17 Dec 2025 – Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Sun: ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် kyaayyjuutainparsai/Burmese/myanmar language – with CC-friends welcoming BillC, one more Sunday/10days to Xmas. Nice to catch up for early local Bfast@MT-Market/my favourite CheeCheongFunCCF-Stall/猪肠粉a steamed rice noodle roll originated from GuangDong/China. A Cantonese dish made of thin layer rice flour batter, steamed and rolled up to resemble pig intestine (as the name implies CheeCheong=PorkIntestine, Fun=Flour) pix credits to Calvin and Helen.
Pleasant short stroll and not too crowded with ppl fishing&napping@EC-Pk/SiglapCanal,AreaC before the predicted afternoon rains. Iyas cycled 18k from his home and now has to push his bike with us while Calvin has gone to do his test for a valid motor-bike licence – pix credits to Helen.
Gentle snores were heard while preparing for a light lunch – should it be a compliment that they are so comfortable&relax enough to nap within my 4-walls? or an insult about my company? hahaha!
Cheese&FruitsLunch after a brief nap.
Congratulations to Calvin for passing his tests – pix credits to Iyas & Helen.
ThankU for yummy chocolate from Switzerland with our Xchange of gifts on this 3rd AdventSunday.
Appreications with thanks for favourite homemade rich&creamy LobsterBisque indulgence, scrumptious SteakRochalie, etc by broLeslie for Sunday dinner with wine&whisky to die for.
Blessed to be able to taste such perfectly-cooked food with sensational spirits. 2015VegaSiciliaÚnicoReservaEspecial isn’t a single-vintage wine but a special release (NV) blending iconic older vintages. ÒirLeòmhann a SIN-based Scotch whisky brand, but a specific 35-year aged whisky does not appear to be a standard or current product in their lineup based on available information. The brand is known for limited and rare releases with specific age statements…
https://www.millesima.sg/vega-sicilia-unico-2015.html
Mon: dakon/Esperanto – on this cool wet day but depressing to hear&read about these shootings at a HanukkahCelebration in Australia Sydney’s/BondiBeach and USA/BrownU@RhodeIsland over the weekend. Speechless without words but with sadness for the situations and to all affected – pix downloaded.
Only with gun violence do we respond to repeated tragedies by saying that mourning is acceptable but discussing how to prevent more tragedies is not. But that’s unacceptable. As others have observed, talking about how to stop a mass shooting in the aftermath of a string of mass shootings isn’t too soon. It’s much too late — Klein
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-14/what-we-know-bondi-beach-shooting/106141672
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/14/us/benjamin-erickson-brown-university-shooting
Downhearted to learn that one of my favourite Hollywood movie directors RobReiner&wife were murdered by their mentally distrubed son, Nick/32 – feeling of helplessness with such undesirable and turbulent Monday news.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12/15/us/rob-michele-reiner-dead
Tue: grazie/Italian – was planning HorFunDinner@MT-market but was closed for cleaning. Seb had Korean-food while I tried out the OK dishes at the newly renovated ChangChengMeeWah@MarineT, S$9Clams,ChickenFeet,Fish w Rice.
Wed: go raibh maith agat/GaelicIrish – a very wet perfect day to be indoors. Finally managed to watch parts of the famous WinterSonata/KoreanDrama from 2002. Heard so much about it when first returned back to SIN in the early 2000s but did not have the time or interest for dramas and still no interest especially after discovering that there are 20episodes. Watched part of episode1 and fast forward to episode20 with some reading to get the jist of what the big hooha was about. What a cheesy-tear-jerker-chick-flick but PrettyBoy/EyeCandy BAE YongJoon was worth that few minutes to understand what the hype – hahaha.
https://www.kdramalove.com/wintersonata.html
All the time in the world can’t erase my memories. A person you bury in your heart, you can never forget.