26 Jul 2024 – Condolences to Cousin Karen
Tue: condolences with prayers&thoughts to cousin Karen&her family for the passing of their mother,m-i-l,grandmother AuntieNgor in KCH,Sarawak/Malaysia.
Did not think that the Nov2023 visit to KCH would be the last time with her – RIP gracious lady. First time meeting with this beautiful elegant lady was in the early 1960s when she&her mother(paternal grandmother CHAN SweeNgor’s sister) visited with us@5TemengongRd and my parents&I took them to SBG.
Happy 13thBday to #5 JamesMagnus HALL and what an amazing cake baked by #2, finally now I understand why they have 2dogs – hahaha!
When your children are teenagers, it’s important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you – Nora Ephron
Looks like this teenage will do well in water sports too – #5 pix credits to Linn
Appreciations to Gel for catching despite of some misunderstanding as to where we were supposed to be meeting! Did not realize that 132TraditionalTeochewNoodles has now moved to the MT-Market&FoodCentre and no longer@Blk59-coffee shop.
Bought a new bunch of fresh Eucalyptus leaf+orchidsS$16, the last fresh batch was from Alex&Amber’s wedding in Jul2019! now all dried but still with a slight bit of fragrance when crushed.
Exploring&wandering around the hood, delighted to see this old concrete fence and to discover that it is possible to walk under shade&underground(except for the crossing over StillRd) all the way to MarineParade/MPExit1 for a haircut@Ecoin. MP MRTstation is one of the 13listed below, 1down and 12more to explore on this joyride list(below link) for some must-see stations MP-MT, 1stop less than 5mins 65cents.
Ready marked in my map to be explored for the next few weeks…
Wed&Thu: back to EC-Pk before sunrise walk by my favourite tree now that the beaches are declared cleaned from the oil-spill.
What a lovely surprise to receive Earl Lu – A Rediscovery of His Art in the mail. Appreciations&thanks to CT TAN – looking forward to reading it. They are not long, the days of wine&roses, so enjoy every moment to the fullest.
There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted – Henri Matisse
Fri:
Stadium-MRT-station with its stunning design has been my favourite MRT stations since 2011. Now with all these new must see list, will have to explore to check out if this will still my favourite?
Fri: TGIF and a good weekend to all. Good luck to all participants for the upcoming 33rd Summer Olympics set to open in Paris/France today.
Failure I can live with. Not trying is what I can’t handle —Sanya Richards-Ross, gold-medal track&field athlete
Finally enough breath to walk~10k on this beautiful early breezy morning to discover many delightful new transformations on the EC-Pk towards the direction of the airport. Pix taken ~0615hrs: from the revamp BedokJetty/BJ towards Bayshore; ~0630hrs: from this new ParburyOutletDrain towards ChangiAirport – was blessed by MotherNature with this stunning morning sky.
Weekdays, non-public-holidays or school-holidays before sunrise are the best times for me to be out wandering&walking – refreshed from a good night rest is a good way to start the day. Being in the tropics, air is cooler at this time and only a handful of ppl crossing my path. Usually starting ~0500hrs, walk for ~1-2hrs/10-15k at least once a week. This week’s new discovery NatureFitnessArea/B4BJ&ParburyOutletDrain/afterBJ – then finding a bus-stop for the first-bus heading back to my 4-walls by sunrise.
