4 Dec 2023 – SnailMail 

Fri: Welcome Dec – Tis the season again for the 1stDay for AdventCalendars and both the handmade(to be filled with 24InternationalThankYouNotes)and the IKEA PaperVillage(with 1piece of dark chocolate daily)are in their places within the 4walls. Will try my best to keep as many traditions possible as long as there still is energy&time!

ChocolateAdventCalendars are also in place for the younger generation – was eyeing one by LadyM, but at the cost of S$99! instead got 2packets of DarkLindtS$28.

Lunch@Funan and oh! the choices@BasementFoodCourt!! We here in SIN are thoroughly spoilt where the food choices&varieties are concerned. Somehow the appetite mood has been for fish&seafood the past week. Seafood has always been one of my favourites, especially when they are fresh and would even prefer some raw, but lately due to a weaker stomach/IBS, have kept to cooked seafoods despite of the good news that AbdominalCTscan being cleared today.

For me, if there’s anything that would represent me and my style of cooking, it would be a seafood platter. Maybe a perfectly shucked oyster with a bit of lemon and cocktail sauce or mignonette sauce – Chuck Hughes

Sat: @OldAirportRd/CassiaLink for family’s favourite paus and also picking up some other foods for RochalieDr.

Taking the long way today with more changes on the buses due to diversions on the roads/Standard Chartered Marathon 2023Weekend. Do not remember when the last time was a conductor sported on my bus rides?? this was Bus13 from KallangRd-MCres.

Sun: lovely cool wet morning on this 1stSunday of Advent As we enter into the holiday season, remember to stay healthy&safe and take time to give yourself some quiet peaceful moments to get away from the rush&stress.

Thank you for this most delicious Samgye-tang/삼계탕,蔘鷄湯/KoreanChickenSoup lunch@FortuneCentre – hit the spot on this beautiful 1st Sunday of Advent. Will return for another round some other time, appreciations to Daisy for recommendations.

Always enjoy wandering around here checking out the eateries, once upon a time was my working place/9thFloor and now, the only location I know of with 2Sugarcane juice vending machines at different entrances. The line for YatKaYan 一家人 was curving around the corner even before it was opened! Ben&Jerry’s, one of the few places where they used to serve CoffeeCoffeeBuzzBuzzBuzz, my favourite flavour icecream is now replaced by  HaagenDazs.

Waterloo&BencoolenSts are where one can fine churches, mosque, temples, synagogue within a stone-throw from each other and like our choices, diversities and varieties of food, that also apply to cultures&religions which makes SIN so unique where there is so much to experience,learn and respect with our differences.

Crossed path with a person carrying her dog. At first sight thought it was a stuffed teddy bear, but stopped to ask for permission to take this pix and was told that the name of her real pet is Teddy/MiniturePomeranian who is 7yrs and allowed me to pet without trying to lick, sniff or jump at me – this is the kind of dog I do not mind being around!

Mon: limiting SnailMail2023Greets out to overseas mail this year. Postage has gone up and also festive rates no longer applies. HealthierSG@Bedok, and the line was crazy. This day turned to be a busy one as bro Steven was admitted@NUH A&E. Taking the MRT from Bedok/EastSide–KentRidge/WestSide and then back again to the EastSide of the island takes ~3hrs on the trains&feeder-buses. The last time here was Jun2019 for Lawrence.