIFzII2p98XOE42ojga5pJ3NDAlcA3bASJY5E_XrkZjojPP5j2lo/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-CYIdJlDNMOZLxJEPpFAOzQXmQwwppIxixXHoXlfGRRCV8Pxvdh_Dlz4P49J5d4MPqTn-5VFC0lMGXsk-pqRLwlYXIFzII2p98XOE42ojga5pJ3NDAlcA3bASJY5E_XrkZjojPP5j2lo/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630538625209943074" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">It's no secret that I adore good design and especially so if they are public places. Everytime I come across a building that I like, they seemed to be by local architectural firm WOHA. Remember SOTA & even tho I haven't blogged about it before, Church of St Mary of the Angels & another building in our neighbourhood, Newton Suites.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Stadium MRT station won the President's Design Award 2010 & I only recently ventured out there. I missed taking a photo of the best feature - the entrance but you can google it or better yet, go check it out yourself.</span> </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOXG3tXOThipKuR8BvKUADJQiGDdgh8WSkCLcAybcL3XB3Ja4h9twg-tL7eRLM1EjkmHHVdNco9zqVE8qeR3m5CbO7B4yqKdQ79sQbDD6p7ns5P5RSvEWX1ixkNZnOxePNq0AbyXx1iFM/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOXG3tXOThipKuR8BvKUADJQiGDdgh8WSkCLcAybcL3XB3Ja4h9twg-tL7eRLM1EjkmHHVdNco9zqVE8qeR3m5CbO7B4yqKdQ79sQbDD6p7ns5P5RSvEWX1ixkNZnOxePNq0AbyXx1iFM/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630538628337942882" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHcOovIsIKS7ZrvbX4_bIfHmvetg0DInjOw-iWohw8TkIFBqP1PyrlhPQdC2oyyP-7q_ux5c2wDTNZJ91lXb8lSIypfjiYiR1azDvnMmeHh-0ZWVE2RmWDDppy67-JIUrZmYRdv_eERnhK/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHcOovIsIKS7ZrvbX4_bIfHmvetg0DInjOw-iWohw8TkIFBqP1PyrlhPQdC2oyyP-7q_ux5c2wDTNZJ91lXb8lSIypfjiYiR1azDvnMmeHh-0ZWVE2RmWDDppy67-JIUrZmYRdv_eERnhK/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630538294492226066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPhnUzvCAuQ7XO3_0s0vm03mwPFk-arP2DeSf5QC83I_uuAap2-D7uLw0bPRAFmp9hj3_LROSyuH8BV32KP8Kh3Kx0vKsyZvRirViZ2BRb6tnjyHizO0e09yBT-w3CHmJuV9liUI1hSId/s1600/4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPhnUzvCAuQ7XO3_0s0vm03mwPFk-arP2DeSf5QC83I_uuAap2-D7uLw0bPRAFmp9hj3_LROSyuH8BV32KP8Kh3Kx0vKsyZvRirViZ2BRb6tnjyHizO0e09yBT-w3CHmJuV9liUI1hSId/s320/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630538293265317522" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpancD9E3RAITbKB4fkMRHQf-18yoneeTzGwFImgXAfIVT2fM765B-RZPPL-w7ATbsYmeRD7fXFyncuD6Ifc7DsdxGDllO2MTQp0T3GoLVBX3wyEUxlMvIL4cr_rNAQN8eyHT0K-PpWssv/s1600/5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpancD9E3RAITbKB4fkMRHQf-18yoneeTzGwFImgXAfIVT2fM765B-RZPPL-w7ATbsYmeRD7fXFyncuD6Ifc7DsdxGDllO2MTQp0T3GoLVBX3wyEUxlMvIL4cr_rNAQN8eyHT0K-PpWssv/s320/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630538285007073266" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">MRT stations have never looked better</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9azncOAvONXBJihe3-b1wcD9XAH9IbdUWVWT_FZX7q2Q5D49_MwWnHvisCoQBBCyDtPnvR772aJjktIi-8IAsXyhGoKRl6uRLzPyjMXpXJqhMlTlnQsODOP3eYph6BFzYaWRdiEtDZCw/s1600/6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9azncOAvONXBJihe3-b1wcD9XAH9IbdUWVWT_FZX7q2Q5D49_MwWnHvisCoQBBCyDtPnvR772aJjktIi-8IAsXyhGoKRl6uRLzPyjMXpXJqhMlTlnQsODOP3eYph6BFzYaWRdiEtDZCw/s320/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630538283635802594" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikORkkU41zlGdD9q9J8j8JK3xrcPrY_zmC5hCfUhEZ4TvC8gF7qX4zrnZ4AUsliZCaH0bH1iTwdvg7MGjexXA9_LM-vN8FVA2CmLBkz7b1tzHQW_KuOQZZTC-dKWBroZaRVMdWBjK8USgL/s1600/7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 202px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikORkkU41zlGdD9q9J8j8JK3xrcPrY_zmC5hCfUhEZ4TvC8gF7qX4zrnZ4AUsliZCaH0bH1iTwdvg7MGjexXA9_LM-vN8FVA2CmLBkz7b1tzHQW_KuOQZZTC-dKWBroZaRVMdWBjK8USgL/s320/7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630538281903221442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Speaking of MRT stations</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Saw these at Dhoby Gaut</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Such fun !</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-53779227863315071342011-07-14T08:41:00.002+08:002011-07-21T06:50:00.513+08:00Going to the Zoo again<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmb-07V1JEix4Wora8XaTInGGl9ZyGkdXILrpQ3jxzCpyvm2Z32ralTQCNlTydAwrsxtOLc1WSgcOr7bkQ_PjzMhzOqSL6H5Z42DTFMhOODdoBjOW6vgXYUcHTf4JEBepKHog6G30A_Mg1/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmb-07V1JEix4Wora8XaTInGGl9ZyGkdXILrpQ3jxzCpyvm2Z32ralTQCNlTydAwrsxtOLc1WSgcOr7bkQ_PjzMhzOqSL6H5Z42DTFMhOODdoBjOW6vgXYUcHTf4JEBepKHog6G30A_Mg1/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630487575310851538" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We love the zoo but haven't been there in 2 years. During the last Youth Day holiday, we went back to revisit our favorite animals. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7clUBpM50VVhnNtL9C4Qp03uS3szi6x2HtEg5LmVDVh5DDY_PFWk1XdQeHksEZYLmCAamTWAOKeyiGnPXYSOZQk6ePPfx1I3fXvSfCb4vnNj8x6H_oxzE5pgPr-8GYU-GaeWHXaah1n74/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7clUBpM50VVhnNtL9C4Qp03uS3szi6x2HtEg5LmVDVh5DDY_PFWk1XdQeHksEZYLmCAamTWAOKeyiGnPXYSOZQk6ePPfx1I3fXvSfCb4vnNj8x6H_oxzE5pgPr-8GYU-GaeWHXaah1n74/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630487573479846386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The proboscis monkey always makes me smile</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44ISvLXzJ830prjlLKyQRQh-0vKYeryu6uMdOnzLwVk6JLfrI0-W4YFfsNxPhdbqnsJE3MWori9MQTDBTBgJTQ6LoJ3o6mr7j_K4HBDc0YwNOfEk7qWp_rmJGxqX5ihwa9jo5_XnF3ZLm/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44ISvLXzJ830prjlLKyQRQh-0vKYeryu6uMdOnzLwVk6JLfrI0-W4YFfsNxPhdbqnsJE3MWori9MQTDBTBgJTQ6LoJ3o6mr7j_K4HBDc0YwNOfEk7qWp_rmJGxqX5ihwa9jo5_XnF3ZLm/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630487568431242370" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Otters are so adorable</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGt_PfH3TiRz0PDac4zA3Wwsl9Ao9nfolVtwbTEqWw-_Ps0Gsc3A7EazVVTRJlz_k2IdDIP2deoaJUKcJnyWxNN7XV4Jfz6x0wSRmhJQBsoVK3MCgyJSZd0cx6jv4793RFaIQfCV9F0fhf/s1600/4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGt_PfH3TiRz0PDac4zA3Wwsl9Ao9nfolVtwbTEqWw-_Ps0Gsc3A7EazVVTRJlz_k2IdDIP2deoaJUKcJnyWxNN7XV4Jfz6x0wSRmhJQBsoVK3MCgyJSZd0cx6jv4793RFaIQfCV9F0fhf/s320/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630487569617236914" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">"Sangia" she shouted</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">the French term for wild boar</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZRibYoNh48OW4vk7VXwU1J2gPQ1mE7BmnvzLbA7_Hdl6G_Yehyphenhyphentkvx6mLWBzRFN7qUjRHr3QwkRdnNvXiI3SnDUf_8ADNOCKbbrgJMq4OdG6qf8IplW0GfHvDViNJFxBWBaLtrktrRAy/s1600/5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZRibYoNh48OW4vk7VXwU1J2gPQ1mE7BmnvzLbA7_Hdl6G_Yehyphenhyphentkvx6mLWBzRFN7qUjRHr3QwkRdnNvXiI3SnDUf_8ADNOCKbbrgJMq4OdG6qf8IplW0GfHvDViNJFxBWBaLtrktrRAy/s320/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630487562043874610" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The beautiful & oh so rare White Tiger</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBdseISER63FRSb68R6_yDamMdj0Bwj1Nr8J1r2a_NMk9Gi0nwhL1L72pQtTJ-2H4ujCmmtEt3nEFlA9nd9sw3xLAfGoDG-WeqmE_BTw0KivT0H_kWKpDfAOn9ufgrQbJQDKZbhDmNQVQU/s1600/6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBdseISER63FRSb68R6_yDamMdj0Bwj1Nr8J1r2a_NMk9Gi0nwhL1L72pQtTJ-2H4ujCmmtEt3nEFlA9nd9sw3xLAfGoDG-WeqmE_BTw0KivT0H_kWKpDfAOn9ufgrQbJQDKZbhDmNQVQU/s320/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630487422876355874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJf35L5ahAc-EsM4xJo_jF06qMQjPnYcNoDRrNCtehk-NGGWiFSRGWcE8dNbu3piwb32FFhK1RfVoiiXYRk2OYB2LtEannQcnt1ryc1sHAZQjHi2chZ79IgaEbhyphenhyphenJJZCaYMH3fgXSE2mFi/s1600/7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJf35L5ahAc-EsM4xJo_jF06qMQjPnYcNoDRrNCtehk-NGGWiFSRGWcE8dNbu3piwb32FFhK1RfVoiiXYRk2OYB2LtEannQcnt1ryc1sHAZQjHi2chZ79IgaEbhyphenhyphenJJZCaYMH3fgXSE2mFi/s320/7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630487423409831010" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We took the Boat Safari but word of advice, skip it</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">There was nothing to see or do during the 20 min journey</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The highlight was this piece of reptile skin they passed around</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpBZDbrXnG_5q21cOREpdHhwdgK30BDmqxozAgMg1uFppcd1UI8EeYpeRQ68_nyoHsPTW9N9nIVZ65gijrrnBHO6Hnjxgyyq9FMlz90UWJD4tYwFgQN6rGMuMnV2ka8bj-8PyS-KVh7KVw/s1600/8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpBZDbrXnG_5q21cOREpdHhwdgK30BDmqxozAgMg1uFppcd1UI8EeYpeRQ68_nyoHsPTW9N9nIVZ65gijrrnBHO6Hnjxgyyq9FMlz90UWJD4tYwFgQN6rGMuMnV2ka8bj-8PyS-KVh7KVw/s320/8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630487417959399698" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We used to skip the petting zoo cos we get to see these when we were back in France</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but I thought we'd drop by to see the goats, rabbits & ponies</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TDed1749qm3hz6oR_2LnMG_jEHU80EslMUg973jKvVEs6RqI9pu3Ivb2B8XuMUmB-ALWvGR_yJpXn8MKs6Gi13tnFZyI_MfA0OsgfxZrNdrdmHLTB-cugDOHioOy0moRdud4yHVntRlY/s1600/9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TDed1749qm3hz6oR_2LnMG_jEHU80EslMUg973jKvVEs6RqI9pu3Ivb2B8XuMUmB-ALWvGR_yJpXn8MKs6Gi13tnFZyI_MfA0OsgfxZrNdrdmHLTB-cugDOHioOy0moRdud4yHVntRlY/s320/9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630487412179034866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I didn't realise we could buy $10 ticket that will entitle you to all 3 rides</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">(carriage, pony & carousel) & ended up buying $6 each</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Another tip cos the kids would want to do all 3</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5zRYDcXl-bapq9QO1Zx_yFJCYFjJV52PKdwe9mxqeCLc3p9q8NE7zfbbjGzvG3-m_lEMG4QNYAOi3G4eilDnEJagdIJXl6nTNylLdxfWMCzwqViABfOoPHoik1Yu94SWBp5lIqoMfhaN/s1600/10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5zRYDcXl-bapq9QO1Zx_yFJCYFjJV52PKdwe9mxqeCLc3p9q8NE7zfbbjGzvG3-m_lEMG4QNYAOi3G4eilDnEJagdIJXl6nTNylLdxfWMCzwqViABfOoPHoik1Yu94SWBp5lIqoMfhaN/s320/10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630487409384835490" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Riding lessons in the horizon you think ? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80jd_L7TeQwdp_wY9z8ewKWX24eUnMeQHC5Ixz8AwN6Vkw1gkFTc0esi3lJBxQeF_XqQNEfxfo6Y7W53RznoSyndr41-6qqpqQpKYmb5VHEYd6dbpg2k-oo0IiP63M-88acuLrDkzeVkK/s1600/11.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80jd_L7TeQwdp_wY9z8ewKWX24eUnMeQHC5Ixz8AwN6Vkw1gkFTc0esi3lJBxQeF_XqQNEfxfo6Y7W53RznoSyndr41-6qqpqQpKYmb5VHEYd6dbpg2k-oo0IiP63M-88acuLrDkzeVkK/s320/11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630487018748052226" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7tsVI8j2ZduNqptpu2F541zGJbMEO3I_Ov8TAj3uR2k88ilbGWfsHBxr872MagnBz9yQwxLsn4Tih2sJ1Xptfnwx7V-_fkhk862prB13xK5B3-D1PiX7HKaiA1eCo-Dna65pYqNYyNpN/s1600/12.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7tsVI8j2ZduNqptpu2F541zGJbMEO3I_Ov8TAj3uR2k88ilbGWfsHBxr872MagnBz9yQwxLsn4Tih2sJ1Xptfnwx7V-_fkhk862prB13xK5B3-D1PiX7HKaiA1eCo-Dna65pYqNYyNpN/s320/12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630487015113695010" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The ever popular Elephants at Work & Play</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtmV7ZeKrBsrdpMGEVmieNgEnZhMQrOgJcAk7r8VFOWpTDKbPvngNunwXcjjIc-3k97kHKq6KnR85z68cE0_fYF_LwvyDu5tfjGf72-sGhW5HPiUugnRznN2PN66Crd6dC6iaPd9kHZIum/s1600/13.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtmV7ZeKrBsrdpMGEVmieNgEnZhMQrOgJcAk7r8VFOWpTDKbPvngNunwXcjjIc-3k97kHKq6KnR85z68cE0_fYF_LwvyDu5tfjGf72-sGhW5HPiUugnRznN2PN66Crd6dC6iaPd9kHZIum/s320/13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630487011126289010" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I love Zebras</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWc_k2SECmcZ7oh1aKWSw-3ZdZOyL9fbPHP3nczWXcXmrsswx0XgGQSTrkOZIVE3-IyFvj5EStodOxj0eBvLQVsaCIKxYh3MJZDpFqp4kNgKmdHCdzZHhiViOFxo3oa81z1syUDJxl8fjn/s1600/14.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWc_k2SECmcZ7oh1aKWSw-3ZdZOyL9fbPHP3nczWXcXmrsswx0XgGQSTrkOZIVE3-IyFvj5EStodOxj0eBvLQVsaCIKxYh3MJZDpFqp4kNgKmdHCdzZHhiViOFxo3oa81z1syUDJxl8fjn/s320/14.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630487003915755314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">& Giraffes</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5noVtlI5Dig08MK33g21ks9QStkA1VW5bsMa7OdNVhHAQKrSggk51KJtZjvyYM4A6H3Rnpstgv2MXYeOIU6fWjzhh03JSYSH27gC1cCMmRapF9x59WViufTpTOV2inxlTKH4fHcJfiTg/s1600/15.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5noVtlI5Dig08MK33g21ks9QStkA1VW5bsMa7OdNVhHAQKrSggk51KJtZjvyYM4A6H3Rnpstgv2MXYeOIU6fWjzhh03JSYSH27gC1cCMmRapF9x59WViufTpTOV2inxlTKH4fHcJfiTg/s320/15.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630487005886077746" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrB7TthKvJlHPZ9dgYqW3fLIHgNv0NRje_wcYmM44iLQBtB0noW2QHHRyC_pgy0hSHd2FXhvVYOKBqSqWCBwieLkGLYBsIlSj7blYRTnUe8BLT48lCOkKkWMYgSctHYHXA_aCIcnjgg-e/s1600/16.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrB7TthKvJlHPZ9dgYqW3fLIHgNv0NRje_wcYmM44iLQBtB0noW2QHHRyC_pgy0hSHd2FXhvVYOKBqSqWCBwieLkGLYBsIlSj7blYRTnUe8BLT48lCOkKkWMYgSctHYHXA_aCIcnjgg-e/s320/16.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630486403641133506" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but our all time favorite is</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Fragile Forest</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgH98DdoaNKsnTdZppFCMUc3BdZlAN32B5t4yK8dF0EbiE2VwiPPAknKzLQHS9c039p6W2m6ABgpkyGrsMbJ4fHj09ZuTykG2a9lSBdN7b-xyWO1wM4x7aEYSXBVfw5Z70QUz6iyyWBHTV/s1600/17.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgH98DdoaNKsnTdZppFCMUc3BdZlAN32B5t4yK8dF0EbiE2VwiPPAknKzLQHS9c039p6W2m6ABgpkyGrsMbJ4fHj09ZuTykG2a9lSBdN7b-xyWO1wM4x7aEYSXBVfw5Z70QUz6iyyWBHTV/s320/17.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630486398703407394" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoG2mmIQq91BR255hUfAZXaB8dgdwbqEa_l_EW2aZZ0-dK1Pu_kncY_HNhUraI_iCeLWP7Lw8GFzMw77UEBJhjnbD-v6y2tVTo-nKFXEawIXfcbj-5rIowdkvXkO7fPZjDpGJtZtnzF9zP/s1600/18.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoG2mmIQq91BR255hUfAZXaB8dgdwbqEa_l_EW2aZZ0-dK1Pu_kncY_HNhUraI_iCeLWP7Lw8GFzMw77UEBJhjnbD-v6y2tVTo-nKFXEawIXfcbj-5rIowdkvXkO7fPZjDpGJtZtnzF9zP/s320/18.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630486400178165922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">You get to be up close & personal with the animals</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">You never know what you are going to see round the corner</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSeQGokx_8EeIqYv3EW5hvF7H6HLvR-7ZSZvHQbgV7Tn81CWebGDfjeIiDpZBgyIwNXSG7-7DuGX56NS7w98zI442TII41HzoffFGgc0pd1teiZHng5Xj65YWV0TJVnTfucOyZOVSzsUqJ/s1600/19.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSeQGokx_8EeIqYv3EW5hvF7H6HLvR-7ZSZvHQbgV7Tn81CWebGDfjeIiDpZBgyIwNXSG7-7DuGX56NS7w98zI442TII41HzoffFGgc0pd1teiZHng5Xj65YWV0TJVnTfucOyZOVSzsUqJ/s320/19.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630486393349468418" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHVMKfSbeWT_ePikZCSU32wJqs9vLRW1RqdLlZDxoKMaBQgER5s0w41yH2559XYiNbVcbtW5TWl97vBZk7JKClqAL2x1qlNVkgreJ4Z2bixsQNCvgrdFQXkJmXi1_3dimH5SxjtUrJTABA/s1600/20.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHVMKfSbeWT_ePikZCSU32wJqs9vLRW1RqdLlZDxoKMaBQgER5s0w41yH2559XYiNbVcbtW5TWl97vBZk7JKClqAL2x1qlNVkgreJ4Z2bixsQNCvgrdFQXkJmXi1_3dimH5SxjtUrJTABA/s320/20.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630486390147446370" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Note for next trip :</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I need to plan better to time our visit with animal feedings. The Zoo website has a suggested itinerary. </span></div>petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-44596511500358653762011-07-13T07:56:00.001+08:002011-07-21T06:48:59.402+08:00Little Boutique Hotel India<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">In New York, they refer it as gentrification - the upgrade & restoration of deteriorated urban property by upper or middle class families thus changing the character of the area. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We call it modernisation. However you want to call it, that seem to be the way Little India is heading . Even Mustafa has upgraded. Loh Lik Peng, the wonderchild of Singapore's boutique hotel is quite a success story. I've raved about the </span><a href="http://rojakrendezvous.blogspot.com/2009/08/majestic-meal.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">New Majestic Restaurant </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">which is of course located in the New Majestic Hotel. The best thing is that he has restored & brought new life to these old buildings. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrFm6mWyQz_qmJJHM3z9jI6UgSEyMl3nWHhBXXQmN7NDr6Jyruw0bqV-PVEqzDCjBSRsqbLIm6d4_l_c-U6B24cg0IGSgwB_VFNr5TkpkJ2lLGCiWwk9VuxWWiHN3Z75OP4z_DcFJcP-i/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrFm6mWyQz_qmJJHM3z9jI6UgSEyMl3nWHhBXXQmN7NDr6Jyruw0bqV-PVEqzDCjBSRsqbLIm6d4_l_c-U6B24cg0IGSgwB_VFNr5TkpkJ2lLGCiWwk9VuxWWiHN3Z75OP4z_DcFJcP-i/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630474896115405730" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Wanderlust, a former school building</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbW-AAC1FX5w_ZpSkxsuSmzntIP5pB8Hpz-bHLhjb-htP6tvwI2ZqOKuYKCT0UDR1JuSTYzAqpYBNVuDyEKZzQbbo3YFGji8n2tk1tTgB-gIjabtu8V2N02W5rFbQkIx8BQf1mWjXW3awY/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbW-AAC1FX5w_ZpSkxsuSmzntIP5pB8Hpz-bHLhjb-htP6tvwI2ZqOKuYKCT0UDR1JuSTYzAqpYBNVuDyEKZzQbbo3YFGji8n2tk1tTgB-gIjabtu8V2N02W5rFbQkIx8BQf1mWjXW3awY/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630474898165797506" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I like the Peranakan effect outside</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9wJuNW4TublOIhwQinrtIAB1ec6w4p3BKIMcwtdhaKcfwNaKO5hyHnSlhqaEMts0l1Dk3a3wGBdZJU9x85TSKoC_6uy6kB7p9CI6E_6rX-42U1q6FskRZjo2IlOb2ABrsVOg0qnNnUzW/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9wJuNW4TublOIhwQinrtIAB1ec6w4p3BKIMcwtdhaKcfwNaKO5hyHnSlhqaEMts0l1Dk3a3wGBdZJU9x85TSKoC_6uy6kB7p9CI6E_6rX-42U1q6FskRZjo2IlOb2ABrsVOg0qnNnUzW/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630474893852610210" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">But a very different industrial feel inside</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4FSsJjDwOb3ofHFOk6WDmlwcI4XgNkjyVV_-VvzpvQQXNXaBszCymQ3vSfUDaPhCcTi0IsTQhBUlLXry6o-rGIEiyypB4xLg6ykE3pqm0IOcqw0ps1lgE6g3mPSM0pAca2igzg0zU97A/s1600/4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4FSsJjDwOb3ofHFOk6WDmlwcI4XgNkjyVV_-VvzpvQQXNXaBszCymQ3vSfUDaPhCcTi0IsTQhBUlLXry6o-rGIEiyypB4xLg6ykE3pqm0IOcqw0ps1lgE6g3mPSM0pAca2igzg0zU97A/s320/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630474883388099042" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The wallpaper to remind you which neighbourhood you are in</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7vKWJcPVd3DnDQYS6pQzbPFeV_l2w7GlC0FZEe0tT-xiJpBwBWFFlliEflk_cWfCldfcDsou57fHgw0d6EU6iT8yaQkfduEZ4EAXI10e8K4lyfNytVATb86tcbGhervzrBhnLmwxRcWD3/s1600/5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7vKWJcPVd3DnDQYS6pQzbPFeV_l2w7GlC0FZEe0tT-xiJpBwBWFFlliEflk_cWfCldfcDsou57fHgw0d6EU6iT8yaQkfduEZ4EAXI10e8K4lyfNytVATb86tcbGhervzrBhnLmwxRcWD3/s320/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630474877288483266" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Cocotte</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">A disadvantage to have a French partner who is a chef is that we hardly ever eat in French restaurants. He would take one look at the menu, gives his stamp of approval (as in he recognises the traditional dishes) & then say, oh we can have that at home (which is probably true when we were back in France but over here, we don't eat French that much at home, hint hint). </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVaA9MX_z__i9YrptyFemCxle6u_RwzblVih8vtyKDCYJN8zvnAwqihysn8GO-sR5AWOvdkQ15wXUhJTEzPoWM9E10GWmHoxMOfQP-f7eCaKcAEWNQqYv8fvu0V33AFQ3HmH4RU7Gsg9dC/s1600/6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVaA9MX_z__i9YrptyFemCxle6u_RwzblVih8vtyKDCYJN8zvnAwqihysn8GO-sR5AWOvdkQ15wXUhJTEzPoWM9E10GWmHoxMOfQP-f7eCaKcAEWNQqYv8fvu0V33AFQ3HmH4RU7Gsg9dC/s320/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630474601280617218" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Anyway I like the homey feel of the restaurant & </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">determined to check it out one day with or without him</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2DB2Kop6d9yHz374oAJbpPgDU5Y2EAdI3RCSlE6R8Dyg4itOfIZVEM8xvf5kGbF83DsvBqpTSqV39FaM_XpycktWBdqeTT2-oxn2TkQyIGW0RVGsnzgbFL0m07LJuDT4a3sFdEs98q91/s1600/7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2DB2Kop6d9yHz374oAJbpPgDU5Y2EAdI3RCSlE6R8Dyg4itOfIZVEM8xvf5kGbF83DsvBqpTSqV39FaM_XpycktWBdqeTT2-oxn2TkQyIGW0RVGsnzgbFL0m07LJuDT4a3sFdEs98q91/s320/7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630474596251440546" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBurctW43luL88lShAgLYwLac0NAQ5yQh2mI4JNpVEMBUiyV9BnkscPdhyXzqPuLBCCKva6xElm4U2PZhhZFvCwoQXKmbpq7bVbdPNqX2RnUDCTik_K-d88g_6GxGTo8bL5gsnIA6OH-c/s1600/8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBurctW43luL88lShAgLYwLac0NAQ5yQh2mI4JNpVEMBUiyV9BnkscPdhyXzqPuLBCCKva6xElm4U2PZhhZFvCwoQXKmbpq7bVbdPNqX2RnUDCTik_K-d88g_6GxGTo8bL5gsnIA6OH-c/s320/8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630474592355260818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Cute little bar area</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0UWjo9HdThU-Ucq9FgRLtitkI6GxE1AlhfMF6dmC8DENmtsa5fGO6heDT2yTjxdqIIGZaBiCwqrUa_NFmIM5XWv4vndLquGXRPhemspSwqn32HI3vW2MHXZL4eq62uWgGbLuycSRj4Vn/s1600/9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0UWjo9HdThU-Ucq9FgRLtitkI6GxE1AlhfMF6dmC8DENmtsa5fGO6heDT2yTjxdqIIGZaBiCwqrUa_NFmIM5XWv4vndLquGXRPhemspSwqn32HI3vW2MHXZL4eq62uWgGbLuycSRj4Vn/s320/9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630474590985780834" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZ3q57Ta6FU8N_v81xI4OJM30_u6EW1q5-G2C-HTm_TvUDzA98P-L1mo4UE2tV2l3v1WvHQbLRW92oKgOvNgbUu3AbHARgu1_tR1rxjnCqOfeU1eyfF7ahUrIWQXE8Bb_ki9xXl9MzlKd/s1600/10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZ3q57Ta6FU8N_v81xI4OJM30_u6EW1q5-G2C-HTm_TvUDzA98P-L1mo4UE2tV2l3v1WvHQbLRW92oKgOvNgbUu3AbHARgu1_tR1rxjnCqOfeU1eyfF7ahUrIWQXE8Bb_ki9xXl9MzlKd/s320/10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630474587504919634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Yet another boutique hotel Moon </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">right next to the Wanderlust </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-23714904448045522052011-07-12T18:15:00.000+08:002011-07-17T19:32:46.475+08:00Lorong 9 Geylang<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzeG8Rq13k2bD8Lswq6dEhamDShcyfHy4d4UrQS1m4I232YgtYOxBg0XjTTkLRcOuiAiwNu1wcyftxvGpyrgpqtIBDEQdEqapHF3PSll0iXWZUoFUn_Tevm27B5fzSGNfDk9kdGbvxtpe/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span><span></span></span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzeG8Rq13k2bD8Lswq6dEhamDShcyfHy4d4UrQS1m4I232YgtYOxBg0XjTTkLRcOuiAiwNu1wcyftxvGpyrgpqtIBDEQdEqapHF3PSll0iXWZUoFUn_Tevm27B5fzSGNfDk9kdGbvxtpe/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630263335704059810" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: justify;">X is constantly amaze at the eating habits of Singaporeans. The latest being their ability to eat at roadside stalls but more importantly, how Singaporeans of all walks of life would do so. One day they could be dining at a high end French restaurant & the next day they would be eating at Geylang. You would never see this in France. Mostly because French are snobbish when it comes to food (& I mean this in a good way) & more so because they are finicky about hygiene.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">No matter how good the food is, I would NEVER bring his folks to Geylang. I can't imagine them sitting by the road or drain, using utensils that are washed in a pail of water & a table that has been wiped with a cloth that has seen better days. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Judging from the crowds of people there, these are obviously not a concern with a majority of Singaporeans. As long as the food is good, we'll be there. </span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs053CQPe2piV_RdsWBYWknuDDIaFjQ0dqEKvO9nKztC5DgnZrIilkAGmYWtCNGETy_qSUkWZGbPqkl-WZPiGpcD7k26QN9NchfCjm780dulVJGomLpTB33SBiRs3nKhfCkWZQKFV-SsyD/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs053CQPe2piV_RdsWBYWknuDDIaFjQ0dqEKvO9nKztC5DgnZrIilkAGmYWtCNGETy_qSUkWZGbPqkl-WZPiGpcD7k26QN9NchfCjm780dulVJGomLpTB33SBiRs3nKhfCkWZQKFV-SsyD/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630263332742806018" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Pictures taken from my iphone leave much to be desired </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but I'm going to post it anyway so indulge me</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaxFUfz4zUwTS1Q5Lat7QlTbXY9jNBu9iQe1a4sXG9SQ1jCpLZwackObnVbB-joDQ1KDAnlQYu0TkdPV5aAxJvElEaLORlIfFSMJb9doT2CWZTZ12JkuKNcmmpKq8OJwsxUtTtbhZ2WTw/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaxFUfz4zUwTS1Q5Lat7QlTbXY9jNBu9iQe1a4sXG9SQ1jCpLZwackObnVbB-joDQ1KDAnlQYu0TkdPV5aAxJvElEaLORlIfFSMJb9doT2CWZTZ12JkuKNcmmpKq8OJwsxUtTtbhZ2WTw/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630263325586238130" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The famous Lorong 9 F</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">rog leg claypot</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cJ7a_ytE_1HwVHeHRy00LADThH5gxGSNDIIghW4lT42-WHyUrlEo1KQwqUrZm95XDtWFWSB28eKSrJxrKU59sEOGXafTN51erZhRFCzxginCJNOi3hi5PXgQaUGxOn5ZcwJt62qVLZGb/s1600/4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cJ7a_ytE_1HwVHeHRy00LADThH5gxGSNDIIghW4lT42-WHyUrlEo1KQwqUrZm95XDtWFWSB28eKSrJxrKU59sEOGXafTN51erZhRFCzxginCJNOi3hi5PXgQaUGxOn5ZcwJt62qVLZGb/s320/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630263095527412626" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Across the street for the Beef Horfun</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Tender slices of beef with horfun</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Still delicious after all these years</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3MKGPWqgQui-IUq7r9FV11e2fmXajlAMb_wD4UB03NymbWkNjPGzVw7xOqnty82L7pYfZXkJm4B-7-wzv6WY-aoS4ftkOHdxjQ8LvVi4yFOM7LRVT53rME9yuXOTAefgUMRlxqHjbvoji/s1600/5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3MKGPWqgQui-IUq7r9FV11e2fmXajlAMb_wD4UB03NymbWkNjPGzVw7xOqnty82L7pYfZXkJm4B-7-wzv6WY-aoS4ftkOHdxjQ8LvVi4yFOM7LRVT53rME9yuXOTAefgUMRlxqHjbvoji/s320/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630263093085077506" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Oyster omelette</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">One of the best I've had</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">You can taste more of the egg & less of the starchy flour</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7lBp-RBzhNSUXbdSZqlrnMT4QfMeWVTrtoUNvb67j7F7kQ454oyZ-e-Njz95urgadhubQehJkwMo6yW2v520Vk26YcPcVYlz4H_ySt7nF4AZ17iVeT5IPK3URgXxLAilKVvrhLokt9Fa/s1600/6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7lBp-RBzhNSUXbdSZqlrnMT4QfMeWVTrtoUNvb67j7F7kQ454oyZ-e-Njz95urgadhubQehJkwMo6yW2v520Vk26YcPcVYlz4H_ySt7nF4AZ17iVeT5IPK3URgXxLAilKVvrhLokt9Fa/s320/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630263086726805186" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_mVhMQOkTjGgAuEjffPqKl1rTVFtwVUkn9iFJQXeaTmdljrgg_NUAQjoqBXgiPwcpZG-WMQJ32LrMCSBOAhlxGqSsrkSW2lDOXUu5QDkUlzFqxYZDA1sLdow5O59XwR3VbYKRuKwZttE6/s1600/7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_mVhMQOkTjGgAuEjffPqKl1rTVFtwVUkn9iFJQXeaTmdljrgg_NUAQjoqBXgiPwcpZG-WMQJ32LrMCSBOAhlxGqSsrkSW2lDOXUu5QDkUlzFqxYZDA1sLdow5O59XwR3VbYKRuKwZttE6/s320/7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630263085716177186" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We ordered one with ginger & spring onions</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but much preferred the spicy ma la flavor</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-15706028448395235462011-07-11T22:09:00.002+08:002011-07-17T18:14:28.321+08:00Tree top Walk MacRitchie<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5RsQ-mEmgqssoHEZX7FI0udDBcfZGwbprWBb3sdNzr_S4Y9ahIVlWXUSmKzvbqcGPtLKeJFvchWxjIIxRmmsPOd-yVZTvSHAUOh4zTCJ7WcDGnRlWjyFwLv-uYQiF3_BTcyC4g2pEtzA/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5RsQ-mEmgqssoHEZX7FI0udDBcfZGwbprWBb3sdNzr_S4Y9ahIVlWXUSmKzvbqcGPtLKeJFvchWxjIIxRmmsPOd-yVZTvSHAUOh4zTCJ7WcDGnRlWjyFwLv-uYQiF3_BTcyC4g2pEtzA/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618450035914511746" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: justify;">This is by far the most challenging of the walks we had done so far. Definitely not a flip flop type walk. I had put off going there when the Girl was younger even though I've heard really good reviews. From MacRitchie it's a 4.5km to the entrance of the Tree Top Walk making it 9km round trip - not your stroll in the park.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">But I figured she's ready now & just in case, I roped in my nephew. So together with my brother, his family & us, we decided to do the Trail which ended up being 12km. </span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJxJDX705_fhyphenhyphenjNmpPUdT1sNI-S52C4CGg9FfKK2OVYMe5Rpvt7_TvRZocDlyWG-X9m0faKbGlnCT0CxebZKcLuEHP9DKOuVHxfE171T2NU8aRUjJWspvc_PcV3bRW_qa5oG6wGcxKQON/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJxJDX705_fhyphenhyphenjNmpPUdT1sNI-S52C4CGg9FfKK2OVYMe5Rpvt7_TvRZocDlyWG-X9m0faKbGlnCT0CxebZKcLuEHP9DKOuVHxfE171T2NU8aRUjJWspvc_PcV3bRW_qa5oG6wGcxKQON/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618450032905261666" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">From MacRitchie Reservoir, head towards the canoeing sheds. Past that & the trail to the Tree Top Walk starts from there. If you want less of walk, there is another entrance from the carpark @ Venus Drive. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfnYYK0IWRtw_WnLnXvGsP2ZPk7Tqd92slQF86ZvTnh0sVKkwNSJKpOWOeBnjZabbb6vTLmcqEmQmPqDIXTjOKhZpnVT1o8eY6Hx_Uy1qkIo2GCPORhnyE7taGRp6rOQHF7DwaCblgIn7/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfnYYK0IWRtw_WnLnXvGsP2ZPk7Tqd92slQF86ZvTnh0sVKkwNSJKpOWOeBnjZabbb6vTLmcqEmQmPqDIXTjOKhZpnVT1o8eY6Hx_Uy1qkIo2GCPORhnyE7taGRp6rOQHF7DwaCblgIn7/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618450024246554290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I always get excited when I find mushrooms</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Can't help it</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWV5IBd4JgCDUJq1VZTgfIDKpDrxvx_SBxrXSc1uC0lpMrWhWpICQHtqz7FAseKz5YvPLLeglRH59NDu-VvtN_GVrakmC0Uv5g1KYZKYCw3hS9YpjfamVXyFptsF4CCa_Qb0cdSfJpX9mB/s1600/4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWV5IBd4JgCDUJq1VZTgfIDKpDrxvx_SBxrXSc1uC0lpMrWhWpICQHtqz7FAseKz5YvPLLeglRH59NDu-VvtN_GVrakmC0Uv5g1KYZKYCw3hS9YpjfamVXyFptsF4CCa_Qb0cdSfJpX9mB/s320/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618450021282307058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Water Storage Facility</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGe-pgkBoxlcTUheod-IhdKXcCdzuF-f53GLbNY65GkB1Esfi3jJspH97iUAJJh57reN2wT4YwY8iSC7HNQXtUrSJ1pPxiDs67cZszpZi6NZkT2W4ortaucxrx2gAzlpvzX8944Bi3YYP/s1600/5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGe-pgkBoxlcTUheod-IhdKXcCdzuF-f53GLbNY65GkB1Esfi3jJspH97iUAJJh57reN2wT4YwY8iSC7HNQXtUrSJ1pPxiDs67cZszpZi6NZkT2W4ortaucxrx2gAzlpvzX8944Bi3YYP/s320/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618450015139584530" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfTIPsTPA8K-1Mh9kIoMUFcIg5mOUuVP5I5hcttpnDYadFCiV6NcnWMOwHaPDRLV5ONU1B9rFXpuXpCqcYVF8hmGPVyoDw1saKtbpfcIX8zLyB2Ct_bLjcKYPJBaH6umQIjA6MnGNiBubq/s1600/6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfTIPsTPA8K-1Mh9kIoMUFcIg5mOUuVP5I5hcttpnDYadFCiV6NcnWMOwHaPDRLV5ONU1B9rFXpuXpCqcYVF8hmGPVyoDw1saKtbpfcIX8zLyB2Ct_bLjcKYPJBaH6umQIjA6MnGNiBubq/s320/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618449814053990706" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: justify;">The Tree Top Walk is only 250m & closed at 5pm so if you're going in the afternoon, make sure you factor that in. Another point to note is that it goes 1 direction only so make sure you enter from the entrance. </div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAX0o3DL5B21-k61QcZu_BuJDRVR5_nkMBl8ElZaPWUbaRvLfyiXDHoIOyBO5KGxC70QofyXtyg6gfqFob9qRt8NlNl7SGq571hmqeuAGlF-JysO20TTYIZyy9lSt8HbT7UKUN0sAzvBq/s1600/7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAX0o3DL5B21-k61QcZu_BuJDRVR5_nkMBl8ElZaPWUbaRvLfyiXDHoIOyBO5KGxC70QofyXtyg6gfqFob9qRt8NlNl7SGq571hmqeuAGlF-JysO20TTYIZyy9lSt8HbT7UKUN0sAzvBq/s320/7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618449806914333218" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4-B7hRiBInpv_cmkSoDFVVt5XvYA16UGogLVVnDqCndOmzgubeReMAyHP6VgIE0GkPLEdh8KbDg5mArHLBgEzhXRoexBR_Jwnb9-U0g-x-FVnJ9SJtXl_2eulNBXXXXhZAbYtG1sDZa6/s1600/8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4-B7hRiBInpv_cmkSoDFVVt5XvYA16UGogLVVnDqCndOmzgubeReMAyHP6VgIE0GkPLEdh8KbDg5mArHLBgEzhXRoexBR_Jwnb9-U0g-x-FVnJ9SJtXl_2eulNBXXXXhZAbYtG1sDZa6/s320/8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618449801749833074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">It's pretty awesome even tho it's only 250m</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We're about 20 m off ground</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUR94MCRFqaYtiwGcTrmZlExuTvlITGTzZgyyZcXh6kJ8l5YEOkdIIsnG-F44NxY3Uy6v0OngL8nbGX31OC4N_AcB3LhVmPyQZy5ehipiWNPie2tAGQL9XUqCgHwVZfaTmWz8FtmQdigsx/s1600/9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUR94MCRFqaYtiwGcTrmZlExuTvlITGTzZgyyZcXh6kJ8l5YEOkdIIsnG-F44NxY3Uy6v0OngL8nbGX31OC4N_AcB3LhVmPyQZy5ehipiWNPie2tAGQL9XUqCgHwVZfaTmWz8FtmQdigsx/s320/9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618449795802875170" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrox6nSTmHMriZ_tg3Um4V-WCsa0RDbSjfO7vD79HgvtWTtoEVILr7KIwTw-MAiff4WAGRTfpHwU8PALZwUR1Pc1jClT4Om0Mro-gFQyDGuQCzmk6n5RbcSEEb-10WIRj54RNsXom1i_1w/s1600/10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrox6nSTmHMriZ_tg3Um4V-WCsa0RDbSjfO7vD79HgvtWTtoEVILr7KIwTw-MAiff4WAGRTfpHwU8PALZwUR1Pc1jClT4Om0Mro-gFQyDGuQCzmk6n5RbcSEEb-10WIRj54RNsXom1i_1w/s320/10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618449790651555826" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI92Xy773ga7ZUSdZUqPCMO7t1GN19DhrhcuI6q2FPzJI5RCMP6uUEqc5gfpAodWZ-xWs5G4yhVbn2PmIYMwyjtsMKQSrJauhzYDOoem8hMRkeen1u3YwZq0ggF7sIzIsx_dorfIqwXk9b/s1600/11.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI92Xy773ga7ZUSdZUqPCMO7t1GN19DhrhcuI6q2FPzJI5RCMP6uUEqc5gfpAodWZ-xWs5G4yhVbn2PmIYMwyjtsMKQSrJauhzYDOoem8hMRkeen1u3YwZq0ggF7sIzIsx_dorfIqwXk9b/s320/11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618449594938069218" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Most of the trail is well paved unlike what I remember of the mud paths in the past</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8S1RMGPtQ4Ye7-cww3lvUI0rWtPvRZAFZM9YgouuKDsBB7ZReM3RkyfiZct2uYFpMu67ajDyYjnSkTbKsHU6XQqy8da1mp4ZQ8Cf4C_5n3msDu_BVnRy-EBdPvMMyznZ-H6o6EVTOUu0-/s1600/12.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8S1RMGPtQ4Ye7-cww3lvUI0rWtPvRZAFZM9YgouuKDsBB7ZReM3RkyfiZct2uYFpMu67ajDyYjnSkTbKsHU6XQqy8da1mp4ZQ8Cf4C_5n3msDu_BVnRy-EBdPvMMyznZ-H6o6EVTOUu0-/s320/12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618449589478744082" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25Exg_XDw41mz3AS8haBks5XIn6k3CXT8uqjJgjwtX1qHva_HhI1Z1ovJcAAHkUPxaZw6jz7DR7VPf23nf5fgADUg1k-IZG7OPdKcOoCeaE34Hx9s0wMjHBN1HSzfJVoUXHtDMHZxl6Ar/s1600/13.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25Exg_XDw41mz3AS8haBks5XIn6k3CXT8uqjJgjwtX1qHva_HhI1Z1ovJcAAHkUPxaZw6jz7DR7VPf23nf5fgADUg1k-IZG7OPdKcOoCeaE34Hx9s0wMjHBN1HSzfJVoUXHtDMHZxl6Ar/s320/13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618449576275975858" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKM3YKunkvFsgXddddFeZxFhj5Ow2kWG3W1m6LR1pb21BUSziyp3StcqZTjPk444DLECBzNRMZmNxQa331ej1MTqf_qSazU1guEOh1929FdhNXVrLnPj8hH2w7WCTQZ1K2Gj1ccx_qkNfl/s1600/14.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKM3YKunkvFsgXddddFeZxFhj5Ow2kWG3W1m6LR1pb21BUSziyp3StcqZTjPk444DLECBzNRMZmNxQa331ej1MTqf_qSazU1guEOh1929FdhNXVrLnPj8hH2w7WCTQZ1K2Gj1ccx_qkNfl/s320/14.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618449576390709202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The last part of our walk</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YRsPskg3SUE-LgTkH2vD4E0B9nrjag9YOPU4H1vI8GIc7NEBcew3xh0qOuhWTiDl76h-ACX71OMqznK4crcjwEq1fd128zZIqLNjGrpDNGPGoVShxb6s0weqrd7EqIGJzgAY0kMo38wV/s1600/15.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YRsPskg3SUE-LgTkH2vD4E0B9nrjag9YOPU4H1vI8GIc7NEBcew3xh0qOuhWTiDl76h-ACX71OMqznK4crcjwEq1fd128zZIqLNjGrpDNGPGoVShxb6s0weqrd7EqIGJzgAY0kMo38wV/s320/15.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618449573885844162" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The beautifully manicured lawns of the golf course</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZzrdtede6nN4v2wwWMcUUpIHVafKAmiYooXdSJ4JNCyNV9GETZOSqCHWGeTlSVpUc8V189QqZBuBwCJXdxlrOE__uRu-i0PsvquvXJLKSaSCnB0r4XRgekuMWnKzFxVIuhYMxsodxEanb/s1600/16.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZzrdtede6nN4v2wwWMcUUpIHVafKAmiYooXdSJ4JNCyNV9GETZOSqCHWGeTlSVpUc8V189QqZBuBwCJXdxlrOE__uRu-i0PsvquvXJLKSaSCnB0r4XRgekuMWnKzFxVIuhYMxsodxEanb/s320/16.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618449092702146194" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">My nephew's scooter</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Not a good idea tho, my brother ended up carrying it most of the way. I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">t would have been a nice shot if not for the green towel hanging on it, ah well. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Despite the distance, the kids did pretty well. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkoJmYHeajftZWrnaQsC2qxtOmDWK7DxR72zMgUuq-s8t8d2Ws6ig6h47NUbqcuwUyrcaC9QcnVSN10D7fEF8grJ-8Jd3dfm3hT6VekQ3yY1iSHIKMdKGbyfPHm3p5DcQbqIDd4iyM9-a/s1600/17.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkoJmYHeajftZWrnaQsC2qxtOmDWK7DxR72zMgUuq-s8t8d2Ws6ig6h47NUbqcuwUyrcaC9QcnVSN10D7fEF8grJ-8Jd3dfm3hT6VekQ3yY1iSHIKMdKGbyfPHm3p5DcQbqIDd4iyM9-a/s320/17.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618449086171142498" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">It is beautiful</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWgTUFjWkvTGw6AsP0i50qvskarfNhqdFAICs8MHX6yN1qw1j9oDRTqILjGceJD_-WUtzNpMkMSU76hU5pSl3s5Ju3qWgD9SEVOT7eCZ2sXVV7atO0NBOMFGFJFJT_D6FULH3cyngYa2q/s1600/18.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWgTUFjWkvTGw6AsP0i50qvskarfNhqdFAICs8MHX6yN1qw1j9oDRTqILjGceJD_-WUtzNpMkMSU76hU5pSl3s5Ju3qWgD9SEVOT7eCZ2sXVV7atO0NBOMFGFJFJT_D6FULH3cyngYa2q/s320/18.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618449008911776594" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQoRBqFrqOufswqBGoSBLRLWoNPpJOhLYQoXhz3Z_IiySV8f-4sjC0SJOuEZB2-_is1hqs8uFw2eoKNsfaDsVMWvJ2EQTmipaV_NjqJDRMYwEEDcUf8AmB9xxNSs7UHD6FXM9E-YGLgU0L/s1600/19.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQoRBqFrqOufswqBGoSBLRLWoNPpJOhLYQoXhz3Z_IiySV8f-4sjC0SJOuEZB2-_is1hqs8uFw2eoKNsfaDsVMWvJ2EQTmipaV_NjqJDRMYwEEDcUf8AmB9xxNSs7UHD6FXM9E-YGLgU0L/s320/19.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618449002964221586" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Water monitor lizard</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">(I believe that's what they are called</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">sorry I'm not much of a nature guide)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiae_-ufwlQKt-vo_7DeXJttmQm-thkKkg20VlnxM5Zn8rRoS3XSecQF2S9_IuLMrRnoqZfJAAg_-jVkbCWOCZVeorMo0aZ3t5FaJ0HfLV9k-Izf_l2eVbXf-aA2hvIEnoXCCEWPrMLbQut/s1600/20.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiae_-ufwlQKt-vo_7DeXJttmQm-thkKkg20VlnxM5Zn8rRoS3XSecQF2S9_IuLMrRnoqZfJAAg_-jVkbCWOCZVeorMo0aZ3t5FaJ0HfLV9k-Izf_l2eVbXf-aA2hvIEnoXCCEWPrMLbQut/s320/20.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618448996670421154" /></a><br /></div></div>petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-29597932743264505282011-07-10T21:47:00.000+08:002011-07-17T12:28:23.207+08:00Meal at Little India<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8wItt4tCJk117eRzUM_3ucJq9wQvbJj1OKqFvk8DgD9KvaHxqZxgFKPsleQ61LtEhhdoJ-P0KtS9Gt4pSrAnl3VKlAD7rPR2F0MrvKj-sp1Ugnq8L7VWtfqbdF_MveHT_IXZuXnzT1o5K/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8wItt4tCJk117eRzUM_3ucJq9wQvbJj1OKqFvk8DgD9KvaHxqZxgFKPsleQ61LtEhhdoJ-P0KtS9Gt4pSrAnl3VKlAD7rPR2F0MrvKj-sp1Ugnq8L7VWtfqbdF_MveHT_IXZuXnzT1o5K/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628091488759229330" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We were recently at Little India & chatting (rather animatedly I suppose) about going to Komala Villas when the assistant in the shop we had just past, stopped us & said we should try New Madras Woodlands instead. Every single one in the shop bobbed their head in agreement so that was how we found ourselves trying out a new restaurant one Saturday morning.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEGRfCc5ed1Q7-hA3RdTVrq68CHxlNBOR3e0rb1H5PrIxuhNMN78r1lRd8omlslAn92t7Bgdk0c99ckYTDqmBQWJrx19UTyn2IFnL5ZuYv-qHoTS82tDZouXqPx_XDQ2DNhVtKvhZMK9E/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEGRfCc5ed1Q7-hA3RdTVrq68CHxlNBOR3e0rb1H5PrIxuhNMN78r1lRd8omlslAn92t7Bgdk0c99ckYTDqmBQWJrx19UTyn2IFnL5ZuYv-qHoTS82tDZouXqPx_XDQ2DNhVtKvhZMK9E/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628091479076774594" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">These steel trays may look sterile & prison like but I like it. What's an Indian meal in a restaurant without these trays. That's the idly set, by the way.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUFuQcWsWxcLNmuQzRVYM10DLtJAeQV-RSoC5ZQE2rOQWIdEa8q8YTVaKzy2Q0ulr_enJqUylEtbxCUpgoZ4bYBKdXzC8OkVYJO0cuPtMxfRbdoCbCV42o3v4gtkO2kQZ1Tl73Wntw6sD/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUFuQcWsWxcLNmuQzRVYM10DLtJAeQV-RSoC5ZQE2rOQWIdEa8q8YTVaKzy2Q0ulr_enJqUylEtbxCUpgoZ4bYBKdXzC8OkVYJO0cuPtMxfRbdoCbCV42o3v4gtkO2kQZ1Tl73Wntw6sD/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628091480075435330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Forgot what these doughnut things are called</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but we loved them so much, we had seconds & thirds</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3SjDCO2uO_hn6iDgHqkSm799WVXk4237jvtW3AhZmVdbSwSE8BYnlUCy_tAshe1zjjzv0OFhjcMyYg2qBYLCgO1kJaPJPazvmLtV90YsIf-quxfxIhix-AF1D9H29pu3krD47uuPRfZv-/s1600/4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3SjDCO2uO_hn6iDgHqkSm799WVXk4237jvtW3AhZmVdbSwSE8BYnlUCy_tAshe1zjjzv0OFhjcMyYg2qBYLCgO1kJaPJPazvmLtV90YsIf-quxfxIhix-AF1D9H29pu3krD47uuPRfZv-/s320/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628091226361699458" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Cheese thosai</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDz7yUevcym6QqeC0y9C9rnGOQ9panb1QP_ylmWoo_qdZ6oMZUUxBWX45f-iYnGo0I9uLL849MB5nc3-spmAkayMP-zKB1RNWXTx06Q-AJghtIp_o8byNUzM0LEYFlaZ-hJDWDhEyZowMu/s1600/5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDz7yUevcym6QqeC0y9C9rnGOQ9panb1QP_ylmWoo_qdZ6oMZUUxBWX45f-iYnGo0I9uLL849MB5nc3-spmAkayMP-zKB1RNWXTx06Q-AJghtIp_o8byNUzM0LEYFlaZ-hJDWDhEyZowMu/s320/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628091213711506514" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Mango lassi, yum</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4VgrxPggWkhqN7guVAaFvD0RThUZKiJSah7ozqVo1Ar0uEcl55qCdHpCM_7RdwZQFImXuNElg4ObEQVwjfA_AeOS7z6QvEX0rRFXY8SoaMcyyIqXufipKtiVpJNBX35oPtkex25keM5mT/s1600/6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4VgrxPggWkhqN7guVAaFvD0RThUZKiJSah7ozqVo1Ar0uEcl55qCdHpCM_7RdwZQFImXuNElg4ObEQVwjfA_AeOS7z6QvEX0rRFXY8SoaMcyyIqXufipKtiVpJNBX35oPtkex25keM5mT/s320/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628091206503949858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-J31rlXZ3cJ94daN9ijhXmbVLQtYeKQSpRG30iS-nbgr4mNRZVFQaX3qsrkbJkpRob0ez2sinjc7YH0laCtkvRArs2hymoYLC6iwGD_75Pvz1LPV0aD9-EYU4FprshJ1dG05n7X4C3Q9/s1600/7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-J31rlXZ3cJ94daN9ijhXmbVLQtYeKQSpRG30iS-nbgr4mNRZVFQaX3qsrkbJkpRob0ez2sinjc7YH0laCtkvRArs2hymoYLC6iwGD_75Pvz1LPV0aD9-EYU4FprshJ1dG05n7X4C3Q9/s320/7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628091198041633714" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Playing with food ?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAChwlvJB1s7583qU536YrdTaFzhda3Za3nPXsYDVby9NaP0iT4tC151kuqNjCrDGvr4wlRvp29sVtA8peyYaNzbUuB9DxnDCXtIYbnaZqeKmSEAu2xyeDthVIyBiNa9ppLpx3RQ-YrOq/s1600/8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAChwlvJB1s7583qU536YrdTaFzhda3Za3nPXsYDVby9NaP0iT4tC151kuqNjCrDGvr4wlRvp29sVtA8peyYaNzbUuB9DxnDCXtIYbnaZqeKmSEAu2xyeDthVIyBiNa9ppLpx3RQ-YrOq/s320/8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628091193237984210" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The entire meal for 4 adults & 2 children with drinks came up to $34.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Good & inexpensive</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235244158483718.post-81399916689798159762011-07-10T21:07:00.010+08:002011-07-11T20:34:01.103+08:00Walking the train tracks<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-yO4vYG7pxLzlFJKoE2wvFed2Ds15Ab2AHDQphImVHihLeeHAyESTmJuKvBeqNIltx1TpgedslJnCFoD4atLWtBittLbY6o6c6rbiZbm6FCkXv0sRhsDeNONzFSPziW87kLtsUhlnwy2e/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-yO4vYG7pxLzlFJKoE2wvFed2Ds15Ab2AHDQphImVHihLeeHAyESTmJuKvBeqNIltx1TpgedslJnCFoD4atLWtBittLbY6o6c6rbiZbm6FCkXv0sRhsDeNONzFSPziW87kLtsUhlnwy2e/s400/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627712263235330514" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: justify;">If you live in Singapore, you can't miss all the excitement over the currently unused railway tracks. As of July 1st 2011, Tanjong Pagar station ceased operations & the Singapore-Malaysia railway terminal has relocated to Woodlands. That means there will only be 1 km of railway line in Singapore versus the 26km before.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKkTSXVjUDHvfTRoFqwetHGutAB63sOqMZcPic9gmPbUiBRiJcchhc2-QtvlmkzgW3j_FSLPMToUWuZSI1Y24_ZsS798EEn2EeJjsjYX8AGq98Vl8TwdCQgWhr5rjh3Tt43woNeI2RbJmb/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKkTSXVjUDHvfTRoFqwetHGutAB63sOqMZcPic9gmPbUiBRiJcchhc2-QtvlmkzgW3j_FSLPMToUWuZSI1Y24_ZsS798EEn2EeJjsjYX8AGq98Vl8TwdCQgWhr5rjh3Tt43woNeI2RbJmb/s400/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627712258765426402" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: justify;">The government has already announced that on July 18, dismantling of the tracks will begin so for now until then the railway line is open for the public to experience it one last time. Last weekend, we decided to walk the tracks, along with half of Singapore & their cameras.</div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbw95k1liXPXIKVN0ksfWGtgLs72331xzYxrCICErki0DjeqSZ1WbMLvj54zS95iZuPeLrN-yAzc-MY19UNOk6m70DQa2Pad9F4TcIj_y6fKzHCvOWIRkXKOEPnvsOYB0eak68TojIK6_L/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbw95k1liXPXIKVN0ksfWGtgLs72331xzYxrCICErki0DjeqSZ1WbMLvj54zS95iZuPeLrN-yAzc-MY19UNOk6m70DQa2Pad9F4TcIj_y6fKzHCvOWIRkXKOEPnvsOYB0eak68TojIK6_L/s400/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627712254418740850" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Not kidding about the hordes of people</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">There were some who undertook to walk the entire way. We weren't that crazy. I thought Bukit Timah Station at King Albert Park would be a good start & from there, we headed in the direction of Tanjong Pagar. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZw873nSPZKlSHD4AjGyFo3LM6nIhooUWly1PQLaJAqw8lRtgqTIzk0dmyQZJ2nuzBAMfVebSdOu6afH9rxYkvTG1RLu_C7FcfL7r8RejwzhMYHSWQNDQLZwL63cIKiPxEPSLj0ff5lM-/s1600/4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 279px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZw873nSPZKlSHD4AjGyFo3LM6nIhooUWly1PQLaJAqw8lRtgqTIzk0dmyQZJ2nuzBAMfVebSdOu6afH9rxYkvTG1RLu_C7FcfL7r8RejwzhMYHSWQNDQLZwL63cIKiPxEPSLj0ff5lM-/s400/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627712256005667458" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOKsmgD0nf8hRfvd8xOvZs9ZpMI6xrFuc03iw0WX3AUsdEiKWELzoAkFqKnGtkfZx8aVaeg3cCOD0i7pOc4mpaAvPndnYIsAuGHN24M89dVFZSPewB0BI5FRl_iV20l48N8_KKyN6zOlw/s1600/5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOKsmgD0nf8hRfvd8xOvZs9ZpMI6xrFuc03iw0WX3AUsdEiKWELzoAkFqKnGtkfZx8aVaeg3cCOD0i7pOc4mpaAvPndnYIsAuGHN24M89dVFZSPewB0BI5FRl_iV20l48N8_KKyN6zOlw/s400/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627712250696632306" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I didn't see this until now but The Green Corridor just put up an </span><a href="http://www.thegreencorridor.org/2011/07/07/overview-map-of-railway/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">excellent post</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> with the map of the railway tracks breaking it down in sections, access points, highlighting photo op etc. Last Saturday's Straits Times had a good write up.</span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">My advice is to start early, bring lots of water & wear a hat. The tracks are obviously not sheltered so it can get very hot. Make sure you wear track shoes. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1JvdfMe3f4puPfhLKLrr6s1t1r_nfIML0-9HXGdObplOagaY2FpBPsrBubhTYMjmu5F99JW35Sy8CBQIK2ziDj5pXsWr76fS_VLkur30AsldznVATP4izuynspswvwSZjIsKoojluPOEn/s1600/6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1JvdfMe3f4puPfhLKLrr6s1t1r_nfIML0-9HXGdObplOagaY2FpBPsrBubhTYMjmu5F99JW35Sy8CBQIK2ziDj5pXsWr76fS_VLkur30AsldznVATP4izuynspswvwSZjIsKoojluPOEn/s400/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627712010068745954" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HT4YhYqJplrWPFJLTWhJZE6gVvhVlJcl1_zvE7uwV02DN8zxFoj9o6braDdzXEd94PAwHAfWJs-7bOckHqH3XPfTJK_OnYr7hMtEfZ28E1vmovvwArmtVkYTVXSdcsYRe7hSkrdEiUJ4/s1600/7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HT4YhYqJplrWPFJLTWhJZE6gVvhVlJcl1_zvE7uwV02DN8zxFoj9o6braDdzXEd94PAwHAfWJs-7bOckHqH3XPfTJK_OnYr7hMtEfZ28E1vmovvwArmtVkYTVXSdcsYRe7hSkrdEiUJ4/s400/7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627712004999361794" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqLBmQFm7L9DVYa6kl6P2Lv98QEu8f5fqcJ_lPtHyV8aN5SfDPPRlyBIvBuUBksNkhtajYQJO8yBANmkmNIyF2Wc95JQFrN1fLSktpyC2hIbUQdzJ9jnmErqcfab-iyJHfO57m54VywbJm/s1600/8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqLBmQFm7L9DVYa6kl6P2Lv98QEu8f5fqcJ_lPtHyV8aN5SfDPPRlyBIvBuUBksNkhtajYQJO8yBANmkmNIyF2Wc95JQFrN1fLSktpyC2hIbUQdzJ9jnmErqcfab-iyJHfO57m54VywbJm/s400/8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627712001439675474" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The old station master's house</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXkTn4IenobKxLAUlPMHEa2BbjLf_I4Kn9pQKvgvTe3YCvNpNptNjERVlIWUlm2w7NDL2YM1xVZdUQmTQElMVJ4PJHuFfSXg48cz7s0lELBMtKCx6Hf6PANSfT0jXt6B2ZEtFNPLVpR9_/s1600/9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXkTn4IenobKxLAUlPMHEa2BbjLf_I4Kn9pQKvgvTe3YCvNpNptNjERVlIWUlm2w7NDL2YM1xVZdUQmTQElMVJ4PJHuFfSXg48cz7s0lELBMtKCx6Hf6PANSfT0jXt6B2ZEtFNPLVpR9_/s400/9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627711995016829378" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1AbMZXbwSGfcOh9SpGNjyjwF2s26-VwN4M3pGOu9ZoTBRtwzBJJ4fUK1iFlT1vXFeTysCtN5BC3QoQjiLpkAzBib9_3CHSRNJBVawI9b7F97Xn9bn0UJhd_3_olZoofif7T7hebQCjRkl/s1600/10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1AbMZXbwSGfcOh9SpGNjyjwF2s26-VwN4M3pGOu9ZoTBRtwzBJJ4fUK1iFlT1vXFeTysCtN5BC3QoQjiLpkAzBib9_3CHSRNJBVawI9b7F97Xn9bn0UJhd_3_olZoofif7T7hebQCjRkl/s400/10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627711994306455746" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3pXxjcEcP_Y2LBxVEI04i1MchsZJvSftTxTPif9djB6fW2m0XEHiuShfh8ps2rdvSrEzU9zx9AM1DZR3UUww-19caQQDbpDnUPivLZ1CZgXyGIBKOZw7GfK3Ve-FnvSUSaoj0LASebG4/s1600/11.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3pXxjcEcP_Y2LBxVEI04i1MchsZJvSftTxTPif9djB6fW2m0XEHiuShfh8ps2rdvSrEzU9zx9AM1DZR3UUww-19caQQDbpDnUPivLZ1CZgXyGIBKOZw7GfK3Ve-FnvSUSaoj0LASebG4/s400/11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627711797844465922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The platform @ Bukit Timah Station</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIpPEiFhbc6WbwWns4c5mcnjbScYWmMR0_yGmNYhEIzDCgpOOwJkLZjPc3eEN1qmfBtu2trFC47Ja58WL6OhQNxZy16YHgk4MxV9WWmRiitquvYHfH5sNGwmmil87IKeOgFmaZJsqb7GVy/s1600/12.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIpPEiFhbc6WbwWns4c5mcnjbScYWmMR0_yGmNYhEIzDCgpOOwJkLZjPc3eEN1qmfBtu2trFC47Ja58WL6OhQNxZy16YHgk4MxV9WWmRiitquvYHfH5sNGwmmil87IKeOgFmaZJsqb7GVy/s400/12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627711797270061618" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Where possible, walk on the pathway that runs alongside</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The novelty of walking on the tracks wore off very quickly</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGGM5HiufZGLyO29CIjHjpnB_tuJVNLyvvZb1upy5DqKJ2DK-SYY1jRF5csZFYI_ensWtTwysd936G7ZDaSPnMnIINbQwUWl6uQkoVLubsGzRoCzWi_gBwC_TD6LBxbM7MHELL3Bvtmu6/s1600/13.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGGM5HiufZGLyO29CIjHjpnB_tuJVNLyvvZb1upy5DqKJ2DK-SYY1jRF5csZFYI_ensWtTwysd936G7ZDaSPnMnIINbQwUWl6uQkoVLubsGzRoCzWi_gBwC_TD6LBxbM7MHELL3Bvtmu6/s400/13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627711795490919330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQyRHYkVGcP7lEUYtOI9C5wP38WGTDqzMLgl6tTAAEI7C840TWYf-oQmkF4ASoAr3kdMJBgnWn-EBTeTsKuFtbWfmgQu1msRMvjs4BY-nGMdLAFkbqwjSn6hW7Qwc_Tgq-7Lmx1DymMWU/s1600/14.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQyRHYkVGcP7lEUYtOI9C5wP38WGTDqzMLgl6tTAAEI7C840TWYf-oQmkF4ASoAr3kdMJBgnWn-EBTeTsKuFtbWfmgQu1msRMvjs4BY-nGMdLAFkbqwjSn6hW7Qwc_Tgq-7Lmx1DymMWU/s400/14.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627711795259401410" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFykJdzabB15zATAyflfAIzH3iVs2Q2abyw9wbaGZvyDZTMV_8NDx5yHOKqoOQhnSxHdQSN07MPmMSH2TTAYPkePKJ0nF3XtTmWKBfPbyp0UsEOxkj6XjIyViMDNIazB-CZzIrkD4FaVg/s1600/15.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFykJdzabB15zATAyflfAIzH3iVs2Q2abyw9wbaGZvyDZTMV_8NDx5yHOKqoOQhnSxHdQSN07MPmMSH2TTAYPkePKJ0nF3XtTmWKBfPbyp0UsEOxkj6XjIyViMDNIazB-CZzIrkD4FaVg/s400/15.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627711789958052914" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Looking at this, I realised how rare it is to see a monsoon drain</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6XaWLrmhweOaMtiydUuQYVbJHPb7lYdEcKWSedmFprRwduEqYBJJtcGVWaqSpQLEwZb8X4HmmGmfGwsOVwjQIe_stV2S5MW5Un2Zf2eUC9XEJAxQwPCC-R3-7XDhbaopbN8Qp5m7vGNXH/s1600/16.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6XaWLrmhweOaMtiydUuQYVbJHPb7lYdEcKWSedmFprRwduEqYBJJtcGVWaqSpQLEwZb8X4HmmGmfGwsOVwjQIe_stV2S5MW5Un2Zf2eUC9XEJAxQwPCC-R3-7XDhbaopbN8Qp5m7vGNXH/s400/16.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627711557220325842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The children at play</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_SiF1wCCQhXiQWvf351cGj6qR7FZS5VdyHUKF1DmWIc0CY0mz8q3Tk9N2AZ6ehyphenhyphenYT_kALyZjvo_m3-GRU19iRU_kn15bFFkFj-92QNpGNQYQeCqIaLuuLPy-bTkR-tG8ScH0Ey-zICC33/s1600/17.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_SiF1wCCQhXiQWvf351cGj6qR7FZS5VdyHUKF1DmWIc0CY0mz8q3Tk9N2AZ6ehyphenhyphenYT_kALyZjvo_m3-GRU19iRU_kn15bFFkFj-92QNpGNQYQeCqIaLuuLPy-bTkR-tG8ScH0Ey-zICC33/s400/17.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627711556503555810" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Love the greenery along the way</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQpgz9-X6JX-KtctI7hv_DTcHGupkSgpuofFYSBfPJJKSVDyuMsZCuBXNidcZx7GYOTlArtDJdGTAdA8Fl-cvlNE__G5BoIDSho3i-DqLb1NuDqatlE_50GSbOt-nBGud8fz74IM_FLtS/s1600/18.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQpgz9-X6JX-KtctI7hv_DTcHGupkSgpuofFYSBfPJJKSVDyuMsZCuBXNidcZx7GYOTlArtDJdGTAdA8Fl-cvlNE__G5BoIDSho3i-DqLb1NuDqatlE_50GSbOt-nBGud8fz74IM_FLtS/s400/18.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627711550850617842" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWCJVsgM0ENrl9iS-pi_mBjHiM3977AutokkVWwD6XWxconF72LaOt67rMb29udm-Ar55ta6qaj1wntNbFBbJnEKKkoVsdha5RJeuj95neEzPL8F3PLsg8Btpu3mQ6VsQmgnFgqOmRBMQZ/s1600/19.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWCJVsgM0ENrl9iS-pi_mBjHiM3977AutokkVWwD6XWxconF72LaOt67rMb29udm-Ar55ta6qaj1wntNbFBbJnEKKkoVsdha5RJeuj95neEzPL8F3PLsg8Btpu3mQ6VsQmgnFgqOmRBMQZ/s400/19.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627711539450427170" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Going pass housing estates</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBdU2ecK-OH-Oh7aVSfApYgnIURbg6h4HXLjpPEAQmTLCiqsx_mRcp0NjOmXMnwID36CoIsyQPsBW2Rnr8rSAWT4FEwbToZU0KWwTSXb2gpU6PWlA59MnE_L3ZxsuAVhu5Ey2yyEWLCFI/s1600/20.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBdU2ecK-OH-Oh7aVSfApYgnIURbg6h4HXLjpPEAQmTLCiqsx_mRcp0NjOmXMnwID36CoIsyQPsBW2Rnr8rSAWT4FEwbToZU0KWwTSXb2gpU6PWlA59MnE_L3ZxsuAVhu5Ey2yyEWLCFI/s400/20.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627711539397455282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Beautiful homes</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQLnKhkYozmdWVkALTgsdzVKS5odb9KjOtpo7zNtS81lIxdGRyQQgElIzbM42TzzOqzcbDkvXLlMY2KTnUdnQrHEhb0aYFS7ssH28vOX8Mazo9Zkj4RcN1dq7lVGuYe6AYn_BD616C_EU/s1600/21.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQLnKhkYozmdWVkALTgsdzVKS5odb9KjOtpo7zNtS81lIxdGRyQQgElIzbM42TzzOqzcbDkvXLlMY2KTnUdnQrHEhb0aYFS7ssH28vOX8Mazo9Zkj4RcN1dq7lVGuYe6AYn_BD616C_EU/s400/21.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627710941404303074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPQJxuUONPm_fJtbAYrax1GYQmishPBl6ujtNB2C4XRHqoXZRR25FTJ-h-jAse-DKeuFPgLW4Zhd73Hqw5tNi4kF10Z3N85k2U7Byod1RoRuZouLwSrhkJYrn5pS9yrW-MBnlOXpz975D/s1600/22.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPQJxuUONPm_fJtbAYrax1GYQmishPBl6ujtNB2C4XRHqoXZRR25FTJ-h-jAse-DKeuFPgLW4Zhd73Hqw5tNi4kF10Z3N85k2U7Byod1RoRuZouLwSrhkJYrn5pS9yrW-MBnlOXpz975D/s400/22.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627710937207665410" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">This has become a part of Singapore's heritage & a pity to remove it. I hope the government will come up with a plan to find some way of preserving this. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8YS-nXMwhVfL_OKcWmqFGv2OJmZbpDwTJf58BEPW9kCyaxEXjirCQ7oPrbH0SpshPPi5hxEd1BFt3rQ-5b0pAtqb57Xu1tljwX0bT2FENQmM8gSVbbHK9vtNp06yDIVdV3y7EaEXzuXr/s1600/23.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8YS-nXMwhVfL_OKcWmqFGv2OJmZbpDwTJf58BEPW9kCyaxEXjirCQ7oPrbH0SpshPPi5hxEd1BFt3rQ-5b0pAtqb57Xu1tljwX0bT2FENQmM8gSVbbHK9vtNp06yDIVdV3y7EaEXzuXr/s400/23.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627710931398419698" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWFQba1i596l9L-mNBKZNJCUeqUVkDbZZw-s6QHnipjHDnFuosxHO4_oa7w17wNdlgALU6aaJhKJERI4DJsENMcvN-ALCD819pYf2JOGpMl8vkFhyphenhypheni_8JzqgTJ0BmeaZEKGrkW7uCWSGR/s1600/24.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWFQba1i596l9L-mNBKZNJCUeqUVkDbZZw-s6QHnipjHDnFuosxHO4_oa7w17wNdlgALU6aaJhKJERI4DJsENMcvN-ALCD819pYf2JOGpMl8vkFhyphenhypheni_8JzqgTJ0BmeaZEKGrkW7uCWSGR/s400/24.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627710926818734370" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Graffiti in the underpass where we exit near Buona Vista station</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJv7kCP-gEvJ7xUN7ivZfXd7zylH2ZrNE6FmmPwKfYpfkouXiVqviB8Se6mkd6Z061zFjIwxfz-ncEbvWyX3mZvTuKRXt0ginOQ16SD4GvbUmFlqbM8gFmMSq2CRgOnrRf87pZTulZMmny/s1600/25.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJv7kCP-gEvJ7xUN7ivZfXd7zylH2ZrNE6FmmPwKfYpfkouXiVqviB8Se6mkd6Z061zFjIwxfz-ncEbvWyX3mZvTuKRXt0ginOQ16SD4GvbUmFlqbM8gFmMSq2CRgOnrRf87pZTulZMmny/s400/25.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627710922578957362" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">What a great way to end a walk, with food</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>petite fleurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309182255968209795noreply@blogger.com1