Dear John (Keats)

Dear John, What’s your story, with the moon? Last night the moon was as full and round as a baby’s bottom, and I held my thumb out to it like you said, wishing I could feel you there. Instead, all I got was a cramp in my arm, and a strain in my eyes from [...]

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Bright Star

A thing of beauty is a joy forever; Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness… (Endymion) Just caught Bright Star over the weekend. Here’s my favourite scene from the movie. The explosion of violet on the big screen just got me to stop breathing for a while. More on this sweet movie and [...]

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Walking On Water

Last Saturday we took a boat out from punggol marina, wriggling in our seats like eels from excitement. As we sped along the waves, the wind ran its fingers through our hair, and tree-fronted islets raced past – the stuff of old-school mtvs. All the while the likes of Queen and Guns & Roses were [...]

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2010… hmm what??? I’m not over 2009!

Growing up really changes a lot of things sometimes. I mean growing up as in entering into the work force and taking up related responsibilities. Last year, my family and I spent New Year’s Eve skiing on the slopes of YongPyong: read South Korean tourist and winter-sonata-enthusiasts ski hotspot. We didn’t plan for all this [...]

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Happy as a Whale

This Christmas, I learnt how to magically transform into a whale over one weekend. Its quite simple really. All it takes are a succession of Christmas feasts. No need for fancy shmancy fine dining events. Just homecooked spreads and very well-stocked, reliable food shops. pear wrapped in proscuitto with warm balsamic dressing, feta mushrooms, sun [...]

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How to (sort of) recapture your childhood

What do these two have in common? Saturday we trooped down to the indoor stadium for a rare trip. We started off with what any self-preserving young adults would do late Saturday morning after a week’s work – have very decadent brunch at a sweet French bistro facing the Kallang River. Amidst mango sorbet and [...]

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Weekend Recap: All Caked Out – Choc-a-Bloc/ Lana; Deepavali; Daddy’s Birthday – Peony Jade/ Peach Garden

This weekend I got the best of both chocolate cake worlds. First, it was Lana Cake at Auntie Rose’s Deepavali luncheon. And then there was choc-a-bloc! This is really the best! My family eat it for every birthday we have. We can’t seem to have enough occasions for this cake. Choc-a-bloc’s chocolate sponge cakes are [...]

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Weekend Recap: KTV (belting out the ah lian), Obolo,

How was your weekend? KTV (belting out the ah lian) Because experts say singing reduces your heart rate, blood pressure and stress, boosts your immunity (???) and promotes general well-being, I jumped up at a chance this weekend to belt out to my favourite ktv tunes and bring out the inner “ah lian” Ok, I [...]

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Weekend Recap: Apple Gold, Hari Raya Feast

To top off a weekend feast, it is very important to bake an apple tart. Especially since it makes for such a pretty dish. Even with an uncooked base, a face fanned with Granny Smiths lightly browned and thinly caramelised in sugar more than made up for it. And more so if it is Hari [...]

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