6 Dec 2024 – Gallivanting Vs Walking
Tue: annual CT-scan@NHCS – like this high ceiling for the outdoor eateries providing a nice a bright open spacious feeling. Without the GovtS$560.98+MerdekaS$60.10, the scanS$801.40 would have been digging a hole in my budget despite having to payS$180.32 during this giving season! Bus166 to Camper’s to check what is needed for Fri’s FruitCocktailDessert.
Wed: tkx to Clement for getting me out to try this HokkienMee@OldAirportRd – practical&smart to be provided with a buzzer making 30mins wait not an issue. No sweat or problems when you can sit down to enjoy a cuppa, despite spilling half of it – senior moments when forgetting to bring my own solid cup vs the lightweight easily topple-over disposable plastic one!
Decathlon@StadiumBoulevard(pix downloaded) – like the outdoor vertical garden wall and the idea that I can scan my feet, to check what is new+what is on sale to manage to find some needed non-flimsy sturdy underwearS$32.
Vertical gardens are often highlighted for helping save costs by cooling surface temperatures and reducing the need for air-conditioning; but those who live or work in such buildings are quick to point out that the benefits go beyond dollars and cents – ST-23Jun2014
Hardly recognized this area today(ariel pix downloaded) where once upon a time working @NetballSingapore~20+yrs ago without all these new sports activity hubs then. Had to take a break to check out the new TennisHub and to rest from the outside high humidity – unlike not long ago when I could keep up the pace, poor nephew! has to now slow down…
Good to still see the familiar LeisureParkKallang, 1stMall in SIN to offer an under-one-roof leisure(bowling still there) and one of the existing recognizable landmarks for me in this area. The view as you get out of the StadiumMRT station to KallangWaveMall is still one of my favourites, another open spacious feeling, ie as long as no crowds!
CCL-Stadium, still my favourite MRT station – today’s joy ride from here to MarinaBay changing to TEL-MarineTerrace with the luxury of the feeling of being in a private train all to myself. ~15,000steps and happy to be able to put in those steps – if gallivanting or walking is considered a sport would probably get a medal for it – hahaha!
The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start -J.Bingham
Condolences to the family of TAN HoweLiang(91) SIN1stOlympicMedallist/1960 – pix downloaded.
Thu: the kebaya has been officially added to a list of the world’s intangible cultural heritage following a joint nomination by SIN,Brunei,Indonesia,Malaysia&Thailand. Do like this outfit and will use it fully or part of it for special functions.
Read this from QuoraDigest /TC Quah on What Is Life Really Like In Singapore?
For many of us, “boringly predictable”
The same government, the same weather, you can go to work every day and come back and nothing unexpected happens. The buses and trains run on time, and almost never break down.
You have your lunch in the “hawker centers”. The choice is huge (Chinese, Malay, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Western ….), but you never get diarrhea.
You work comfortably in the office — no power failures
You go home and switch on your air-con — no power failures.
You switch on the taps, and you can drink the water straight from the taps — no tummy upsets or diarrheas.
Unlike our neighbors — No typhoon, no volcanic eruptions, no floods (only “ponding”), no tsunamis…
Yes, it’s boringly predictable
I love it – T C Quah
Fri: Camper’s’CornerSeason’sGathering and my usual contribution.
Thank you to Calvin&CC-Staff+Friends for 2024Season’sGathering with drinks,yummy foods,etc – nice to catch up with so many.
Belated Bday greetings to Bill, congratulation to SengHock&Joy for their marriage and to PengHann&Maggie for their new additional. Appreciations to EthanSoh for driving me back to the EastSide – remember him as the little boy and now driving&dating!!