Fishy Business Part 1 of 3
Fish & Chips @ Ikea Going by Ikea for a Friday evening dinner has become a semi-regular sort of event for us these days. Two of the accessories in the master bedroom bathroom: the floormat and the shower curtain, comes
A Fruitful Friday
As the day after National Day (9th Aug, Thur) was a school holiday, all primary, secondary and junior college students and teachers in Singapore enjoyed a long weekend. I had spent my Friday well as many items on my ‘to
I love cows!
Beef Stew @ Kopitiam (Compass Point) Several of my students in my PRSP, or Problem Solving and Programming, lecture group remarked in their feedback that I love cows. How’s that? Well, in many of my lecture groups, the examples I
Noodles revisited
Vegetable Dumpling noodles @ Rivervale Mall Funnily, nearly 10 months after moving to our home at The Rivervale, Ling remarked to me just the other day she’d prefer not to eat at Rivervale Mall foodcourt. Apparently, it’s because the smell
Luncheon Meat
I can’t recall exactly why luncheon meat is unhealthy food but it has been my belief since I started teaching. Like any protein of animal origin, you can be certain that saturated fats and cholesterol are present in luncheon meats
Porridge 101
Sweet potato porridge @ Home Well, this entry should be flagged “by demand”.:) Seriously, as what Ling told me the other day, sweet potato porridge is known here in Singapore as a “poor man’s food”, largely because of the very
Ah di => Uncle => Ah Pek
It’s funny to think of it sometimes, how as one grows older, one’s label changes. Specifically, over here in Singapore at least, when you’re young (sort of), people around you call you “Ah di”, or little brother. When you’re older,
All watery
Vegetable rice @ Hougang Mall Kopitiam Most of the fourth level of Hougang Mall seemed to have been undergoing renovation like forever. The area had been pretty much partitioned off for several months, which left the both of us guessing
Black Pepper Goodies
Black Pepper (Beef) Rice @ Pepper Lunch Express Ling was remarking the other evening the absence of food-related entries into the blog. Truth to tell, we’ve been either eating at the same places or cooking at home-our dining experiences have
A Story of Love and Money
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Ah, the famous opening line in Jane Austen’s novel ‘Pride and Prejudice’. Yang surprised me by buying
On a lovely Sunday morning
We’d stopped by Ang Mo Kio Central for brunch after Sunday service just now, and guess what was on offer? Yep – the Bee Chee Hiang bakkwa was going for just $31.50 a kg – which Ling remarks is the
No time to stand up for myself…
…a sign of preoccupation with our Lord Jesus Christ – something I read from today’s (27th Jun) devotion passage from ‘My Utmost for His Highest’ (http://www.studylight.org/devos/utm/) by Oswald Chambers. Just the third day of school and I’m feeling great anxiety
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