Geylang Serai 2025

30 Mar 2025 – 7.7Magnitude Myanmar Earthquake 

Thu: Bus13 to a fun morning@GeylangSeraiMarket/GeylangRd – less frequented nowadays since most of what is needed can be gotten at the local MT-WetMarket.

GeylangSeraiBazaar/GeylangRd&SimsAve features ~500 stalls including ~150F&B stalls. Delighted to still be able to enjoy looking&soaking in the colourful festivities when possible and without crowds.

Geylang Serai bazaar 2025 till Mar. 31, has items from S$3 at 150 F&B stalls – Mothership.SG – News from Singapore, Asia and around the world

and still learning more about the MalaySettlements&Festivities from these nicely done informative boards on the sidewalk.

SimsAve/PLQ2 where the GPO&PosBank is located – there to get some postage-stamps and a new bankbook since in the area. Remembering what the former GPO/FullertonHotel now is quite a contrast from a limited-corner-size somewhere in the basement of this modern building.

Last there was over a year ago Jan2024 with Peggy who was visiting from Australia and wanted stamps for Ian’s new hobby. GPO@PayaLebar, for both of us who remember quite a different GPO of our childhood days.

Surprise visitor telling me it’s time to turn on the AC when I got back just in time before the rain showers.  The only thing bought today is this beautiful bunch of handmade empty Ketupat wrappings bought from the marketS$4 making perfect decoration to mark HariRayaAidilfitri long weekend – content&happy to be staying on this RedDot. Not sure if its age or otherwise but just have no mood or urge to be travelling! The idea&thought of being in airports,airplanes,crowds,etc are enough to get the heart pumping like there will be no tomorrow!!

You know the oxygen masks on airplanes? I don’t think there’s really any oxygen. I think they’re just to muffle the screams – Rita Rudner

Edited 5Apr2025: wondering if it’s the same Hornbill??

Hornbill silently inspects surroundings on East Coast kitchen balcony, leaving Stomper in awe

Heavy traffic expected at Singapore-Johor checkpoints over Hari Raya long weekend – Here’s how to get there smoothly Singapore News

Fri: belated Bday celebrations but still within her Bday month for Gel@FairPrice/PP – nice to bump into Ting&CH for a delightful evening+walking~8,000+steps to&fro and shoppjng around PP.

Sat: prayers are out to all affected by this earthquake – concerns for Theingi in Mandalay/Myanmar, Lily in BBK/Thailand has marked herself safe. USGS Earthquake Hazards Program said that fatalities could be between 10,000-100,000ppl, and the economic impact could be as high as 70% of Myanmar’s GDP.

Vivid memories of before&after shocks during an earthquake when living in 1985-87LongBeach,CA/USA – was the most frightening&traumatic experience with MotherNature.

What’s behind the powerful earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand | The Straits Times

Powerful earthquake kills more than 140 in Myanmar, death toll likely to rise | GMA News Online

Edited Thu3Apr2025: appreciations with thanks to hear from Theingi – relief to hear&know that she is safe.

Sun: NasiLemak brunch w Clement@Blk59MarineT

Delighted to find Ketupat,PulutPanggangLemang/GlutinousRice cooked with coconut milk&salt over an open flame within a hollow bamboo pole lined with banana leaves. Could not resist to buy some to share with family&friends for the RayaWeekend.

10 Malaysian leaf-wrapped rice you should know about • KajoMag

Marine Crescent&Terrace Junction

26 Mar 2025 – The Golden Glow of Friendship 

Sun: appreciations with thanks to Les&Ivy for yummy seafood+Steak A-la-Rochalie and nice of Theresa to dress up – she must be one of the most well-accessorize&glamourous OB-GYN who has crossed this life-journey so far…

Petite rhinestone buttons from the forties
Buttoning up the back of a size zero blouse
It appears to be chiffon, sheer, classy, chic
Old Hollywood glamour, but who can wear it?
No one in this family; I want those buttons
But dare I deface this gorgeous garment?

I Want those Rhinestone Buttons

Mon: lunch@MujiCafe/PlazaSIN with Lynne,Winnie&Rebecca(classmates from 1962CHIJ) before L&W take off back to UK&US, hopefully will be able to catch up again sometime next year…

How quickly has 5months passed for Lynne and 16days for Winnie here in SIN.

The Golden Glow of Friendship – 

In shared adventures, hearts entwined,
A friendship deep, so well-defined.
Through laughter, tears, and endless fun,
Together we shine, as bright as the sun.

Each memory made, a thread we sew,
In this tapestry, our passions flow.
The golden glow of bonds so rare,
In friendship’s warmth, we find our care.

Tue: appreciations with tkx to Adeline for dinner&movie Unmoored@The Projector,OrchardCineleisure/GrangeRd – do not even remember when I was last in a cinema in the evening?

The film is an adaptation from the HåkanNesser novel The Living and the Dead which has been brought to the screen by Swedish director Caroline Ingvarsson. A Swedish TV presenter’s well-ordered life unravels when she finally confronts her domineering husband about an accusation against him. Her subsequent flight precipitates a chain of lies and paranoia in this taut psychological thriller – pix credits to Adeline.

‘Unmoored’ Review – A Slow-Burn Drama About Victim Culture, Abuse And Dark Secrets [LFF 2023]

Good cinematography where there is a murder but not shown or seen on screen with interesting psychological effects on the effect on the protagonist, who seems partially in denial of what she has done – pix credits to Adeline.

The cinema is really built for the big screen and big sound, so that a person can go into another world and have an experience – David Lynch

Wed: was up until past mid-night last night to see how this ShelteredWalkway is put together but could not stay awake to watch the completion…

Nice to wake up to less dust&noise outside, so no need to beam me anywhere for now – hahaha! Both ShelteredWalkways on MarineT and junction of MarineC&T now completed and one more on MarineC/by the bus-stops to be completed. According to cousin Karen, an eye-sore to architects,

but glad to now be able to cross the road to the MamaShop,SIN-Pools,BengawanSolo without umbrella rain or shine in less than 5mins…

Edited: Sun30Mar2025 – today the last of the 3-ShelteredWalkways@MarineC&T is completed before 1-Apr. Am impressed with how efficiently and smoothly these constructions were done. And now completing some manicure work on MarineT living up to their tagline Delivering Your Feedback Into Reality!

Email message to MRT – Incident station: Marine Terrace
Incident date : 30/03/2025
Incident time : 1530
Boarding point : Marine Terrace
Alighting point : Marine Terrace
Ez link card number : NA
Credit card number : NA
Message from me: I am generally impressed with the MRT-TEL-MarineTerrace Station and would like to keep it that way. Please ensure that your staff keep an eye in these areas especially on Sundays so that ppl are aware that these areas are not for eating or loitering about. Thank you for your consideration.

Their reply Tue1Apr2025: Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We are delighted to hear that you are impressed with the Thomson-East Coast Line Marine Terrace MRT station.

We understand your concern about keeping the area free from eating and loitering, particularly on Sundays. Please rest assured that we will remind our staff to monitor these areas more closely to ensure the station remains clean and well-maintained.

While regulating such behavior can be challenging, we believe that fostering a considerate environment is a shared responsibility. We encourage commuters to be mindful of one another and to help create a pleasant experience for all. Although we may not always be able to directly enforce good behavior, we will continue exploring ways to encourage respectful conduct among passengers.

We wish you a pleasant day ahead. Best Regards, Rishii Subramaniam (Ms) Customer Relations | Commuter & Community Engagement

Wed2Apr2025: Appreciations for your prompt response. Will be good to have your uniformed-staff to monitor these areas, especially on Sundays to ensure the public that these kind of issues do not turn into problems. Thanks for your consideration. From a resident on MarineCrescent

 

Happy💚Emerald-55thAnniversary💚

22 Mar 2025 – To Leslie & Ivy

Wed: wet wet wet and indeed, it’s a Great World&Great Times despite of the wet monsoon surge bringing in much rain and lowering temps to 23°C. Amazing that no umbrella was even needed when taking the MRT-TEL-MTsta-GWCsta back&fro.

Cooler days ahead: Third monsoon surge from March 19 to 21 could see 22 deg C temperatures, Singapore News – AsiaOne

Appreciations with thanks to Winnie for delicious lunch@Cystal-Jade/GreatWorldCity

bringing back such nostalgic childhood memories of this old amusement park with the Carousel&GhostTrainRides then.

Looking at yourself through the media is like looking at one of those rippled mirrors in an amusement park – Edmund Muskie

What a delightful surprise to receive Keith’s latest publication which took only 1week with snailmail from Switzerland to SIN – looking forward to reading it in this perfect cool wet weather forecast for the next few days. Has been another lifetime ago we first crossed paths in the early 1970s, Dublin/Ireland and 13yrs ago since last visit with him in Etourvy/France when&where there were Bubbles in 7thHeaven – hahaha!

Etourvy – Here-There-Everywhere – This-That-Everything

Edited Wed9Apr2025: thanks for the exciting read… really Philip, 2CV for me anytime, you can keep the Red Ferrari – hahaha!

Thu: appreciations with thanks to Carmel for taking time on this very wet morning to meet for Bfast@MT-WetMarket. Too busy catching up, so no pix of her today, but here is one from Paddy’sDayParade a few days ago!

Fri: TGIF – Happy Emerald/55thAnniversary to a dearest bro Leslie and SIL-Ivy

who I first met 60yrs ago 1965 in Dublin/Ireland.

Appreciations to Seb for dinner&dessert company – nice to catch up and be updated, always all ears when the younger generation needs to share.

LHR-HeathrowAirport,London/UK has been shut down all day today after a devastating electrical fire sparking worldwide travel chaos and days of disruption for hundreds of thousands of people, must be one of the biggest disruptions for UK-aviation – pix downloaded.

People walk past a departure board displaying Singapore Airlines SQ318 flight to London Heathrow as cancelled. An estimated 1,351 flights to and from Heathrow will be directly impacted by diversions, while more still are expected to be canceled – pix downloaded

Heathrow Airport is CLOSED for at least 24 hours

Sat: body is telling me to rest, stomach is telling me to fast today and will listen gladly. Just reading the news and seeing these downloaded pix are enough to convince me that staying within my 4walls for now is the best – being stuck in airports or traffic sounds like a stressful nightmare…

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/travellers-advised-to-postpone-trips-to-johor-amid-heavy-traffic-at-land-checkpoints

St Patrick’s Day 2025

18 Mar 2025: Happy 51stBirthday Linn

Sat: is the Moon extra bright&large tonight or is it my OldFlowerEyes 老花眼 or imagination?? It’s absolutely beautiful&stunning, enjoying every moment of it. Believe it or not, was just watching a movie BlueMoon Blue Moon (1999) | Full Movie | Stream Core and took a look outside on the way for a toilet break – talk about coincidence but then read somewhere that there are no coincidences!

Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody – Mark Twain
BloodWormMoon – first total lunar eclipse this year where US,Canada, and the rest of N&S-America will experience the full duration of totality. The moon phase on Sat15Mar, is Full Moon with an illumination of 96.77%. This represents the percent of the moon illuminated by the sun.
Sun: StPatsParade and here’s to celebrating&marking this event now 60times! in this life’s journey. There was a slight reluctance to budge away from the comfort AC-zone of the 4walls but will make the effort when health&weather conditions are permissible so as to live with as few regrets as possible – challenging as it can be while looks can be deceiving, hahaha!
Good turn-out, nice to see young&old+new faces – green balloons added a nice touch to the ambience&festivity.
May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of St Patrick behold you
Appreciations for dinner@Rochalie and meeting with BabyKai/5weeks to proud parents Galdy&ShawnNg – seems like another lifetime ago carrying a baby.
There are places in the heart you don’t even know exist until you love a child — Lamott

Mon: appreciations with thanks to the Embassy of Ireland for the invite and always a pleasure to be there

for another StPat’s Reception@FullertonBayHotel which was the former Clifford Pier/紅燈碼頭 = red lamp harbour referring to the red oil lamp beacon which shone over the pier at night as a warning to ship. Pix credits to the IrishEmbassy of my back, hahaha!

Johnston’s and Clifford Pier (roots.gov.sg)

Had my share of the yummy IrishBread&ButterPuddingWithWhiskySauce, a favourite from boarding school days but of course just with a cream sauce then! Nice to see some familiar faces from 2000 when SIN-1st-Irish Ambassador took his position then.

Irish Ambassadors to SIN 2000-Present – Here-There-Everywhere – This-That-Everything

Short walk via the underpass where the bus-stop is by FullertonHotel.
Tue: Happy 51st-Bday to 1stBorn Linn – celebrated her day with cakes by the beach, her favourite place to be! Appreciations with thanks to Lily&Ingvald for visit and for my favourite Norwegian chocolate. Nice to meet with a Norwegian who actually likes being&living in SIN when he lived&worked for a decade many years ago.  Now they live in Sandeid/Norway and return annually for visits – safe journeys back to Norway and hope to catch up when they next visit.

Screen-Time-Bringing

14 Mar 2025 – Welcome Back Winnie

Wed: checking&picking out what to watch fully and have chosen these to what is considered worthwhile for my personal interest. Was a total fan of GeorgePeppard/Breakfast@Tiffany’s/1961 during teen years – just watched his CrimeDrama Pendulum, great timeless movie plot despite the outfits and being filmed in 1969.

Words – so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them – Nathaniel Hawthorne

Not my favourite genre and do not usually watch Sci-Fi movies but somehow do not know why the feeling&mood got me clicking into this movie while scrolling YouTubeFreeMovies. ApocalypseRising/IceTornados/2025?- where ppl are trying to control&manipulate the weather, realistic enough to get thru’ the whole movie catching my attention where humans&technology will probably self-destruct eventually, ie do NOT mess with MotherNature – pix downloaded

Drama The Sounding/2017 beautifully shot in MonheganIsland,ME/USA profound issues when society does not accept those who cannot be understood. Not every body’s cup of tea unless you enjoy Shakespeare, psychology and literature – pix downloaded

Thou art a disease which must be cut away – Shakespeare

Thu: welcome Winnie back to SIN – forgot about pix of us despite over 6+hrs lunching! but must have much to catch up!! Managed to capture some pix of ‘before/1933 and after/2025’ shots of StPatrick’sSchool on the station-wall while waiting@MRT-MTsta!

Interesting to see the difference between the 2 photos and the extent of the reclamation – over the past two centuries, SIN land area has expanded by 25% – from 58,150 to 71,910 hectares (or 578 to 719 sq km).

Land From Sand: Singapore’s Reclamation Story

Did not know this about bicycles that are left at the station overnight will be seized! SparkletotsPreSchoolers having a fieldtrip.

Climate change is causing temperatures to rise, which can significantly worsen air pollution. According to the American Lung Association, heightened heat levels can lead to increased ground-level ozone, aggravating conditions such as asthma and other respiratory diseases.  The WHO emphasizes that seniors are more vulnerable to heat-related illnesses, respiratory issues, and chronic disease complications. Besides age, can this be also part of the culprit to my lung issues?? Pix downloaded.

20 Surprising Links Between Climate Change and Public Health

Fri: NDC rescheduled to today – somehow Geriatric sounds really OLD! despite being the few there who was not with a caregiver or help!

All’s well that ends well and more appts scheduled to adjust new dentures but today with renewed energy, the mood was there to gallivant into Chinatown

enjoying&snacking some my favourite foods in vengeance for not being able to do it over the CNY and the past 3months – hahaha. Feeling totally blessed that appetite,breathing&walking~8,000steps, more or less back to normal – life is good on this TGIF.

20yrs ago was then also blessed with this beautiful #2grandchild.  Thank you for bringing much love&joy into this life journey.

Quietest Places On Earth

11 Mar 2025 – Haleakalā Crater,Maui,HI/USA

Sat: Happy International Women’s Day – IWD has always been about gender inequality&discrimination. Gender equity is still not a reality in the world – IWD is a day to raise awareness for equity to ALL people regardless of gender,race,religion,etc.

A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men — Gloria Steinem

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Chinese characters always fascinated me but somehow can only remember the few easy ones! Despite Cantonese being my mother tongue, still unable to use it to express spoken or written. Using the character woman and see the logic when you combine these characters with another – this is so neat!

Pick Monkey Mon[1]女  = woman

好  hǎo = good/adding the character child next to woman

Ānn = peace/a roof over 1 woman

女女 nuan = quarrel/2 women together

jian = adultery/3 women together

IWD is a good day to review these Chinese characters with woman compound! If only these characters were taught as such during our school days, the interest to learn would have been there!

Chinese character component 女 woman (meaning) – Ninchanese

Blessed with perfect sunny breezy mornings over the last few days for the laundry with front door facing East/morning sun and afternoon sun/West from the kitchen&storeroom, best&excellent for drying laundry naturally. Guest bedlinen,towels,etc washed&dried ready for storage until the next visitor.

A crazy storm suddenly blew here in the afternoon slamming all kinds of doors&windows,etc and over within 5mins cooling down temps.

Sun: time to SpringForward for those living in DayLightSavingTimeZones. Do like the peace&serenity of shopping before the crowds – delighted to see that even our small local food&wet-market kept to the simple tasteful fitting colours of the season. Appreciations with thanks to Gel for sharing her goodies from Australia, would not usually eat processed meats but will make an exception and will be delicious with a cheese platter. Pleased to have grocery shopped,cleaned&refridged before noon as the rains started – lovely to be chilling with audiobook&sewing for the afternoon.

Thanks for dinner@Rochalie, happy to see this orchid blooming – remember getting it some years ago.

Not sure about this LKY&self-portrait artwork by CyrilCongo, was told that if you look carefully the full name LKY&SIN are somewhere there?? Hopefully good investments for bro considering that SIN celebrates its 60Bday in Aug and both of us being admirers of LKY.

Cyril Kongo, Graffiti Alchemist: Journey of Knowledge and Chromatic Craft | Art Galleries Association Singapore

Mon: difficult to concentrate,focus,think,etc today, noisy renovations in the block+outside constructions but feeling lazy&tired to go anywhere, so will resolve to headphones&movies. HaleakalāCrater,Maui,HI/USA a dormant volcano, is renowned as the quietest place on Earth. Stepping into the crater is supposed to be a life-changing experience, as the decibel levels are so low that even whispers can sound like shouts, beam me there right now for a couple of days – pix downloaded.

Where are the quietest places on Earth?

Tue: appt@NDC cancelled today, dentist sick!

SIN-ManpowerMinister/PAP Tan SeeLeng used a HKG film anecdote to rebuff an opposition member of the SIN-ProgressParty/PSP Leong MunWai pressing for employment figures when he quoted actor AndyLau-2004/Blood Brothers –

I say but you don’t listen, you listen but you don’t understand, you understand but you don’t do, you do but do it wrongly, you do it wrongly but don’t admit, you admit but don’t change, you change but you are not convinced, then what do you want me to do?

Cantonese is an amazing Chinese dialect when you understand it and in this case its exactly my sentiments when talking to some ppl…

Andy Lau line in Singapore parliament sparks debate over minister’s ‘frustration’ | South China Morning Post

New Tengah And Seletar MRT-Lines

7 Mar 2025 – SGH

Tue: ShrovePancakeTueday and no pancakes today but whole morning in SGH and with DrOng was good that the CT-scan results showed whatever that was there has shrunk and next scan due Aug. With DrDevanand, 2new prescriptions(Prednisolone/reduce inflammation&Erdosteine/phlegm)for the next few weeks hoping to rid this constant cough+more test to be carried out. Feels like the lungs have been compromised since Covid and 2020Lung-surgery? Let’s hope that breathing will better by the next month’s appt. Admiring&enjoying the surroundings between consultations.

Auspicious sign or too many mice there?? Would think twice about going there – pix downloaded

Python slithers into Redhill Market…, Latest News – The New Paper

A snake can shade its skin, but it still remines a snake – AfricanProverb

Dinner with May@Tonito/JewelS$82 before she took off after a short&sweet working visit. Appreciate&tkx for the visit – made my week. Decent LatinAmerican food but would prefer Guac&Pico without pineapples! Somehow the fusion with pineapples did not suit my taste but blessed to have a meal with my beautiful 2ndBorn surrounded by lush greenery with the RainVortexWaterfall in the background. Was there in 2022 –

Tonito – Good Latin-American Food – Here-There-Everywhere – This-That-Everything

Wed: AshWednesday – joy-riding(~1hr) on Bus16-33-shuttle@SGH to deliver sputum sample for testing and shuttle from SGH-MRT-TEL-OutramPkSta back to the EastSide(~30mins). Time consuming but do have time and grateful that it is still possible to get there myself with as little walking possible, especially when short of breath with moments feeling like a sloth at present! Walks to the MRTs take longer despite the shorter time on the trains. Back to a familiar station watching kids in familiar uniforms enjoying@this new Cheers(nearer Exit1)while sitting for a couple of mins on the bench(nearer Exit2)appreciating the moments of the luxury of SIN-public-transport choices.

12.18hrsBus16/MCres-OldAirportRd12.34hrs$0.69c
12.40hrsBus33/OldARd-OutramRd 13.20hrsS$0.34c
14.05hrsMRT-TEL-MT-sta14.30hrs
Paid total S$1.03 to&fro for SeniorFares+Transfers/according to SBS-Transit-T&C-fares.

Every act of energy conservation… is more than just common sense – JimmyCarter

Thu: while in SC/USA pix from Linn, msg from the grandkids’ HighSchool and Australia is bracing for CycloneAlfred.

Cyclone Alfred: Rare tropical cyclone threatens millions on Australia’s east coast, to cross near Brisbane Friday | CNN

Here its laundry time and out with the sewing machine – delighted to find these giftcards,stickers&BeanieBabies collected over the years. OK got the message, no more buying any of such items. Content to be financially,mentally,physically self-sufficient in this life-journey so far. Thoughts of being dependent or reliant challenges me to do the utmost best to NOT go in that direction.

Self-reliance, always. And cheerfulness – Marcus Aurelius

Fri: 2 new MRT-lines serving 400,000+ households could be operational in the 2040s, pending feasibility studies by LTA and no will definitely not live to see them. As it is, thrilled to be on MRT-TEL-MTsta hoping to experience BedokSouth&SungeiBedokSta which are still under construction. How will this tiny RedDot hold up to these constant UnderGround&AboveGround constructions?? Hopefully the experts know exactly what they are doing with their calculation&research.

New Tengah and Seletar MRT lines being studied, could be operational from 2040s – CNA

566 Seafood Restaurant

3 Mar 2025 – Family Gathering

Fri: TGIF and a good weekend to all on this last Feb2025Day. Constructions(sheltered-walkway@junction MarineCrescent&Terrace and congestions@junction Ophir&NorthB-Rd are some of the least favourite happenings today – hopefully when these are over the consequences will be more favourable! CC to check out the construction of NexLevel which will probably be completed before the barracks are down on BukitTimahRd which have been there for I do not remember how long ago??

Adding highway lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity – Lewis Mumford
Walking from Napier-MRT-staDempseyRd, might have strained some ankle muscle up the slight incline on Minden&HardingRd where JimThompson is no longer but OpenFarmComm is still there with a new TB-Bakery.
Appreciations for dinner@TheRedSparrow – forgot to take pix with May and her godfather KK+food this round, was here nearly 2yrs ago for lunch then.

Apr2023: tkx to Carmel for lunch – 1st visit to RedSparrow/DempseyRd

BánhKhọt, a mini savory pancake with a piece of shrimp on top; BánhXèo a crispy stuffed rice pancake, both dishes were yummy and new to me.

Profound classic Vietnamese poem by Hồ Xuân Hương(1772-1822) – The Cake That Drifts In Water, translated by Huỳnh Sanh Thông

My body is both white and round
In water I now swim, now sink.
The hand that kneads me may be rough
I still shall keep my true-red heart.

This round for dinner&eating something quite different, again all new to me – do like their JasmineLeaf despite it being heavy on the seasoning – food pix downloaded.
Sat: lovely Spring pix tkx to PaulK who lives in the part of the world where Spring has Sprung. No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow – English Proverb
MarineParadeCAREfridge OpenFridgeDay today – downstairs on my way across the road to pick up fresh milk and looking at the lines, seems like they will have no problems distributing the foods and not desperate enough to be in that crowd – hahaha.

566SeafoodRestaurant@MandaiEstateMRT-TEL-MarineTsta-Woodlands/55mins changing to MRT-NSL-KranjiSta/5mins changing to Bus 178 or 960/15mins for a family gathering to meet with

16auntie,17uncle,18auntie&uncle+some of their families and especially for cousin CalvinChengLoong here for a short visit from Australia + an early Bday celebration for nephew George who will be 6 on Mon. Coincident&nice that May is here to celebrate&meet with the family tonight, 3generations with the eldest being 92 and youngest 6! Thanks to Roy&Calvin for arranging&organizing and to John for the ride to MRT-TEL-SpringleafSta – impressed that he is still driving safely, especially night driving.

AppetizerPlatter:避风塘白饭鱼DeepFriedSliverBait, 泰式熏鸭海蜇MarinatedSpicyDuck with JellyFish, 果沙律虾PrawnSalad with FreshFruit. 笋壳鱼 港式蒸MarbleGobySteamed with SoyaSauce, 明炉吊烧鸭 CrispyRoastedDuck,

冰花蜜汁黑豚扒Pan-FriedKurobutaPorkChop with HoneySauce, 家乡罗汉斋Homemade BraisedLuohanVegetable, 家乡炒面线StirFriedMianXian with AssortedSeafood.

螃蟹Crab经典辣椒StirFriedHomemadeChilliSauce&咸蛋(湿/干)StirFried with SaltedEgg, 杨枝甘露ChilledMangoPuree with Sago&Pomelo.

Highly recommended for the food despite of where it is located, ie in an industrial foreign workers’ dormitory area!

https://www.facebook.com/566seafood/

Sun: what a wonderful creative way to recycle NespressoCapsules@Nespresso/ION by MRT-OrchardSta-Exit9.

Tkx to Theres&CJ for another scrumptious dinner@ImperialTreasureTeochew/Ion and this time round for some dishes not even on the menu!

One of the best SucklingPiglets乳豬tasted, SeaCucumber 海参, Abalone&FishMaw with cabbage 鮑魚魚肚/花膠++other dishes all done to perfection.

Mon: a good week ahead to all to start the RamadanMonth+Lent/5Mar – perhaps fasting will be a good idea after all these yummy&rich foods over Feb and the last weekend. Running errands@ArabSt&Spotlight/PlazaSIN, hoping to make 2table-placemats+T-Cosy. Drama on Bus16 on the way back, a woman fell upon embarking@RafflesHotelStop/15.30hrs and was bleeding from her head, driver got all the other passengers off and called the ambulance. Hope that she will be OK – a reminder again to watch every step and to not rush for any bus as will always be in time for the next bus…

Happy MarBdays to family/at least 14 who I know of!

2Mar – ArleenUAMLI
3Mar – LAM JungZni George
4Mar – Brenna LAM-KENNEDY
6Mar – LindaTAY
9 Mar – LEONG SueLyn
11Mar – KenTAN
13Mar – RobynKAWAMOTO
14Mar – EllieHALL
15Mar – DanielWONG
17Mar – LEONG Pat-Lynn,BethYEOH,Happy St Pats
18Mar – LinnHALL,LAM YiSheng
31Mar – JosephineLAM

Friends MarBdays/at least 15 who I know of!