10 Jan 2025 – But Not For All

Tue: finally, a day with enough energy&time to put away ChristmasDecor and the 2Handmade&PaintedGreetings+the handful of snailmail to be stored for updating&replying in Nov with hopes that the memory will still be intact – hahaha!

Bus&MRT fares have gone up .04c – now no longer .99c but S$1.03 for Seniors. This S$60 2024PublicTransportVoucher should cover the increase for the year!

I understand that UK-Seniors can travel free on buses, but not sure if that applies for the subway too? or if anywhere else in the world has free public transportation for their SeniorCitizens besides China&UK? Can anyone enlighten me on this??

Wed: downstairs neighbour’s has complained about some leak and now my bathroom floor is flooded with non-stain-dye looking like some alien bright fluorescent colour to test what&where is causing the leak. After the release of the dye and even after rinsing, looked like the leak is from the join of the toilet-bowl, will have to find someone reliable to repaint&reseal the bathroom floor with attention to that area.

Thu: Happy  Bdays to nieceJudy and nephewLee Due to some SeniorMoments got their dates mixed for earlier dates with them now turning to more than ½ a century. Well better earlier than never and sometimes I’ve reached the age where my train of thought sometimes leaves the station without me – also reminding me to organise some of the old B/W photos while the memory is somehow still there. 1991Pix with father with some of the OrangeG for his 80Bday

Not sure if I will ever make it but in my thoughts&plans for 2026-29, ie before I turn 80! Open for any suggestions and any other links if anyone has more info than what is so far below. Hannah&Heiko my young friends did this with a full pack, NO will NEVER do with a full pack and except for the snakes, looks beautiful & peaceful and most tempting with few ppl. Overland Track is an Australian bushwalking track, traversing CradleMountain-LakeStClair NationalPark, within the TasmanianWildernessWorldHeritageArea.

Tkx to Hannah for her share and the below link to one of my bucket list hikes and if health&finance permit would like to do this hike. She&Heiko just did a 6days hike here and as tempting as it looks OverlandTrackDay3: Panorama of the dolerite mountain peaks (from left) Mt Oakleigh, Pelion East, Ossa, Thetis, Achilles, and Pelion West.

OverlandTrackDay4: Beautiful scoparia flowers (alpine wildflowers) just a short walk from Pelion Gap up the side track to Mt Ossa. The peak in the background is Mt Doris – except for OverlandTrackDay6: Tasmanian tiger snake in the bushes. Highly venomous but not aggressive, we saw about 6 of them on the track and they were always moving away from us – caption&pix credits to Hannah

Cradle Mountain: Guided walks on the Overland Track, Tasmania

Fri: a cool lovely wet morning here with no complains here considering what is happening in parts of UK&USA with freezing temps and fires in CA/USA – to those in affected areas, plx stay safe&warm.

With the chaos due to the recent unexpected&unpredicted weathers including floods,earthquakes,fires,stampedes,wars,etc am wondering if reading into too much in my last ¼Century? Oh well, life happens! but will still keep living&looking forward to the best&fullest as possible in my present circumstances now that this body will soon be ¾Century in existence on planet Earth – life sounds more exciting when you can measure it by Century hahaha. Here is another interesting link on Youtube:

Why does it feel like the world is falling apart? | Brian Klaas

My social media consumption has shifted away from news and sensationalism to videos that educate or adds to my well-being – Jason

5 Jan 2025 – From Teen Years To Senior Years

SongWithoutEnd/1960 the story of FranzLiszt. Must have watched this movie in my teens but and now again in my 70s – testimony of an amazing pianist with a fantastic musical talent portrayed by the dashing DirkBogarde(somehow do not remember him being so hot! in my teens – hahaha)who is far from any resemblance to the real Liszt! The piano pieces were performed beautifully by the great JorgeBolet. There are obvious discrepancies between this film and the real life of the person involved but this is after all a movie, not a documentary.

Enjoyed reading SomersetMaugham(1874-1965:English writer known for his plays,novels&short stories) in my teens and now still enjoying his works again but thru’ audiobooks on YouTube. Perhaps his lengthy trips to distant places+a long life makes him one of the most prolific writers. One of his short stories about a pearl necklace – MrKnowAll highlights the value of honesty,loyalty,compassion&understanding.

Mr Know All Summary By William Somerset Maugham • English Summary

All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary-it’s just a matter of arranging them into the right sentences. The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit – Maugham 

With a NewYearDraw of ~S$8.2Millions and despite the chances will need to be part of this excitement especially when SingaporePools is at my convivence being just across the street, ie less than 1min walk! If only the QuickPick picked 9 11 24 29 39 46 – ss the Chinese expression for gambling 倒錢 literally means to pour away money and if I could not afford to lose S$10 then should not have played TOTO – hahaha

Sat: walk about around the blocks, finally without any hoardings at Block47 and a new sign, playground,hardcourt at the junction of MarineCres/TaoNanSchool&MarineParadeRd – glad to see how nice&clean Blocks43-47 here are being upkept.

First 2025 of fresh OJ@IJOOZS$2 favourite OJ-juice machines by the public laundry machines at Block47 and for those juice machines this is their 134,987,046cups – do treat myself to one of these ~once a month.

Sun: appreciations for this visit and nice that some ppl can still enjoy the playground+the walk above ground to CCF-Bfast@MT-Market and back via underground.

And many thanks to Calvin&Sam for delicious Japanese lunch@KiTeppan&Rogama/PalaisRenaissance,OrchardRd where the cuisine isn’t just a meal; it’s an art form, a reflection of nature’s bounty+meticulous craftsmanship and Ishindenshin – communication through silent understanding; telepathy of the heart with Helen & Yukie too. Excited to hear about the future plans for CC/SIN&Japan.

LoHei-捞起-dinner@Rochalie for Kiera before she heads back to the US but hopefully will avoid the ArcticBlast as parts of the UK&US are plunged into chaos this weekend after heavy snow&freezing rain that caused widespread travel disruption and power outages.

A snowstorm demonstrates the power of nature and the vulnerability of humankind – Richard Louv

Cold weather: Temperatures drop as arctic air sweeps into UK

Snow travel chaos as roads are closed and flights are cancelled=Major winter storm bears down on America’s midsection, as millions face snow, ice or heavy rain | CNN

Mon: welcome LynneO back to SIN, great to catch up going down 1962-65MemoryLanes and good that she is safely here visiting while her home in the UK is covered with snow.

2 Jan 2025: Happy New Year

Mon: on this 6thDay of Christmas, no six geese a-laying but laundry done&folded, not enough energy or motivation there yet to put them away. Will wait until 12rhDay of Christmas, ie Sun5Jan2025 to put away all the 2024Season’sDeco&Greetings at the same time

Tue: be safe&enjoy this last 2024Day and for 2025Countdown wherever you all may be on this 7thDay of Christmas. Looks like the hood here is ready&decked – so before the clock strikes mid-night tonight, instead of raising your glass, raise your LeftFoot and then you can be sure you will start 2025 on the RightFoot – hahaha

Literally&practically at my doorsteps on the 7thFloor, without any need to be in the crowd, delighted to see ppl gathered for the countdown and in my present situation, there’s nowhere as the comfort of my 4-walls where I want to be – that’s what being at the RightPlace&RightTime on the RightFoot with the RightPerson is about for me!

Wed1Jan2025/12midnight: festive fireworks display and glad that ppl could stay in their heartlands to ring in 2025 despite my personal thoughts about fireworks! but what is most impressive is that everything is cleared&cleaned before daylight to start a bright&clean 2025 after a good night with ~6+hrs sleep.

Happy New Year/新年快樂/Godt nytt år to Each and Every One of You wherever You may be. Starting 2025 on the RightFoot with Gratitude & Hopes that both HealthyFeet will carry us Peacefully & Safely to wherever we belief or choose or dream or hope or want or wish to be…

First 2025meal, yummy Norwegian-style open-face-sandwich of NorwegianButter&SmokedSalmon+ScrambledEgg with SpringOnions to start off the year.

Open-faced sandwiches take risks and live big and smile with all their teeth. These are the people I want to be around — Amy Poehler

Kiritimati Island also known as the Christmas Island and 10 others mostly uninhabited islands of the central Pacific Ocean is the first to ring in 2025. Countries furthest to the west on a British map are the last to celebrate the New Year this means, two uninhabited islands southwest of Hawaii, named Baker Island and Howland Island, will be the last to see the start of 2025.

Who celebrates the new year first and last? It’s complicated.

Tkx with appreciations to CH for this share from JoanWang and so far, the pix that talked to me where fireworks are concerned!

Happy new year 

Somehow the above pix managed to brush a certain chord in me that has been brewing over the past few decades! As spectacular(irony) as these NYE-Fireworks around the world are, cannot keep but wondering about more constructive ways to spend these $MultiBillions$ on, like education,medical,etc instead of fireworks,firearms,etc… senior years are certainly bringing back some idealistic teen years thoughts – hahaha.

Thu: feeling blessed&grateful to be able to catch up with greetings to&from family&friends around the world. Done with AntiB, slowly but surely breathing with less coughing after another goodnight of ~7+hrs sleep.

2 – Happy Bday Darryl
5 – Happy Bdays GeraldC & Leonard
6 – Happy Bday CindyH
9 – Happy Bdays Judy & Lee
10 – Happy Bday KeeYang
11 – Happy Bday MickK
15 – Happy Bdays AngieS, Estella, JoshuaL & me!
18 – Happy Bday Isabelle (SunSun)
20 – Happy Bdays DavidLam & Mayven
21 – Happy Bday Michael
22 – Happy Bday Katy
24 – Happy Bdays OleK

29 Dec 2024: Ancient Apocalypse

Thu: HappyBoxingDay/StStephen’sDay/WrenDay on this 2ndDay of Christmas. Gledelig Jul and not God Jul as L&M’s Norwegian paternal-great-grand-mother would say after ChristmasEve is over. Nice way to spend her last day here shopping on this trip with her cousins Kiera&Isabella, girls of own generation, Purple and not being stuck with us the older Green&OrangeG – hahaha.

Fri: TGIF and a good last 2024weekend to all on this last 2024Friday – ending this trip at MT-Market 0530hrs with her favourite CheeCheongFunBfast 豬腸粉 on this dark&early morning before catching the 1stBus36 0559hrs to the airport. Her favourite so far is CCF@MTmarket and #6s favourite is 小龍包XiaoLongBao@鼎泰豐DinTaiFung, easy to remember…

Despite no water at JewelsRainVortex still beautiful&lush for my eyes – safe onwards journey to her. Impressed&proud of this fine beautiful young lady and all the best to her for her future onwards life journey whose goal is to be a neurosurgeon.

The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot – Michael Altshuler

Back in the neighbourhood where sprucing&tentage set-up for 2025’s-countdown. Cooking all day of duckbones from LuckyHouse’s dinner and feasting on tasty homemade congee&soup from the broth.

Sat: after a good night sleep and looks like a busy Sat in the hood with laying of new asphalt, time to close the windows and turn on the AC to continue watching movies while the laundry gets good drying weather on this 4thDay of Christmas. Enjoying thoroughly, finding these documentaries AncientApocalypse by GrahamHancock with much interest, do remember asking similar questions in my teens after reading ErikVonDäniken’s books – even more so now in my senior years when there is quiet quality time to read&reflect!

Amber-Trapped Tardigrades Unveil Ancient Secrets from Millions of Years Ago

Don’t wake me for the end of the world unless it has very good special effects – Zelazny

Sun: tkx to Les&Ivy for BirdNest&ChickenEssence and appreciations to Clement for bringing them. Nice to meet with Daniel and was rather surprised how as a tourist he managed to find his way to our local MT-market?? Delighted to know that there is still some adventurous young ppl – good luck to him for his stay here. Chilling in this lovely stormy wet afternoon – seize the day, then let it go on this 5thDay of Christmas.

On the fifth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
Five gold rings…

Interesting read to take notes on

Internet use has the potential to slow age-related cognitive decline – do agree with this as long as used constructively! To be honest, do spend quite abit of time online for info,news,staying in contact,watching movies,etc

Researchers discover the hobby that cuts your risk of dementia in half | Daily Mail Online

25 Dec 2024 – Tanglin Club

Sun: as the saying goes, it does not just rain, but it pours go for a stiff neck on top of what is happening – definitely&literally a pain in the neck for me but hopefully not a pain in the neck to others – hahaha! Appreciations to Sue for this CCF-Brunch@MT-Market, finally they get to taste my favourite CCF and Ellie is grateful for an afternoon shopping@Chinatown. Tkx to Lee, she got her first taste of durian and according to her it kinda taste ok but with a weird aftertaste, like rotten!

Mon: appreciations to Shawn for arranging for her to shadow some doctors@MtE – she is indeed blessed&fortunate to be leaning from all these experiences.

Dinner with the family tkx to Theresa&CJ at this new location@Ion.

Good food but unfortunately the appetite was not quite there.

Perfect for Ellie who is a pescatarian – thanks to TingTing for this dress which fits her better any of us.

Tue:@DawsonMedical shadowing GPs for today – tkx to Shawn. Glad for the MRT TE-line which makes it easier for her to find her way around on her own especially with the condition I am in at present…

Appreciations with thanks to Les&Ivy@TanglinClub for our family annual gathering, Ellie’s first Christmas with family&friends in SIN.

She is totally blessed to be able to experience our annual gathering with our signature Poppers…

even Santa enjoyed our company, but I found him rather scary – hahaha. Pix credits to David&Lee. Special thanks to family&friends for helping out, have never felt so out of sort and hopeless to be a better grandmother as I would like to be and despite that delighted that Ellie is having a blast and only one more day tomorrow before she heads to Uganda/Africa for her mission trip to help a doctor who has started a hospital there.

Anyone who gets to the end of their life with the exact same beliefs and opinions as they had at the beginning is doing it wrong ― Sarah Bessey

21 Dec 2024 – 55thFloor@Atico,Ion/Orchard Road

Wed: Welcome #2 Ellie from SC/USA to SIN after 30+hrs in airplanes&airports, including 12+hrs layover in Germany. Grandmother here is soo touched&proud that this beautiful #2 grandchild has saved&worked all summer for airfares to spend her ChristmasHolidays with her family here.

17 Dec 2024 – Private Home Cooking Dining

Sat&Sun: getting gifts, etc ready before #2 arrives – has been quite a weekend with a nasty cough&runny nose, lousy night sleep+rashes but this too shall hopefully pass soon…

On this 3rdSunday of Advent, my favourite ChristmasLights has been and still is from RegentSt,London/UK tastefully done in my eyes – pix downloaded. When it is something as beautiful as this, do not need to change.

The lights inside WheelockPlace,OrchardRd clever way to use this building as a tree and nicely done with simple white lights. May your holidays be as beautiful as these Christmas lights.

I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights – Maya Angelou

Mon: tkx to Les&Ivy for this delicious 8course tasting experience.

LuckyHouseCantonesePrivateKitchen 陶然居私房菜not sure you can call SamWong’s cuisine typical Cantonese but there is a lot of sincerity in the food. He uses charcoal fire for many dishes, including the boiled soups, reminding of where the cook used wood&charcocal fire for cooking in my childhood days. Marketing for fresh ingredients he cooks whatever he can find, thus menu changes daily.

OldHenSoup with sea coconut and cactus flower+many more other ingredients 霸王花海底椰煲鸡汤 – excellent natural taste without any trace of any artificial ingredients. RoastDuck 陶然烤鸭 marinated for two days, and then sun-dried for another day, unusual to get it served with pineapple&cucumber but a nice change.

Chicken – good flavours, SteamedPomfret 清蒸鬥鯧魚 again unusual to be served with ChoyPoh 菜脯 (Chinese sweet-salty preserved daikon radish, a preserved vegetables/pickles). After seeing the ChickenDish pix, JanS asked could they leave off the rooster head? My reply – food presentation is the art that whispers to the eyes before it dances on the tongue – but of course not all eyes see the same and as always beauty is the eyes of the beholder – hahaha

Quail鵪鶉. Crayfish Horfun 河粉, not crazy about the crayfish but one of the best HorFun tasted.

Pea pot shoots and dried bean curd sheets,barley,ginkgo nuts dessert 腐竹薏米白果糖水 delicious being not too sweet.

Lucky House Cantonese | Top 25 Restaurants – World’s Best Restaurants

Tue: NDCS&NHCS@SGH – these crossed my path on CantonmentRd while on the way to the hospital and was wondering if the chicken from last night’s dinner was perhaps a rooster or maybe the head of the rooster was used for presentation??

Another cracked tooth with more dental appts to follow up in Jan2025. AntiB was prescribed for the respiratory side as cough is still persistence and CTscan result is showing that there is a likely infection – another CTscan scheduled for Feb2025. Hopefully these AntiB will do the job to clear whatever that is not welcomed to be there… time will tell.

#2 arrives tomorrow and have never been so unprepared to receive anyone in my 4walls!

Edited Mar2025: Cancers that have previously been linked to radiation include leukemia, breast, colon, bladder, stomach, ovarian, lung and liver cancers, according to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The team concluded: ‘Radiation doses from commonly performed diagnostic CT examinations are higher and more variable than generally quoted, highlighting the need for greater standardization across institutions.’ CT scans are life-saving medical scans, but they are not without risk.

‘Over-used’ medical test given to millions may be causing tumors

13 Dec 2024 – Innate Predisposition

Wed: passport renewedS$70 and this new one expires in Dec2034, hopefully do not have to renew again – cannot image traveling in my 80s!! SIN retained its title of having the most powerful passport in the world for 2024, with 5-other countries’ passports also joining the top rank of the latest HenleyPassportIndex.

Singapore tops another most powerful passport list! Singapore News

Airplane travel is nature’s way of making you look like your passport photo – AlGore

Man arrested for murder after knife attack on woman in Hougang – CNA

Thu: a knife attack in Hougang left one woman dead and 2others, including the suspected assailant, injured. All these violence, what is happening here in safe SIN??? Above pix downloaded – last time in or even near this area was…

Mar2021: The Owkang Chicken Sellers@Kovan

Mar2021: Stars of Kovan – newly designed condos without any sharp corners! (not good for fengshui according to some ppl), but with various eateries&services on the ground-level.

Am aware that Wed29Jan2025/CNY will be the year of the Snake but seems like they are impatient and are making their appearance more than usual. Ophidiophobia – from the Greek words ophis(ὄφις)=snake+phobia(φοβία)=fear. Have not really given much thoughts to this fear but recently with all these snake news, am wondering why? No cause of distress or limitation to my activities but just dislike seeing or meeting them, thus no pix posting of real snakes. Ophidiophobia applies to ppl whose fear causing anxiety disorder and if

• ‌You have intense fear, panic, or anxiety that is unreasonable and difficult to manage.
• The fear of snakes is out of proportion to the danger.
• Your fear lasts longer than 6 months.
• Your fear starts to negatively impact your life. You may find it difficult to behave normally in work, school, or social situations.

What Causes Ophidiophobia? Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Studies have shown that certain regions of the brain, such as the amygdala, are highly active when people see images of snakes, even if they are unaware of their presence. This heightened awareness helps individuals recognize and avoid potential threats.

Innate Predisposition – research suggests that humans are biologically predisposed to fear snakes, even without direct exposure or negative experiences. Experiments with infants have shown that they react more strongly to images of snakes than to images of other animals, such as birds or cats. This indicates that the fear may be hardwired into the brain, rather than solely learned through experience.

Why Are Humans So Instinctively Afraid Of Snakes?

Reading trying to understand and Innate Predisposition seems a logical explanation in my case!

‘Massive battle’: Large king cobra tries to eat smaller one at Windsor Nature Park, Singapore News – AsiaOne

‘It was knocking on my window pane’: Python rescued from Jurong West HDB flat | The Straits Times

Snake drama in Eunos: Python throws up a cat | The Straits Times

Singapore home to 64 native snake species, but roadkill a major threat to them | The Straits Times

Even snakes are afraid of snakes – Steven Wright

Fri: can always pick out my USflock like could always pick out my 1st&2ndBorn in any crowd in their school functions – call it a mother or grandmother instinct – hahaha! Thanks to 1stBorn for sharing these pix at their HighSchoolChristmasConcert with #3&4 at the cellos and the last ChristmasConcert@IrmoHighSchool for #3.

Paraskavedekatriaphobia and Friggatriskaidekaphobia describe fear of this supposedly unlucky day if you are superstitious! Another 13Fri another OysterEvening@FairPriceX/PP and this round with Ting&CH. Happy StLuciaDay on this last Fri13th for 2024 to those celebrating. If a black cat crosses your path… it means the black cat is going somewhere – hahaha.

Superstition is born of ignorance and fear, and thrives the most when reason is asleep – Zarathushtra

10 Dec 2024 – SIN Vs KL Public Transportation

Sat: family&friends+all affected by this weather, please take care to be warm&safe.

Despite looking like WinterWonderland do have vivid memories of the struggles to clear snow in Norway to open the main door! Pix downloaded, do have similar pix from Norway days but all in slides!

Power Outages Reported Along East of U.S. Due to Storm

Not only in NE-America, also in UK.

UK weather map reveals where Storm Darragh will hit hardest

Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories – Deborah Kerr

Thanks to CH&Ting for our annual catch up with CCFlunch@MTmarket&dessert in my 4walls introducing Ting to the underground walk here, now with a new Cheers to be opened – forgot pix but will meet again next week.

Sun: enjoying this 2nd Sunday of Advent chatting with 1stBorn in USA and having a relaxing lunch of leftovers FreshFigWrappedProsciutto, CreamCheeseSmokedSalmonRose and FreshFruitSalad.

Mon: reading&watching movies

Our brains usually see things better if there’s a comparison.

So, we can compare Singapore to KL, in terms of public transport.

When I was there in KL (I’m a Singaporean), I was struck by the many highways, expressways, lebuh rayas, flyovers etc; and different kinds of commuter trains. But I was even more struck by the big number of cars and traffic jams all over despite the amount of money poured into the transport infrastructure.

I was told that the train systems were built and run by different companies, and similarly the bus system too. There’s a great deal of “disconnections”, and poor planning.

I told myself that if KL’s transport infrastructure had been carefully planned and built, many people would not need to drive.

The KL chaos is a classic illustration of the English saying, “too many cooks spoil the broth”

Unlike Singapore.

So why did Singapore’s MRT system go everywhere? — this is largely because of central, unified, careful planning of the whole public transport system, intricately connected to provide optimal transport solution to the people of Singapore.

By the way, I have stopped driving to work and instead take a bus and train to work — with the 3 Cs – Cool, cheap, convenient – TC Quah/QuoraDigest 

Tue: cruising on a ship around the world for 4yrs, tempting as it may sound but will really be a torture for me as I get seasick. Ppl who enjoys cruising, especially those in USA who want to get away for the next 4yrs, here is your chance for real…

Retiring on a cruise ship in Singapore for $4.4k per month: Does it make sense?, Lifestyle News – AsiaOne

6 Dec 2024 –  Gallivanting Vs Walking 

Tue: annual CT-scan@NHCS – like this high ceiling for the outdoor eateries providing a nice a bright open spacious feeling. Without the GovtS$560.98+MerdekaS$60.10, the scanS$801.40 would have been digging a hole in my budget despite having to payS$180.32 during this giving season! Bus166 to Camper’s to check what is needed for Fri’s FruitCocktailDessert.

Wed: tkx to Clement for getting me out to try this HokkienMee@OldAirportRd – practical&smart to be provided with a buzzer making 30mins wait not an issue. No sweat or problems when you can sit down to enjoy a cuppa, despite spilling half of it – senior moments when forgetting to bring my own solid cup vs the lightweight easily topple-over disposable plastic one!

Decathlon@StadiumBoulevard(pix downloaded) – like the outdoor vertical garden wall and the idea that I can scan my feet, to check what is new+what is on sale to manage to find some needed non-flimsy sturdy underwearS$32.

Vertical gardens are often highlighted for helping save costs by cooling surface temperatures and reducing the need for air-conditioning; but those who live or work in such buildings are quick to point out that the benefits go beyond dollars and cents – ST-23Jun2014

Hardly recognized this area today(ariel pix downloaded) where once upon a time working @NetballSingapore~20+yrs ago without all these new sports activity hubs then. Had to take a break to check out the new TennisHub and to rest from the outside high humidity – unlike not long ago when I could keep up the pace, poor nephew! has to now slow down…

Good to still see the familiar LeisureParkKallang, 1stMall in SIN to offer an under-one-roof leisure(bowling still there) and one of the existing recognizable landmarks for me in this area. The view as you get out of the StadiumMRT station to KallangWaveMall  is still one of my favourites, another open spacious feeling, ie as long as no crowds!

CCL-Stadium, still my favourite MRT station – today’s joy ride from here to MarinaBay changing to TEL-MarineTerrace with the luxury of the feeling of being in a private train all to myself. ~15,000steps and happy to be able to put in those steps – if gallivanting or walking is considered a sport would probably get a medal for it – hahaha!

The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start -J.Bingham

Condolences to the family of TAN HoweLiang(91) SIN1stOlympicMedallist/1960 – pix downloaded.

Thu: the kebaya has been officially added to a list of the world’s intangible cultural heritage following a joint nomination by SIN,Brunei,Indonesia,Malaysia&Thailand. Do like this outfit and will use it fully or part of it for special functions.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/kebaya-inscribed-unesco-intangible-cultural-heritage-list-4786996

Read this from QuoraDigest /TC Quah on What Is Life Really Like In Singapore?

Fri: Camper’s’CornerSeason’sGathering and my usual contribution.

Thank you to Calvin&CC-Staff+Friends for 2024Season’sGathering with drinks,yummy foods,etc – nice to catch up with so many.

Belated Bday greetings to Bill, congratulation to SengHock&Joy for their marriage and to PengHann&Maggie for their new additional. Appreciations to EthanSoh for driving me back to the EastSide – remember him as the little boy and now driving&dating!!