Today I’m joining Two Thirds Hazel’s Blogmopolitan quiz again, because as I said in my previous Blogmopolitan post, I’ve always loved reading these on Cosmopolitan magazines and imagining what I would answer if I got famous enough to be interviewed. But this will obviously never happen, which I’m totally fine with because I don’t think […]
Archives for February 2015
Pre-Valentine’s Dinner @ Harry’s Bar, Boat Quay
“I’m already here in Boat Quay,” he texted. “I’ll just walk around for a while.” “Sorry I got tied up at work, but I’m on my way,” I texted back a few minutes later. “Where is Harry’s, by the way?” “It’s near the UOB building,” he replied. “Exit G.” I tried to imagine where the […]
A Tummy Full of Prosperity (Chinese New Year Goodies)
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so we did the lo hei tradition at work. First, what is lo hei? The tradition of Lo Hei or Lo Sheng stems from the phrase’s Cantonese meaning of ‘tossing up good fortune’ using Yu Sheng or Fish Salad that symbolises ‘an abundance of wealth and long life’. […]
7 Great Quotes About Love
Months ago, I ran a weekly series called “Sunday Seven” wherein I would come up with lists of 7 different things every Sunday. I’d like to revive that series, so today I’ll start it off again with something related to Valentine’s Day which is next week. Here are 7 great quotes about love. [1]
{Funny Friday} The Feng Shui Master’s Prediction
The Chinese New Year is approaching, so our HR lined up a few CNY-related activities, including a talk by a feng shui master. The session was to be conducted in Mandarin, but they said there would be English translations on the accompanying slides, so I signed up anyway. It turns out they only translated very […]
Birds with No Manners
The birds in Singapore have no manners. That’s right – birds. Those small animals with wings and feathers that fly in the sky and talk to Disney princesses and help them get dressed and stuff. I’m no princess so they don’t treat me well. Last December during my brother’s wedding, I spotted a small bird […]
Milkcow @ The Cathay {Foodee}
Korea’s Milkcow organic soft serve ice cream recently opened a branch in Singapore, and I had a chance to try it after watching Birdman at The Cathay cinema last Saturday. Even though it’s new, it surprisingly has no queues, unlike others of its kind, like Honeycreme and Llaollao. There just around 4 people in front of […]