So what’s new? I was at Orchard Road planning to buy some new uniforms for my fast-growing my son when I had a shock on seeing the queue at Bibi and Baba. Actually, the queue was outside the shop and snaked for some 30m in the direction of the concourse of Far East Shopping Centre. […]
It sounds like “cheap” in Cantonese, but “paeng” means expensive in Thai and the title of this blog entry – “paeng ti soot nai loke” translates as Most Expensive In The World. I’ll come to that in a moment. So what’s new? Three officers who were among the first responders at the scene of the […]
She may not be as well-known as Ris Low, but I’ve heard of former Miss Singapore Bernice Wong. As for her ang moh husband Anton Casey, I must say that I have no idea who he is until the recent hooha. Apparently, he posted a Facebook picture of his son on the MRT. He included […]
Just when you think that you won’t have a chance to walk on railway tracks after KTM’s Tanjong Pagar station moved to Woodlands, we celebrated SMRT’s first breakdown in 2014 on 11th January. Yahoo news reported that crowds of passengers were seen at Yew Tee MRT station and as late as at 1:20pm, passengers were […]
I was looking for a place for lunch when a distantly familiar voice called out to me. Like a voice from the past, I heard someone call me 阿兵哥 or soldier boy. I turned and saw a smiling auntie outside a chicken rice stall. It took a while before I recognised her. She was the […]
Flags are flapping in the wind Cheering for a special day, But fewer flags there now are seen A friend is leaving for Halong Bay. A glorious city from a fishing port, Year after year, we sing with pride. All is traded and all is bought Winning the games and every fight. Riches draped on […]
The Punggol Waterway opened to great fanfare in October 2011 a few months after GE2011. Our PM Mr Lee and the once-popular former Returning Officer, Mr Yam Ah Mee was at the grand opening. The show culminated in an impressive fireworks display. Calling the waterway the “Venice of Punggol” really sounds hyperbolic, but the ecstatic […]