Temperamental Theory
One of the reasons why our family home at Lentor had a sizable library of books was because my elder brother and myself were avid book buyers and readers. Funnily though, for myself I wasn’t in the habit of re-reading
Category: At Home
One ton of TLS
Sheez, it had been a long, afternoon affair making wantons and soup! Had it not for the fact that I was relatively free today, I’d have made a mess out of the kitchen. The preparation of the pork broth for wanton soup was
Simple ingredients but fantastic flavours!
After an unsuccessful attempt at beef stew (I added too much red wine! Sobs!), I was determined to do it right. But this time, I chose something easier – chicken stew. I went on a recipe hunt on the Internet again
Ratatouille!
This is one of those rare weekends where my mind is in the care-free mode. I’ve finished marking, returning and discussing my students’ work and now they are all busy with their final preparations for the examination tomorrow. In the meanwhile,
No chi-na food for our household…
I’m sincerely serious about this. I was at NTUC (Hougang Mall) to buy fruits today and deliberately steered clear of China Fuji apples and China yellow pears. I bought Ipoh’s Tambun pomelo (this is sweeter than the Thailand varieties), Australia’s navel oranges
On the 25th of September my true love gave to me…
One dozen roses One digital photo frame One Starbucks coffee mug One digital compact camera One coffee table photo album with 4 years of photos taken together My darling’s so sweet and thoughtful.:) Each present was carefully selected with me
Birthday post
Ling can sure say the funnest things. In view of the latest food scandal, she came into the workroom last night looking very resolute (I was browsing music compositions on eMusic): “Darling, I’ve made a resolution. I’m going to completely
(Un)lucky numbers
Here’s one of the most thought-provoking, if unintentionally hilarious to some readers, letter to the forum page in the last few days: Sep 20, 2008 Baby’s birth cert reverses parental joy THE arrival of my newborn daughter was a source
Sinfonia Concertante
Mozart wrote concertos for a large number of instruments: like his 4 concertos for Horn, 27 concertos for piano, 2 for flute, 1 for clarinet, oboe, bassoon each, 5 for violin etc. In his list of compositions too, there are
Marriage, Mozart and da Ponte Part I
Here’s another multi-entry post about Le Nozze di Figaro, or The Marriage of Figaro. Yep, that favorite opera of mine for years now.:) Now, how I got acquainted to this opera by Mozart is a bit of a story. In
A Classical Revival: Part II
In the old days in the mid to late 90s when we were still using portable CD players, I had a CD wallet alongside the player in my haversack. I was commuting from Yio Chu Kang station where home was
A Classical Revival: Part I
Here’s another series of posts about an interest of mine for two decades now. No, it’s not about photography (again :P), but about classical music. Just prior to our Bali trip I’d blogged about my discovering Classics Online. One thing
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