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| Monday, 5-May-2008 04:04 |
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Pomelo in a pot
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pomelo
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flowers
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these are the flower's bud
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not fruits but flower buds
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pretty flowers
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I spy with my eyes something good growing in a pot at my next door neighbour.........in a country where almost 3/4 of the populations stay in high rise flats , seeing nature grows in a pot is really an eye opener, especially for the younger generations. There are small pot of land in schools where vege and fruits are grown, also at some Resident's corner in the HDB heartland to educate the younger generations about where actually our vege and fruits comes from, that is from the mother earth......before they are send to the supermarkets and markets! well, that's the answer most young kids will tell you if you ask them......can't be help since they are born and breed in a city and have not seen farms in their entire lives....not that we don't have farms here, we do ! kids only go there during school outings.
we,,, we adults also tend to be 'suaku' (jakun) when we sees something like this, like me........the first thing I did of course to take photos..
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| Friday, 2-May-2008 06:34 |
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at the crossroad
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What else can you do but start clicking around, while waiting for the traffic lights to change....it's been years since the last time I was here, lots of changes......some familiar buildings has long been gone and new addiction added..
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| Monday, 28-Apr-2008 22:09 |
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Peranakan Museum
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Finally the Peranakan Chinese has it's own museum which was officially opened last weekend. I have always been intrigue with their colourful cultures , having many peranakan friends while growing up. So I didn't want to miss this opportunity to immerse myself in this unique SouthEast Asian Culture.There's more than 1200 artefacts- jewellery, costumes, furnitures, beadwork and other treasured peranakan pieces on displayed here. Besides entrance fees are waived just for the weekend and there's food fair, cultural shows and cooking demo being organised near the marquee which was set up just for this purpose.What a better way to spend a Saturday afternoon there!
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Just who are the Peranakans?
For centuries the riches of Southeast Asia have brought foreign traders to the regions, while manu returned to their homelands, some remained behind, marrying local woman.
The peranakan Chinese are descendants of chinese traders who settled in Malacca and around the coastal areas of Jawa and Sumatra, as early as 14th century.In the 19th century, the Peranakans Chinese drawn by commerce, migrated to the bustling ports of Penang and Singapore. Theirs was a unique hybrid culture which still part of Singapore's living heritage.
The malay term of 'peranakan' which means 'locally born' also refers to other communities that developed in Southeast Asia like the Chitty Melaka and Jawi Peranakans.( Indian Muslim)
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| Friday, 25-Apr-2008 22:04 |
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Shopping time with the little niece
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My one and only niece from my side, she just love posing in front of the camera. Whenever she see me taking out my camera, she'll starts her mega watt smile and pose willingly for me.Of course after a few hours of shopping with the mom, grandma and me at Arab Street,looking for material to make our baju kurongs, she's got cranky and keep on asking, can we go home now?....and she fell asleep in the mrt, on the way home...that gave us some peace and quiet, cos she's one chatterbox who can't stop asking questions!.. 
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| Wednesday, 23-Apr-2008 05:27 |
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waiting for the right moment
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Just leave the nature alone to unleash their beauty, for us to enjoy.....
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| Sunday, 20-Apr-2008 23:52 |
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monkey see monkey do.....
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Let's play follow the leader, since the shifu is free to teach us mummies a thing or two about digital photography. She also make perfect model to us, since she's totally oblivious to the surrounding when her camera is in hand.
A few of my mummies friend has recently been upgraded to a 'bigger' camera and who's a perfect teacher but this lady, Norza who's willing to share a few tips and even organise an outdoor photoshoot with us, the newbies. Of course ours are the prosumer camera not the DSLR lah
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| Thursday, 17-Apr-2008 05:40 |
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night walk
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from my kitchen's view
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from an overhead bridge
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chinese temple, a few blocks away...
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One bored night I asked hubby to accompany me taking night shots of the neighbourhood to try test my camera. Beside being my bodyguard, he's my official tripod carrier!
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| Sunday, 13-Apr-2008 07:02 |
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'P'
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I spy with my eyes, something which starts with letter "P" ......
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| Tuesday, 8-Apr-2008 22:04 |
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Okonomiyaki
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Okonomiyaki is a mixture between pancake and pizza. "Okonomi" means "as you like". This refers to the ingredients.
Ingredients:
* Dough
300 g flour
210 ml water
2 eggs
Cabbage
* Possible ingredients to put into/onto Okonomiyaki
Katsuobushi*:- Dried, shaved benito (katsuo
Aonori*: Green, dried seaweed.
Leek or green onion
Beef: thinly sliced or ground
Chicken: breast filets
Octopus
Squid*
Prawn
Tuna
Mushrooms
and much more...
# Sauces
* Brown okonomiyaki sauce* if you can't find this, just use worchestershire steak sauce
* Mayonnaise
Method:
1) Cut four large, green cabbage leaves without the hard, white core in thin strings (ca. 4 mm).
2) Mix the water, flour, eggs and the cabbage strings together.
3) You may now add more ingredients to the dough: e.g. seafood, cut in little pieces, ground meat, cut mushrooms, etc.
Fry the dough like a pancake in a small frying pan
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4) Before turning the okonomiyaki over, and while the dough is still quite soft, you may put other ingredients on top of the dough.
5) Turn the okonomiyaki.
6) When fried well, serve the okonomiyaki with katsuobushi, aonori, mayonnaise and okonomiyaki sauce.
This is one of my son's favorite, in fact he's love japanese food, so unlike his mummy. 
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| Monday, 31-Mar-2008 05:07 |
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the vomiting merlion
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merlion at Spore River
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Presenting the most favorite statue to be photograph by the tourists and local, the vomiting merlion!
The Merlion was first designed as an emblem for the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) in 1964 – the lion head with a fish body resting on a crest of waves quickly became Singapore’s icon to the rest of the world.
Originally located at the Merlion Park by the Esplanade Bridge, the Merlion and the Cub became a popular tourist attraction for visitors. The installation ceremony took place on 15 September 1972, officiated by the then Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr Lee Kuan Yew.
Today, the Merlion has found a new home just 120 metres away from its original location, adjacent to one Fullerton and Fullerton Hotel.
Measuring 8.6 metres high and weighing 70 tonnes, the Merlion statue was built from cement fondue by the late Singapore craftsman, Mr Lim Nang Seng. A second and smaller Merlion statue, measuring two metres high and weighing three tones, was also built by Mr Lim. The body was made of cement fondue, the skin from porcelain plates and eyes from small red teacups.
Designed by Mr Fraser Brunner, a curator of the Van Kleef Aquarium, the lion head represents the lion spotted by Prince Sang Nila Utama when he re-discovered Singapura in 11 AD, as recorded in the "Malay Annals". The fish tail of the Merlion symbolises the ancient city of Temasek (meaning “sea” in Javanese) by which Singapore was known before the Prince named it “Singapura” (meaning “lion” (singa) “city” (pura) in Sanskrit), and represents Singapore’s humble beginnings as a fishing village.
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