22 May 2019 – Aladdin
Tue: grocery day@Parkway Giant to save $$2.50, 3%senior day. Food market@MarineParade is reopened after renovations but my sugar-cane drink stall is no longer. Pleasant life entertainment today.
Premiere of Aladdin, tkx to Daisy. Missed Stanley, Andrew (immigrated to Australia)&Darryl (National Service) who are in A Whole New World. Personal preference is still the 1992 animated version with Robin Williams (may he RIP). Still worth the time to enjoy another happy ending Disney movie with Wil Smith as Genie and hearing another version of A Whole New World.
Wed: https://thenewageparents.com/hari-raya-light-up-geylang-serai/
Have been looking forward to this walkabout since it was set up –
started my 4hrs walk from ChangiRd-GeylangRd and up SimsAve to soak in the whole ambiance and all the lights.
Food Glorious Food – Oh food! magical food! wonderful food! marvelous food! – Lionel Bart. Enjoying&overdosing the abundance of this festival foods.
The vibrant colours and matching family outfits are to die for. How I used to like dressing my family in the same outfits when they were kids must have been an influence from this.
The sun has not even set yet and look at the crowd on a Wed! Most definitely do NOT want to be here in the bazaars-grounds during public holidays, weekends and after sunset.
The traffic is jammed bumper to bumper. Might take a double-decker bus down this same route and up Sims Ave to enjoy the lights one more time just sitting and admiring from the comforts of an AC bus!
Delighted to discover Wisma Geylang Serai.
Here it was peaceful and beautiful, without crowds but with a high ceiling to give the feeling of open-wild space. Hypnotized by the lights and the tranquility, lingered on to calm the body&soul.
Galeri Warisan Heritage Gallery worth the visit if you are in the area.
Of all the 3 Worlds during the 1950s, this one has the best name to my ears. Visited mainly the Great World, being nearest to where I used to live. Shared this on FB Nostalgic Singapore/FB-NS and appreciations to Shamsul Bahrin who informed me that Happy World became Gay World and after that People’s Association – had always thought the there were 3Worlds, but now I know otherwise.
Childhood games and toys. We made our own catapults and 5-stones. Was not that good with the top or marbles. And again thru’ FB-NS (getting to like this new discovered site) learnt that the colourful game there is Kuti-Kuti/k-k where I used to thread thru’ the loops of the figures to make bracelets out of them, but that was not what they were for. Pix credits of k-k to Richard Lincoln
Tkx to Richard Lincoln – the kuti -kuti were used as stakes in card games during our childhood. The other way we used them was in a ‘battle’. One on one. The objective was to get your kuti-kuti up onto your opponent’s, by using the fingertip to push it up. So we always chose one that was ‘goondu’. Which meant curved or bent upwards like a ‘c’. For obvious reasons. As mentioned earlier, the loops had to be intact to use the k-k.
Absolutely thrilled to stumble upon this cozy AC reading room where I sat for a few minutes enjoying the whole space to myself.
Taking the overpass to the market in time to see ppl breaking fast.
Also time for to listen to the heart but using the legs to head up SimsAve to bus13. Feeling blessed and appreciating this lovely evening breeze as I drift off to dreamland.
It can happen to you if you’re young at heart
For it’s hard, you will find
To be narrow of mind if you’re young at heart… – Carolyn Leigh / Johnny Richards
Sad to learn about this recent murder on the AT.
Busy day@CC. Alvin dropped by to pick up the portrait to take it to his studio for his signature and to give it a protection layer. Looking forward to the 2nd edition of La Kopi+other works. His favourite painting from the 1st edition is in my neighbourhood. The ink-sketch is from previous CC location which will be updated to the new location in the new edition where you will find me this week.
Sun: met with 2beautiful feathered-friends sun tanning after their baths on my way by foot to the grocery. Exit11B on the ECP is full of life&activities, good to see ppl enjoying their Sunday and I will be making pasta for lunch-guests. Thank you Thomas&Fannie for the PinkKiwi – sweet&delicious and looks like a usual kiwi from the outside. 
Tue: called contractor Vincent about the leaking AC – have to think about this is new suggested tray to make sure that the water will flow in my absence.
Tue: today on World Book Day, tkx to Edmund Wee for having a sale and for signing his 4books on Understanding Singaporeans@HuggsEpigram CoffeeBookshop/URA. Have been wanting to know more about KiongSaik Rd and looking forward to reading this narrative by Charmaine Leung.
