28 Sep 2017 – To Little India



Tue: meeting up with 四 嫂(who just turned 80 and will be admitted to SGH next week for heart procedure) and Daisy for lunch in Chinatown She is in good spirits and their house-help seems a promising one. Was tempted to get this promotion@OG but decided against it as the present life-style does not justify for one, but might be good to have when away making food for the MaGnificent6


Wed: tkx PA for another breakfast@Carlton Hotel***Like this shot of a sleeping rickshaw bicyclist with the far background of the Carlton on top of the reflection of CHIMJES.



National Design Centre – Building Memories cover featuring the former National Theatre 国家剧场 designed by AlfredWong, PuiAh’s cousin. VWvan for Calvin 🙂


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PA was craving for SotoAyam=Malay chicken-soup and one of the best (personal taste) can be found at Pondok Makan Indonesia@270 #01-123 QueenSt.


LASALLE College of the Arts appropriately located@1MacNallySt – fond memories of bro Joe, someone who crossed paths during the IGAS committee days! Was blessed to have known him.



Albert Court – old against the new effects with the HDB blocks and the row of shop-houses’ architectural design. The courtyard here has a nice ambiance for evening drinks.



Rohor Rd – where the entrance into Little India is now beautifully decorated with colourful&cheerful lights especially as Deepavali (18Oct-celebrated by Hindus across the world to mark the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness) gets nearer!



After some shopping, dinner@Mustafa Rooftop Garden/Kebabs & Curries***is a nice location to cool down and chill before walking back to the hotel as tomorrow is another day and looking forward to another goodnight sleep zzzz 🙂
Thu: In Time To Come**Tan PinPin’s documentary on everyday scenes in SIN does not speak to me nor did it catch my attention in other ways. One of the few thoughts in my mind was when a tree was being chopped down – a pity but then the roots of the Ficus benghalensis, Banyan Tree are known to destroy buildings, etc when left to grow. So it had to make way for more buildings…
http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/immersing-viewers-in-the-mundane
In Time To Come is distant, cold and sometimes surreal observation of Singapore society. The film is in itself a time capsule – Luciano Barisone











Garry, and everyone in that area, take care and be safe – the number of tremors recorded at Bali’s Mt Agung volcano has increased again with warnings it could erupt at any time.
























Tue: a visit to Richard’s mom (soon 98yrs) known to us younger generation as
Tkx Richard for lunch@The Peranakan. Good to catch up and safe journeys back to Sydney – have lost count of the times introducing local family+friends and overseas visitors this location. Still think that the food is pretty decent but KK thinks otherwise!






Thu: it has been cool and wet the past few days and at times also very heavy downpours. Nice to be indoors doing indoor-things like catching up with reading, altering&mending clothes and getting gifts ready for the Christmas! to be surface-mailed.






















Have hoped to be back in local time, but not the case! Could hardly keep the eyes open by 1000hrs! a few mins snooze turned to an 60+mins!!





In good company and tkx to Calvin for Japanese dining and a great evening at Oceans of Seafood, PasarBella@The Grandstand***















Do watch thru’ this youtube with an open mind. It makes sense and is educational. You will be surprised what you can learn from it eventhough it is an older and a longish video!
Have forgotten that the Ghost Festival is still on-going and the last day will be 19Sep. That means that the gate of hell is still opened, allowing the ghosts and spirits to go back to the living world. Since neither of my parents believed nor practiced these rituals, it will not be disrespectful of me to not do anything about it. My sentiments about these rituals have not changed from the below posting from 2011.






Wed: Madam Halimah Yacob was declared SIN President-elect today after her nomination papers were found to be in order.






Toiletry bags from Qatar&Turkish airlines and the purple one? was when upgraded to BusinessClass on Qatar. Such a waste on me as I usually have my own toiletries, would have prefer to pay less for air-fares! Love this pix of 




















Sun: packed, duct-taped the cracked suitcase! and ready to head to the airport. Hope that the suitcase will see us thru’ this trip and that the heaven above will just stop with the rains for a few mins while I get on the bus and then changing to the subway to catch the airport Xpress train. Best of luck to
Congratulations


Tue: Happy 6Bday to 


Tkx to Kris&Mette for taking time to meet. Always fun to catch up with a cuppa@Bicks.
















5mins walk to 
















Tjuvtittne The Sneak Peak – lookout tower (54m high) with a glass elevator and on a beautiful day like today, it is worth NOK20 S$3.50pp to have a view of the city, OSL fjord, boats and hills from a whole new angle.


















Tue: arr OSL on time after 14+hrs on 2planes, full plane all the way and despite of the delay of baggage arrival (1+hrs), was happy to reunite with family.




















First time walking here and it is like walking into a secret garden – made my day. 

Sir David Tang, a larger-than-life Hong Kong-born entrepreneur, style guru and bon viveur, has died at the age of 63. Article written in 2016, he told Telegraph Travel his tips for travelling with style and grace. 


