17 Oct 2022: Mr Harrigan’s Phone

Fri: Happy National Dessert Day, an excuse to indulge with your favourite dessert – too many favourties to decide, depending on the mood! Ice cream never disappoint, especially my fav Ben&Jerry’s CoffeeCoffee.

On Netflix MrHarrigan’sPhone – a boy and an aging billionaire bonding over books and their first iphone – genres stated drama, but read after the movie that is a teen horror drama film based on the novella by StephenKing from the collection If It Bleeds. If I had read that first, StephenKing, horror! would not have watched it, but glad that did not read first as it got me reflecting to check if certain thoughts have changed?

Would not consider it a horror movie. Can relate to MrH who chooses to live alone and his comment about the danger of false info becoming common&accepted as true. A good advise from him to Craig was that he will dispatch enemies with haste and feel no guilt. When Craig asked his teacher about ghost and she replied that one should not summon the dead unless they want an answer and that not all ghost are holy. When the Gods Wish to Punish Us, They Answer Our Prayers – Oscar Wilde

Movie based on true story – Heaven Is For Real, a true story about a 4yr Colton who visits heaven during a high-risk operation on his burst appendix. https://amylamsg.com/2019/05/20/imagine-theres-no-countries/

Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people living for today…

Have recently read that so far there are 4,200religions, but prefer to keep to a minimum words about them in my blog postings. Thoughts&feelings regarding the differences of beliefs,rituals,religions,etc are usually personal&subjective. Have learnt&experienced that it is usually not constructive discussing about them unless ppl can respect,share&learn from the differences, ie being objective&open. https://amylamsg.com/2014/05/01/beliefs-religions-rituals/

Beliefs,faith,hopes,religions,rituals etc vs logic&reality – is that possible? As DeniseS puts it so eloquently – Our humanness makes us vulnerable and we all seek solace in different ways. I suppose it depends on the devils that haunt one from life’s experiences that determine what manner of solace we choose.

https://amylamsg.com/2011/08/22/if-religion-is-a-thing/

Re-reading some of these past blog postings and some from more than a decade ago, and perhaps the mind may have matured now – hahaha! Thoughts have not changed much, but more important that the mind is now more open to admit not believing does not mean that it does not exist for others who believe.

https://amylamsg.com/2010/12/18/rituals/

Sat: appreciations&tkx and congratulations to LynnWongYQ for a great book launch in Chinatown – Reviving QiXi, looking forward to reading this signed copy of the interesting bi-lingual(Chinese/English)forgotten SevenSistersFestival.

Nice to catch up with Ernest & Victor; PatrickYee’s impression on how QiXi was at SaiBakMun/NorthwestGate西北門in the 1930s, now Habourfront. Could not resist shooting today’s real photographer – would have fallen and unable to get up if this camera was hanging around my neck!

Delighted to meet ChooLS who has a pix of 5TemenggongRd from the 1950s, excited to see it and hope that he will find the time to share it.

Views from 5TemenggongRd 1950s&2000s are shared on pp146,155&156 where growing up with 3grandmothers when every such festivals, rituals, etc were marked with all kinds of foods&offerings. Great fun for the kids, usually not having the slightest clue what they were about, thus just good memories transported back in time. Now looking forward to learning more from the book.

Chinatown is as usual full of life with various activities, including a wedding despite of the high-wave of Covid-infections. Today’s launch&walk-abouts were all outdoors, except for the bus-rides to&fro, where masks still have to be worn and sensibly so.

Sun&Mon: with the 4-walls more or less back to normal with a slight change, now more time to prepare foods which are time-demanding. SmokedSalmonLadybugs on cucumber&creamcheese with chives, made of cherry tomatoes&blueberries garnished with dill, black-sesame-seeds take time to prepare, but only a few seconds to eat- hahaha. Annette suggested black olives, and good idea for those who like that, personally, the smoked salmon is savoury as it is and I prefer contrast of the sweet blueberries.

13 Oct 2022: Hello Garry

Mon: successful day for family@SungeiBuloh, while it was another laundry morning+follow-up appt@SGH and no complications after tonsillectomy. Watching #6 enjoying one more night dip with his new water toys and some advance Halloween cakes before his flight tomorrow.

Tue: tkx to Clement for one more basket(10) 小籠包 XiaoLongBao from #6’s favourite place 鼎泰豐 DinTaiFung with a robot directing us to out table. The record for XiaoLongBao is held by Kiera who ate 22, ie 2+baskets – wow! difficult to beat that!! Ready now for their long flight via Finland back to Norway – no direct flights from SIN-OSL.

Goodbyes are not forever, are not the end; it simply means I’ll miss you until we meet again…

Wed: is it possible that it has been 6+yrs ago??? and it was also a Wed in Mar2016 when Garry&I last met and on transit with champagne-picnic-basket@ChangiAirportT1, but this time round just Bfast@TheHainanStory海南寶ChapterOne/Hotel Boss as he had an overnight stay. No champagne or solving world’s problems this time round, hahaha but great to catch up with his driving trip in Australia and the new apt in Sydney.

Mar2016: : how lovely to be able to catch up with Garry on transit. Enjoyed a nice chat and picnic with him at T1 viewing gallery where we did not have to deal with the lunch crowds or the noise. Unable to solve the world’s problems this time round, but the Kinetic Rain there never fail to fascinate me.

Nov2008: Garry in Norway – https://amylamsg.com/2008/11/04/signs/

Jul2010: visit to Bali – https://amylamsg.com/2010/07/09/bali1/

Safe onward journeys to Garry and until we meet again. Perhaps then, will our cards be in better position to trump over evil the next time round.

Thu: airing&sunning cushions, floor-rugs, mattresses, etc – make hay while the sun shines despite that mattresses are not made of hay! nowadays, it shines mainly in the morning, but somehow today there was no rain all day, perfect day for autumn-cleaning. Most of the laundry done, ready to be stored until the next visit.

2Halloween basketsUS$80 taken care of to be delivered to family in SC/USA. Convenient with online shopping and WineCountryGiftBaskets/USA where they have all the addresses used by me in their system, must have been using them the past 2decades.

First time hair was buzzed was just before AT-thru’hike/USA May2005, tkx to Dee then. Time for another buzz, now its all white! in anticipation to hopefully get in shape for another thru’hike/bike/drive in Aug/Sep2023@PEI/Canada. Much to read&research with mental&physcial preparations ahead and the world reveals itself to those who travel on foot.

9 Oct 2022 – Treetops Executive Residences

Wed: rain or shine, there is always some silver lining – trust an 11yrs old to find it and be it despite that his mormor=maternal grandmother in Norwegian voicing her concerns that one of the tanker-ships being too near to the shore!

Moving on to TreetopsServiceApts where a pool is easily accessible is a good idea, and this youngest grandson is certainly related to his mormor, hahaha – here all ready unpacked by himself with his clothes folded&placed tidily in the closet.

2+2k walk to&from KK for is no problem for these Norwegians bearing gift from the mountains in Norway, causing some stares along Orchard&ScottsRd. Met with the L&M’s Danish/Norwegian uncle, EspenPoulsson(their paternal grandmother’s branch) who has been living&working in SIN for the past 19yrs! Forgot to take pix, but hopefully will catch up over the weekend.

Thu: his mother had to work while the guys went hiking with KK&guests at TheSouthernRidges+TemenggongRd. AirZone@CitySqMall was a great success for #6 but mormor was walking up&down the escalators this time round after learning from the last round with grandnieces,Devon&Eliot in Jan2022 that walking on these nets was not a good idea at this stage in life!! Glad to be able to use up the last of the 4tickets. To end the evening with ppl he calls my friends-lol for dinner@DinTaiFung with gifts+arcade games must have really made his day.

Fri: Happy 80th to a dearest brother, Leslie – started the day with early personal delivery of our gifts; NorwegianGravlaks, 80steamed mini CharShuiBaos叉燒包 and 8Sunflowers.

Appreciations&thanks to Leslie, a wonderful brother here with his immediate family+sisters,nieces,nephews,grandnieces,grandnephews(Kat/daughter returning from the USA,Albert/sil breaking his work trip,May&family/niece from Norway) for his 80thBday bash gathering of his family&friends(~110ppl).

Family pix credits to Jessie:
BackRow L-R OrangeGen
Sue,PatLynn&David,Clement,Judy,Adeline&Lee,Kat,Patricia&Albert,May&Bjørn
MiddleRowSitting L-R GreenGen
Jo,Leslie&Ivy,me
FrontRow L-R PurpleGen
Lucas,Beth,Stanley,Kiera,Isebella,Olai

Yummy foods&drinks and a great night was enjoyed by all@Angie’sOysterBar&Grill

This is as Elegant Attire as it can get for me hahaha, not an IssyMiyake outfit, not as far as I know as it was sold by some young ppl@BedokInterchange,S$50. Pix credits of Les&Ivy to Kat – EpiphyllumOxypetalum or KengHwa(what my paternal grandmother called them and we had them thru’out my childhood days)which bloomed when they returned home from the party – sign of good luck.

https://flowerpowerdaily.com/tan-hua-flower-becomes-a-star-thanks-to-crazy-rich-asians/

Sat: appreciations to EsbenPoulsson for his invite and for his book signed&presented to 2ndBorn. What a coincident that he lives in the same block as Patricia&Albert. Took #6 back to Treetops for a swim before dinner, as it is he is soo good with much patience to be the only child amongst all these grown-ups chatting away.

Tkx to Les&Ivy, the celebrations continue with another yummy Chinese dinner @ParadiseTeochewRestaurant/ScottsSquare, surprisingly this is the only pix for their family(missing Devon&Eliot), somehow the photographers last night overlooked the details as to who is who!

烧乳猪RoastedSucklingPig-one of the best suckling piglet I have tasted done to perfection, 蒸鲳鱼SteamedPomfret-freshest yummy pomfret, XO酱开边龙虾焖面StewedMeePok with Lobster in XO Sauce

This was one of the most delicious KurobutaPork, here served here with giant scallions, beautifully presented with edible flowers complimenting with this red from Les’s wine cellar.

卤味三拼盘 BraisedTrioCombinationPlatter,石斛花胶炖鸡汤 Double-boiledChickenSoup with Fish Maw, 福果甜芋泥 MashedYam with Gingko

Sun: tkx for DimSumLunch to Pat&David@ParadiseTeochew/ScottsSq. Nice of Beth to make this drawing for #6, the kids could really finished a tower of 小籠包 Xiaolongbao.

Some hours to rest@Treetops before heading into the CBD for dinner. Appreciations to KK for dinner@BengThinHoonKeeRestaurant 茗珍奋记菜馆, first time in this location, had to ask for directions there! Good to catch up with Alex from London/UK and nice to meet Jim&Suzy from VancouverIsland/Canada on this CanadianThanksgivingDay. #6 was not feeling well, his father left early with him. CBD on a Sunday night is like a ghost town and indeed a pleasant&needed quiet evening full-moon-walk after all these foods.

A good family is like an old recipe. You just keep making tweaks until you get it right. A family that eats s’mores together sticks together.

4 Oct 2022: Hello Family From Norway

Sat: hello Oct, after talking on the phone yesterday with Starhub to learn that I had to be there in person to renew the SeniorPlan S$9monthly is worth it even when it means being at the location@Bugis 1045hrs(opening 11.00hrs). There was already a line ahead of me, 1000hrs brunch@my regular BakChorMee-haunt across the road first expecting to wait@Starhub. After an hour wait, was done in 5mins. The sky opened up on the bus, no umbrella was needed – shaded bus stop all the way back to my 4-walls where all the beds are ready for family!

ChangiAirportJewel: a bite@FoodRepublicS$12 so-so food but managed to get O’s favourite mini pineapples&candies@FairpriceFinest.

ChangiAirportT1Arrival: crowded – in future, if I ever have to be there to meet anyone, will bring my own Helinox chair to wait in this GreenArea and hopfully not be chased away! All’s well that ends well – family from Norway arrived safe&sound as scheduled, now they will need to adapt to food,time,weather, etc for their short visit here.

Dinner@neighbourhood’s ZiChar was too much, but #6 still managed to finish his favourite dish.

Sun: his morning view taken by him on his new camera – bday present from his parents.

A successful morning dip in the sea – pix credits to his mother, this grandmother is too much of a whimp to be near or in the weekend crowd.

#6 favourite food小籠包 Xiaolongbao from his favourite place 鼎泰豐 DinTaiFung and yes he managed to finish all that using chopsticks and as he said, only way to eat this dish so as not to destroy the skin!

Mon: collection with his stuff including a new baseball+bat and a full face snorkeling mask  – the grandmother can now venture out on weekdays and can still throw ball, hahaha.

If I would have known that grandchildren were going to be so much fun I would have had them first 

This mask is quite amazing, got me thinking about when there were only 4 such masks small enough they could use for the ThamLuangNangNonCave recuse in 2018. MotherHen keeping an eye on her chick while he is testing out his new mask with success&satisfaction.

No matter how many times I have been down this ArabSt&HajiLn area, there is always something new to discover

and this time round, a new sculpture@ParkviewSq – now closed on Sun&Mon@Atlas, formal DivineWineBar.

https://amylamsg.com/2012/04/18/parkview-square/ https://amylamsg.com/2015/05/03/tourist-guiding-from-the-scarlet-hotel/

Tkx to nephew for yummy burger dinner@AndazLobbyCafe.

Tue: 2nd-born off to work and the guys to PulauUbin while I am trying to clean&tidy up with the drilling&hecking from somewhere upstairs who is doing some renovations – ear-plugs are most useful lately. Pix credits of the wild life@PulauUbin to #6

30 Sep 2022: F1 Road Closures

Thu: HurricaneIan made landfall Wed28Sep~1500hrs FL/USA time at FtMeyers – 1+million are without power. Ppl in the path of Ian plx take extra care to be safe. Will be following&tracking Ian closely as it is predicated to be moving towards SC!! over the weekend. Memories of those FL days preparing for hurricanes are still deep in the mind but have been blessed and was not hit directly by any during my 15yrs stay there. Experienced some wet days with HurricaneAndrew in 1992.

Started my fun day@BedokHeartbeat – do enjoy walking and absorbing the ambience in these heartland areas here in SIN.

Even managed to buy 2hat S$16 and this dress S$50 from these young ppl, Emily&Fiona who are selling for some charity, or so they tell me!

Had a craving for MeeSiam@BedokInterchangeHawker 01-66 but was not hungry enough for the usual whole bowl, usually S$3.50 but was willing to pay the full price with less noodles so as not to waste and was charged S$2.50 which was just perfect for me both the taste&size, will be back, as the saying goes – Waste not, want not.

Met with Helen@Roots,EliasMall for my drastic hair-cut, had not buzzed it like this since just before the 2005ATthru’hike, tkx to Dee then – felt that a change is needed after not been out of SIN for nearly 3yrs and also in anticipation of going back to swimming soon. Dropped by to CC to say hi.

Helen is always a great sport to tag along my spontaneous uphill walks, hahaha and this time round was to MtEmily&Sophia. It was pleasant to step on a natural path again despite it being just a few steps. MelbaCafe was closed, so will have to be another time to go inside there.

Whenever I am in this area, memories of childhood days of the grand Eu Villa, and like #5TemenggongRd such a pity that it is also gone.

Oh well! at least the memory is still intact – sunset also means its time to head for a bite. Found the narrow never-ending stairs leading us down to between the Cathay&SOTA buildings, has been a long while ago since I took these stairs.

CôChung@PlazaSIN – have been wanting to eat these WaterFernCake again and glad to introduce them to Helen – Bánh Bèo/steamed rice cake with crushed shrimp, scallion oil topping with special sweet fish sauce. Bus16 ride from OrchardRd back to the MarineC was still OK tonight around 22.30hrs, but the driver must have thought he was driving the F1 and got back safely to my 4-walls in record time, hahaha – for real!

Will most certainly be keeping my distance from the areas in&around the F1 circuit in SIN this weekend. All 32 buses along these routes will be diverted and going anywhere by or near or via these areas will be diverted and will take much longer to go from the East to downtown. https://www.8days.sg/seeanddo/thingstodo/singapore-f1-2022-road-closures-transport-guide-692061

Bed linen, extra mattress, towels are out from storage getting ready for arrival from Norway tomorrow. Byebye Sep2022.

30Sep2022: WorldOmeter of COVID-19 deaths are as follow:

24 Sep 2022 – Four-In-One Rail And Bus Depot 

Wed: CrossIslandLine/CRL is SIN 8th MRT line and the longest fully underground line at more than 50km. It will be constructed in three phases and is expected to start next year. Some stations are expected to be opened by 2032 – will definitely not live to see the completion of this line!

https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/upcoming_projects/rail_expansion/cross_island_line.html

EastCoastIntegratedDepot will contain three train depots and one bus depot within a single site of 36ha. SIN largest train and bus depot (four-in-one rail and bus depot) to open in 2025, structural works 75% complete, hopefully will live to see this one!

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/transport/singapores-largest-train-and-bus-depot-to-open-in-2025-structural-works-75-complete

Quite impressive&glad to see how far we are with public transport systems here, especially being a frequent&regular user of it.

Thu: welcome Bill back to SIN – guilding around the JooChiat area, the vicinity surrounding this area was declared SIN 1st Heritage Town in 2011. It is chosen, in part, because of strong efforts to promote its Peranakan culture.

Tkx to Calvin for driving, always nice to be able to show ppl who appreciates the company, food, history, etc. Apologies but only able to do a short tour today – throat, voice, etc still not fully healed. The renewed interest in the heritage here brought a new wave of redevelopment in the late 2000s. Trendy art galleries, design studios, upmarket retail outlets, boutique hotels&eateries emerged, while a number of shophouses were restored and new condominiums built.

https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_946__2008-11-13.html

Fri: if you spend as much time as I do@SGH, you might have noticed 3beautiful sculptures(Trees of Learning, Knowledge & Life)in the courtyards by Bro JosephMcNally(1923-2002), founder of StPatrick’sArtCentre, now known as LASALLE-College of the Arts in SIN. Good to know that abdominal, pelvis scans+colonoscopy all cleared&normal.

ReachingOut designed by the NayangAcademy of FineArts is located in the middle of this greenery across from Kopitiam, and when not too hot+an available bench, it is quite serene to have a cuppa here.

Caring by Jasper is appropriate in these surroundings with a refreshing water feature by it, even some of the thrash-bins are tastefully covered.

FarrerPkMedicalCentre to pick up meds and nice to bump into Michael where we were reminiscing about when we first met! – Patricia&Albert’s wedding(Dec1998) where Alex was the cute pageboy then!

Sat: Chuck&friends who are on the PEI/Canada, plx be safe from HurricaneFiona. Memories from our 2005ATthru’Hike when we had the backlash of HurricaneKatrina and hiked 3days&nights in the rains.

2200hrs: appreciations&tkx for updates from Chuck – Yesterday morning we made the decision to move off the island prior to Fiona’s landfall. We took a walk on the beach near Stanhope and headed to New Brunswick to ride out the storm and decide if a return to the island post-Fiona is possible.

Sun25Sep: Storm Fiona: Nearly all of Prince Edward Island without power after powerful winds, heavy rain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIA23d_lybw

10 of my favourite poems and today’s choice – The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

https://www.aconsciousrethink.com/8971/poems-about-life/

20 Sep 2022: Eat Well Laugh Often Love Much

Sat&Sun: spoons are the only cutlery needed this weekend and the next few days. Still sore down the throat, healing slowly but surely. Will have to continue to avoid solid foods and hot foods&drinks for the week. Seems like this aging body is now demanding more time to heal. An excuse to dig my spoon&eat straight out of a 473ml ice-cream tub – no problems to finish the whole tub for a meal.

Might as well try to drink the ocean with a spoon as argue with a lover — Stephen King.

Mon19Sep: with pomp and sorrow, world bids final farewell to HM-QE2. 11.00hrs (LondonTime) State Funeral Service ~2,000ppl attending (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62890879), the coffin travelled in Procession from Westminster Abbey, here the coffin was carried on the State Gun Carriage of the Royal Navy drawn by 142sailors to Wellington Arch and from here the coffin travelled by hearse to Windsor/St George’s Chapel.

HM-QE2 was laid to rest on Monday night together with HRH Prince Philip at a private family service in the King George VI Memorial Chapel located inside St George’s Chapel.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62952004

https://amylamsg.com/2022/09/10/queen-elizabeth-ii-1926-2022/

Appreciations to Clement for yummy dinner from Crystal-Jade, one of my favourite places for Cantonese-style-congee and thanks for ice-creams – first time tasting this ice-cream brand.

Arrived today – mailed ordered this heating pad thru’ Amazon.sg(S$58.71)10days ago as I had such a pain in my neck 2weeks ago. Haniperis Heated Neck Shoulder Wrap with Auto Shut Off and 3 Adjustable Temperature, Electric Thermal Compress Neck Brace, Heat Therapy for Soreness & Stiffness Pain Relief. 

Tue: finally managed to keep down last night’s dinner and with the new heating pad, feels like I am human again! Hopefully energy will be back for preparations of overseas guest and family visits ahead.

Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire,
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?

Be thankful when you don’t know something
For it gives you the opportunity to learn.

Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.

Be thankful for your limitations
Because they give you opportunities for improvement.

Be thankful for each new challenge
Because it will build your strength and character.

Be thankful for your mistakes
They will teach you valuable lessons.

Be thankful when you’re tired and weary
Because it means you’ve made a difference.

It is easy to be thankful for the good things.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are
also thankful for the setbacks.

GRATITUDE can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles
and they can become your blessings.

16 Sep 2022 – Bilateral Tonsillectomy

Tue: they are just about everywhere lately – hen(black&white), rooster by the bus stop@NeilRd just before KampongBahruRd.

SGH/OCH@OrthopeaedicDep to review that C-spine is able to endure GA for Thu-surgery. A cuppa+a treat@Starbucks to start the day,

and continuing the day to wander&wonder around Chinatown to one of my favourite cakeshops@ChinatownPoint. Just looking with the eyes as the mouth could not fit in another bite of cake for today!

Looking forward to the completion of the MaxwellMRT station on the TEL/BrownLine, located across the road from BuddhaToothRelicTemple&Museum

JinrikishaStation(junctions of Neil&TanjongPagarRd)

https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_485_2005-01-03.html

FairfieldMethodistChurch, formally JingHwaCinema as my memory recalls and also that it was haunted as a cinema – seemingly a  worker died during construction. Do remember going to movies with mother here.

MurrayTerrace:

https://www.ura.gov.sg/Corporate/Get-Involved/Conserve-Built-Heritage/Architectural-Heritage-Season/-/media/11032B75B49D4162A06E153A957F1310.ashx

Wed: following with HM-QE2’s last journey before her funeral – such a historical event with overwhelming coverage. There will probably never be another monarch who will sit on a throne for 70+yrs, especially one who has reigned with total dignity&grace. Today is the first full day that the Queen’s coffin will lie in state in WestminsterHall and the first members of the public pay their respects where she will remain until the morning of the funeral. Keeping this event in a single blog posting updating until the funeral.

https://amylamsg.com/2022/09/10/queen-elizabeth-ii-1926-2022/

Thu: all day surgery+post-op-recovery@SGH to rid another incident finding cyst in the R-tonsil, hopefully the last incident finding for now. Procedures went smoothly with the expected and advanced-info provided. Tkx to Clem for being there to ensure that I get back on my 2feet back to my 4-walls, am totally blessed with a nephew like him. Now to shallow the endless variety of meds to prevent&counteract whatever they need to do for the next week+

Fri: good thing is that I get to eat soft-comfort-foods and I like these soups I have prepared in advance now in the freezer – PurpleSweetPotatoes, Pumpkin, BoneBroth, pix downloaded here. Do wonder if Beethoven did really say that Only the pure in heart can make a good soup??

Will buy congee@MT-Market as needed – best fresh. Chocoate&coffee ice-cream in the freezer – now even my teeth gets a break from chewing.

Happy Malaysia Day to those celebrating&marking the day.

12 Sep 2022: National Lion Dance Championships

Fri: did a special single posting paying respect to QE2, the only queen being part of SIN colonial days. https://amylamsg.com/2022/09/10/queen-elizabeth-ii-1926-2022/

Fri: tkx to Ivy&Les for dinner@ParadiseTeochew/ScottsSquare 潮式卤味三拼盘
BraisedTrioCombinationPlatter, 蒜香炒时蔬Stir-fried Vegetable, 瑶柱虾籽大芥菜Braised Mustard Green with Shredded Conpoy&Shrimp Roe

东星斑SteamedCoral Grouper, 潮式海鲜炒面线Stir-fried MeeSua, 福果甜芋泥
Mashed Yam with Gingko/Orh Nee

Was fortunate to walk pass by this amazing National Lion-Dance Championships on the way to the bus-stop. Despite the crowds but being outdoors+also being fan of LionDance and tkx to MeiPin for finding some seats.

Lions play an important role in Chinese mythology, and represent joy&happiness.Lion dances are performed accompanied by the music of beating of drums, cymbals&gongs instruments synchronise to the lion dance movements&actions. Performance of Lion Dance brings luck and to get rid of the devil.

Nice to see young ppl enjoying this glorious evening entertained by street music on OrchardRd with huge bright lights of this new iPhone commercial on the PullmanHotel. Tkx for this lovely walk on the eve of Mid-Autumn.

Sat: 祝福大家中秋節快樂 Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to all celebrating&marking this day. Enjoy your 月饼/Mooncake, I grew up with the 蓮蓉LotusSeed paste filling – today there are all sorts of different fillings, but my personal preference is still the simple white Lotus.菱角/WaterCaltrop, 餘頭/Taro, the only time I eat these foods and will light a lantern for tonight.

In Chinese culture, roundness symbolizes completeness&togetherness. A full moon symbolizes prosperity&reunion. Round mooncakes complement the harvest moon in the night sky at the Mid-Autumn Festival. Pix from last week wandering in Chinatown.

From GardensByTheBay, pix credits to SengHock

Sun@28TemenggongRd Mid-Autumn event sharing with Helen my childhood haunts;

https://mothership.sg/2018/03/temenggong-road-telok-blangah-colonial-houses/

tkx for being such a good spot to walk up&down MtFaber with me in the night road-lights and appreciations for dessert&drinks@ArboraHilltopGarden&Bistro.

https://mothership.sg/2022/09/temenggong-mid-autumn-2022/

Has been over a year ago, tkx to Reis&Henri since@TemenggongRd then, and it does not get easier that #5 is no longer. https://amylamsg.com/2021/01/

In memory of all those2,977victims+19hijackers, 2,996total who lost their life in 2001, 21yrs ago today the attack that changed our world, we remember the valor of those we lost—those who innocently went to work that day and the brave souls who went in after them. Hopefully we are mindful of those who grieve for them and the light that still lives in their hearts.