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Friday, September 23, 2011

The Shoeman of Bukit Batok

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Quirky things happen all around us but at times we just don't open our eyes wide enough to notice it. But lately I did notice a peculia...
Sunday, September 18, 2011

Dealing with mid life crisis.

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I guess I am at that age when we " senior citizens " start showing symptoms of a mid life crisis! No, I haven't considered b...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Teaching an old dog to speak american

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For the past 192 years, Singapore has been using the British manner of English, or what we would say, "the Queen's English" or...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Reminder of my old army days

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I was on my way to Kampong Glam for a photo shoot when I stopped by Alexandra Village for a bite. Across the street, I noticed a building t...
Friday, September 9, 2011

Penitenziagite !

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I just finished my 3rd reading of Umberto Eco's novel The Name of the Rose . This time it took me all of 20 days to get through this to...
Sunday, September 4, 2011

Why it's called Novena

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To many people in Singapore, Novena  means either the MRT station at Thomson Road,  the shopping malls that grew around it or simply that up...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

NEA builds a better mouse trap

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More monkey business... The macaques have always been a nuisance in the areas around the nature reserves. They forage for food not only i...
Sunday, August 7, 2011

Monkey business at MacRitchie

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I have to cross an overhead pedestrian bridge along Lornie Road each time I go to work. This bridge is actually pwned by a troop of macaque...
Friday, July 29, 2011

Missed by a whisker !

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After finishing my previous blog on the tip from my wife about the old steel bridge at Bukit Panjang, I showed the missus the pictures I to...
Thursday, July 28, 2011

A bridge too far.... gone?

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Some of you may know that I have embarked on a quixotic adventure to photograph all the overhead pedestrian bridges in Singapore. My wife th...
Saturday, July 23, 2011

Before its all gone

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I checked the traffic on my blogs today and, for some reason which I am unaware of, the most read article is " Old bus stops in Singapo...
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Thursday, July 21, 2011

I can't get it up !!

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No, it's not what you think. You've got a filthy mind! It's my middle finger. I started suffering a medical condition termed ...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Bring or take, what's the difference?

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My sister and her husband recently bought a fish farm at Lim Chu Kang. Already it has generated so much excitement from friends all asking ...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Useless Signs

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I've started a new page for collating USELESS signs that can be found in Singapore. What I want to show are signages that are redundant...
Sunday, July 17, 2011

I am more gracious than you are !

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It such a telling statement of the level of graciousness we seemed to have arrived at. I feel really sad indeed. A recent survey by the S...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

You never know what you're gonna get.

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".... like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get". (Forest Gump) I went on a vanity exercise last Sunday...
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Saturday, July 9, 2011

Singapore Quarry and the Chia Eng Say connection.

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Strangely, small coincidences seem to keep popping up in sequence for me. It all started with the KTM railway closure . (click on link to go...
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