16 Oct 2025 – Happy Fall Break to My Fabulous5 USA-Flock
Mon: the summer has gone by quickly for SC/USA-flock and now it’s Fall-Break for them there. Katy#1 will be done with her Masters@UofSC/Dec2025,Ellie#2@ClemsonU,John#3@Uof SC,Sophie#4,James#5 are both in IrmoHighSchool.
Nice to catch up with Garry for dinner before he takes off to Bali – have been saving this VeuveClicquot to share and a long while ago since we shared a bottle of this bubbles. One of my favourite champagnes and the last one in storage leaving these empty containers collected over the decades! First tasted in the late 1970s@Arne&Ingeborg’s wedding/Norway and liked it. Learnt then it was nicknamed as Gul enke=YellowWidow but did not really know the history until the movie WidowClicquot was released. https://thebubblesreview.com/widow-clicquot-movie-review/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-widow-who-created-the-champagne-industry-180947570/
There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne ―
From 27Dec2025 public transport fares for me/ConcessionCard will be .04c more when travelling more than 7.2k – this will be the 5thconsecutive year of fare hikes in SIN, following increases of up to .10c in adult card fares in 2024; .11c in 2023, .05c in 2022 and .04c in 2021 – pix downloaded.
- Adult public transport fares will increase by .o9c for shorter trips and .10c for journeys exceeding 17.2k.
- ConcessionCard holders will see no change in fares for short bus&train rides of up to 3.2k, unlike the .04c increase faced in 2024.
- Journeys between 3.3k and 7.2k, ConcessionCard fares will go up by .03c. ConcessionCard fares for trips longer than 7.2k will increase by .04c.
Tue: was supposed to be at the central library for a NLB Programme – Empathetic Virtual Reality: A Bridge to Connecting with Seniors. The case of mind being willing but body is telling otherwise is happening more and nowadays at this stage of life journey, it is not a matter of mind being weak but would be wiser to listen more to the body.
Body&mind refer to two interconnected aspects of a person: the body is the physical,tangible self, while the mine represents non-physical mental processes like thoughts,emotions,consciousness. The relationship between them, known as the mind-body connection, is a two-way street where mental states influence physical health&bodily processes impact mental state.
Wed: Campers’ to finalize a day for the presentation and to LittleIndia before the main Deepavali/Mon20 weekend crowds. Not that brave to wander into the crowds, pysched myself to just snap a few shots near them soaking in the ambience when still able to appreciate this LittleRedDot’s diversity but not be caught dead or alive here this weekend – hahaha!
TekkaCentra for ChickenBiryani&CoconutH20S$9 dinner+MangoLassiS$3 to go for an early Celebration of the Lights tonight.
Traffic was back to back and the barricades at this traffic lights on SerangoonRd did not help with my annual shot – better than none. Fortunate to get a seat on a packed Bus48 riding with eyes closed all the way until it got back to the EastSide.
Thu: good to take it easy updating this blog with appreciations to Yukie for dropping by to help with some logistics for the China-trip.