9 Dec 2025 – Christmas Lights
Sat: obrigado/Portuguese – the live-cut TallTutsan after a week despite being told that they have a short-display-span is still looking pretty this early morning with the last of 2025 Super-full-moon ColdMoon amongst the ongoing gift wrapping.
Such a pleasure to have this beautiful full moon for company with delightful lights in the neighbourhood by the market.
The moon has a face like the clock in the hall;
She shines on thieves on the garden wall,
On streets and fields and harbour quays,
And birdies asleep in the forks of the trees.
The squalling cat and the squeaking mouse,
The howling dog by the door of the house,
The bat that lies in bed at noon,
All love to be out by the light of the moon.
But all of the things that belong to the day
Cuddle to sleep to be out of her way;
And flowers and children close their eyes
Till up in the morning the sun shall arise – Robert Louis Stevenson
MRT-TEL-MarineT-sta/Exit1; this year the tree is no longer by the market but at the junction of MP-Rd&MarineC just across the road from MRT-TEL-MarineT-sta/Exit2.
Sun: nandri நன்றி/Tamil – tkx to 2ndBorn who was recently in London/UK and shared my favourite of all favourites ChristmasLights of what I can so far see today! When they are done with such classy-simple-elegance, ie to my taste, no need to change for as long as these eyes still see…
2ndSunday of Advent/7th day on the AdventCalendar – 2 more Sundays/17days to Xmas. FB-Memories from 2014/11yrs ago reminded that the 2ndSunday of Advent was also the 7th day on the AdventCalendar!
Appreciations for SundayDinner@Rochalie and tkx for wine – good PopiahS$2.60per-roll from food-court@PP. BabyKai is now 10months who kisses&hugs his mother’s phone when he sees or hears his father’s voice, so adorable&cute – babies are such a nice way to start life with their tiny feet leaving the biggest footprints on our hearts…
Mon: 多謝/doh jeh for gifts, 唔該/m goi for favours&service/CantoneseChinese. Enjoyed catching up with LynneO@PlazaSIN spending an afternoon reminiscing on our early teenage years from CHIJ which seems another lifetime ago. How innocent&naive we were then when a wild party literally meant dancing the night away without any smoking, drinking of alcohol or hanky-panky. 2025ChristmasLightsOrchardRd,
Paragon and Takashimaya.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Everywhere you go
There’s a tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well
It’s the sturdy kind that doesn’t mind the snow – M.Willson/1951
Tue: terima kasih/Malay – thankU for prompt reply from VincentC/contractor who got the plumber for the leak from the toilet cistern into the toilet bowl, to be expected from faulty&old gaskets&valves.
Could not even turn off the water supply as the valve was stuck but thank goodness the leak was slow. Google to learn that these components would cost ~S$10 online but could not fix it myself. With 2foreign workers for ~45mins, now replaced new components+valve connection S$150. Hopefully this will be it for 2025-plumbing bills after S$100 for the kitchen sink leak in July.