6 Sep 2025 – Welcome Lisa&Lily
Wed: 20yrs ago, I was the only female from SIN to complete the AppalachianTrail-Thru’hike/USA ~2,175m/3,500k in 127days. Appreciations with thanks to the press ST/27Jan2008,SundayPost/2Mar2008,MyPaper/26May2008 and even the local Chinese paper,
and magazines Prime/Mar-Apr2008,Shape/May2008 for their write-ups then. Quite a surprised to get so much attention and keep newspapers cutting+magazines to remind myself how speechless I was about completing this hike! Today I am still the only female from SIN who has hiked the AT-Thru’hike while AT-fellow-hikers are hiking the 100MileWilderness/USA now at this moment.
Life is a journey, not a destination – Steven Tyler.
Welcome Lisa fr HI/USA &Lily fr BBK/Thailand – nice to catch up and thanks to CDC vouchers for NasiLemak lunch@59MarineT.
Thrilled to discover that CDC can also be used@BengawanSolo for my favourite Kuehs – derived from the MinNanChinese Kueh – 粿 are bite-sized snack or dessert foods commonly found in Southeast Asia&China.
FishBallSoup(yes SIN-fish have balls,hahaha),HorFun,ShrimpPasteChicken蝦醬雞all went down well@50A-MarineT-hawker, and first time tasting this finger-licking-good chicken for the overseas guests. This chicken is a uniquely SIN way of cooking deep-fried chicken where regular batter is replaced with a special shrimp paste batter, so that the wing packs a punch full of flavour. Appreciations for CDC ~S$70 for today’s 3meals+drinks for 3ppl is such a deal considering that Lisa&Lily spending ~S$50 for 2cups of coffee+pastry@ParisBaguette!
Appreciations for bringing this unusual gift from Huang who remembers that by wearing socks within my 4-walls is a way to keep my lungs happier away from the dust – how thoughtful of him.
Thank you for gifts and for my shopping – feels like Christmas… hahaha
Thu: Happy Bdays to 2ndBorn May and nephew Vincent – haircut and running errands@PP on this lovely afternoon. The energy is not there to join the overseas visitors@GardenByTheBay&Spargo. Needed this walk crossing the overhead bridge on StillRd with scarce traffic towards ECP or MP-Rd at this times when it is best for me to do my errands, etc.
Following&living vicariously thru’ Hannah&Heiko’s Scotland-hike (LochLomond/Inversnaid), Calvin’s Japan-driving/camping (ShiroimoriAutoCampingGround), Clement’s China&Tibet (YellowDragonMt). Enjoy seeing&hearing from them with the curiosity still there but in different angles&lenses watching the younger generation testing their wings! Hopefully these wings here can still be stretched to SC/USA in Feb2026 for #1Katy’s wedding and again the mind is willing but the body might be telling me otherwise…
Fri: HappyBday to #6-Olai – 14yrs and seems like yesterday he was born! Stomach could not handle another HighTea for now, just popped by Atlas to say bye to Lily who will be heading with Lisa to China tomorrow. What a coincidence to have the server who remembers me when I was here in Apr – gave her a spray of orchid for her excellent service then! Lisa will be back in SIN again on Fri on her way back to HI/USA. Oyster&cheese night with Gel@FairpiceX/PP.
Sat: prescriped medications delivered FOC after last week’s SGH-appt, convenient when not needed immediately. Its the school holiday week here this coming week, so will avoid going out, not even for whatever bargains,deals or fest – hahaha.
A bargain is something you don’t need, at a price you can’t resist. — Franklin Jones